I'd never thought of adopting that approach, Jake. It's very intriguing. The only stumbling block is the limit of 200 friends. SU isn't really geared to help you contact those people, only to make you aware of them. Perhaps that's the way it should be.
Stephanie
· 1 year ago
Awesome post Jake.
I found it really helpful.
@Barry - you could contact people. It just takes some time. But it is very easy to tell who is worth contacting and who isn't.
Kristen
· 1 year ago
Very insightful Jake and I totally agree with you that the paid advertising program is not necessary if you focus on the networking aspects that you mentioned.
Jeff Quipp
· 1 year ago
I like it Jake ... very nice! Putting it this way, I'll argue now more than even that Google or Yahoo needs to buy Stumble from eBay, and integrate these local findings into the reordering of their search results. Really good post!
Matt McGee
· 1 year ago
Very interesting, Jake -- thanks for writing this up. :-)
Jake Matthews
· 1 year ago
Hi all - thanks and I'm glad that you find this piece interesting.
@Barry - the 200 limit should definitely be lifted IMO but there are ways nonetheless to make an impact - and strut your stuff.
@Matt, Kristen, Stephanie and Jeff - thanks a bunch and visit again soon!
Pinny Cohen
· 1 year ago
Jake,
These are some great tips for local usage of StumbleUpon. I would also add that asking people you meet in person if they have an account and getting them signed up and connected to you if they haven't yet, is an easy way to maximize your influence in a given geographic area.
veronicaromm
· 1 year ago
I love SU, but I find that people really don't want to see blatant advertising, which they tend to label spam immediately. I think SU is perhaps not the best tool to advertise anything besides the arts, photos and visually compelling material.
Jake Matthews
· 1 year ago
@Pinny - You make a great point about meeting in person. Nothing beats that.
@Veronica Romm - excellent point. Going local in StumbleUpon should be approached gently and should not be taken as a form of advertising, but more a form of connecting locally to get buzz and word of mouth out to people. I agree 100% that a lot of Stumble is arts, photos and visually compelling info - as it should be. At some point though, to grow, it will become more inclusive of other content types and subject matter. You make great points.
UtahLuxury.com
· 1 year ago
I love SU. We receive a lot of traffic from people stumbling. What a great way to become known in the great interweb.
:)
veronicaromm
· 1 year ago
Also one other thing I have noticed is that at least the people I socialize with are from all over the world. One stumbler actually said that they intentionally stay away from local stumblers b/c it keeps them feeling safer, more anonymous. I did not think about it till then but I do communicate with only a select few locals who happen to be my actual friends. Need to think about that one.
geld lenen
· 1 year ago
Good to see the local part, I used Stumble a lot with my old site. Good to see our "Dutch" userbase increasing and socializing more and more on Stumble.
Mexabet
· 9 months ago
As I'm reading this article, I'm also browsing StumbleUpon and trying to make the best out of it. It's a helpful social site for meeting new people that share my interest.
New Music Leeds
· 9 months ago
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· 9 months ago
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I found it really helpful.
@Barry - you could contact people. It just takes some time. But it is very easy to tell who is worth contacting and who isn't.
@Barry - the 200 limit should definitely be lifted IMO but there are ways nonetheless to make an impact - and strut your stuff.
@Matt, Kristen, Stephanie and Jeff - thanks a bunch and visit again soon!
These are some great tips for local usage of StumbleUpon. I would also add that asking people you meet in person if they have an account and getting them signed up and connected to you if they haven't yet, is an easy way to maximize your influence in a given geographic area.
@Veronica Romm - excellent point. Going local in StumbleUpon should be approached gently and should not be taken as a form of advertising, but more a form of connecting locally to get buzz and word of mouth out to people. I agree 100% that a lot of Stumble is arts, photos and visually compelling info - as it should be. At some point though, to grow, it will become more inclusive of other content types and subject matter. You make great points.
:)