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And I’m glad to have him.

I didn’t think that people actually came here and read anything. It excites me that a relatively popular blogger decided to stop by and see what’s going on. If The Cow is reading this, leave a comment!

Ever had someone like John Cow visit your blog?

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Are you a regular reader of this blog? If so I want to know. Do me a big favor and leave a comment on this post letting me know. I want to know how many actual readers I have, but what I’m about to propose could potentially throw that number off. I know that most people will subscribe just to win, then never visit again, but oh well.

Why should you do this? Because at the end of the day today, I am going to be giving away 300 Entrecard credits to one of my lucky readers.

Is this your first time visiting, but you still want to win the Entrecard credits? Well, I’m counting any RSS subscribers  as “Regular Readers”. So if you want in, subscribe to my feed via email. (So I can keep up with who’s subscribed and who hasn’t)

This is separate from my $50 Adwords contest, which is still going on BTW. There’s only 4 people participating, you could win easily. Give it a look.

So yeah, it’s that simple. Either already be a regular reader, or become one today, and win 300 Entrecard credits before the day’s out! Just leave a comment on this post if you want to be included in the drawing.

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Ever since I started my contest, my technorati authority has gone up along with the number of links to my site. That’s expected right? Well, you know that little widget in my sidebar stating, “My Blog is Worth x amount of dollars”

I update this widget every couple of weeks, and usually there isn’t much of a change, but take a look at the changes so far.

This one is from before the contest.

My blog is worth $17,500.74.
How much is your blog worth?

And this, from today.

My blog is worth $23,710.68.
How much is your blog worth?

How much is your blog worth?

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I’m writing this post in response to a comment I read about how StumbleUpon doesn’t send their site a lot of traffic. If you have tried StumbleUpon, and it has failed to deliver you tons of traffic, you probably started out wrong from the beginning.

StumbleUpon, just like any other social bookmarking websites, I.E. Digg, del.icio.us, requires a bit of time to gain any real results from it. It takes a while to build up your StumbleUpon profile so that when you add a webpage to stumble, you get a surge of traffic. A lot of the time, people start blogging, they read an article about StumbleUpon, and they sign up, submit their homepage, and never see any more than maybe 10-15 visits from StumbleUpon. Do you know why?

Reading on further through this post, you’ll receive a few tips that should greatly increase your chances of succeeding with your StumbleUpon traffic driving venture.

Okay, shall we get started? You’re ready to start seeing the traffic pour in right? Well, take note, that these tips may not work for everybody, but I guarantee that if you’re struggling with StumbleUpon now, you won’t be after these few tips.

If you have never heard of StumbleUpon before : 

1. Go to www.StumbleUpon.com and sign up and download the browser extension.
2. Spend about 15-30 mins each day clicking the Stumble button, and rating the pages thumbs up or thumbs down.
3. Continue this for, lets say, a month.
4. Make friends via StumbleUpon.
5. Stumble those who stumble you, and a few others who don’t. (This will pay off if you really take the time to rate others’ stumbles.
6. Take the time to review sites. It doesn’t have to be long, just a short, relevant message.
7. Continue following the above steps for ATLEAST another month.
8. Submit your site/post and watch your analytics report.

What Do I Do If I Already Have A StumbleUpon Account?

1. Forget all about that account, because if it’s not sending you a fair amount of traffic, it’s because you submitted all of your sites/pages, and you haven’t rated a lot of pages. It’s the same way with Digg, you can’t just sign up and submit, you have to sign up and Digg. With StumbleUpon, you have to sign up and Stumble before you’ll see any real results.
2. Sign up for a new account.
3. Become one with the StumbleUpon button. Clicketh it whenever you feel like it, and also when you don’t. In fact, don’t even click on any links, type in any urls, or anything, make your only purpose for using the internet to Stumble everywhere you go.
4. Keep up with how many sites you’ve rated. Looking at my profile, I’ve rated almost 600 sites I think it is.
5. Add friends, and rate your new friends’ stumbles.
6. Write reviews every now and then.
7. Finally, stumble your site/page, give it a thumbs up, and ask all of your new found Stumbler friends to check it out as well.
8. Check your analytics report.
9. Smile because you have more traffic than you’ve had more traffic from StumbleUpon than you’ve ever had before.

If you follow these steps, as lengthy as they may seem, they will pay off in the long run. I know if you’ve just started a blog, and are looking for a way to increase your traffic, you might not agree, and might not want to wait a month or two before submitting your site/post, but just put it to the back of your mind. Use StumbleUpon for a month and get a feel for it. Don’t worry about traffic, worry about content.

And don’t be afraid to ask other Stumblers to stumble your site/post. If you’ve stumbled theirs, they’ll be more than happy to return the favor. The most important thing to remember though, is that no matter what you do, CONTENT IS KING. You could rate 5,000 sites, and have 1 Million friends, but if that post that you stumbled was only a page with a poorly written, uninteresting article, chances are, that post isn’t going to see much traffic. The more people who stumble your site/post, the more traffic you get in return from StumbleUpon. You can ask a few people to Stumble it, and they may do it even if they don’t like it, but, you’re really going to benefit a whole lot more from sitting down, and writing a good quality post, and submitting it, and letting Stumblers rate it on their own.

I sure hope this helped for anybody who still isn’t benefiting from what StumbleUpon has to offer.

Got any more tips? Leave a comment if so.

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