4 Reasons why I stumble your article
In recent days I’ve become a more active member of Stumble Upon. Essentially what that seems to mean is that for some very strange reason people want to be “friends” with me and that I get a lot of stumbles “just because”. Mind you I’m in no way complaining about it I’m just a little surprised is all. Pleasantly surprised.
I wouldn’t say I’m a star stumbler, or even a 5th string farm league rookie stumbler by any means but I have learned a few tricks along the way. So before I go any further I’d like to acknowledge a few of the people who taught me so much about Stumble Upon via various articles.
- Maki over at DoshDosh taught me how to build MASSIVE traffic using Stumble Upon
- Bryan Clark formerly of One Man’s Goal told me some things that everybody ought to know about Stumble Upon
- Skellie of skelliwag.org gave me some pointers on building my blog with Stumble Upon in a guest post over at Problogger
No doubt I could continue on with several more articles but those are a few of the main ones that come to mind. I encourage everyone and anyone to read them at least once. Needless to say I read those and many other articles and began to slowly employ some of the principals taught in them. Which leads me up to my point. Why I stumble YOUR articles (or not).
- It interests me
- You’d think that this would go without saying, but I have a feeling it doesn’t. If your article doesn’t interest me at some level I’m not likely to stumble it just because I happen to read it. Something will need to compel me to stumble it.
- You’re one of my “friends”
- On a daily basis receive requests from my SU friends to stumble their content. Not everyone gets stumbled as I do actually read the article in question and I value my so-called reputation enough not just to whore it out anymore. Yes I used to participate in a lot of “stumble exchange” traffic scheme websites. That was before I knew that building a strong community of fans is really the only way to go.
- I learn something new from it
- For me this is a huge reason I stumble. Because it tells me about something I didn’t know about before. You’d think that I would do nothing but stumble my time away however if it doesn’t interest me while teaching me there’s no point in me stumbling it. Sadly this is the case with most articles I read. I learn something new, but it really wasn’t something I wanted to learn or enjoyed learning. It was boring.
- It’s in the “What’s New” section of Stumble Upon
- A few times a day I will stumble things in the “What’s new” section. Just the first 5 or 6, but these I don’t worry to much about if they interest me or not. I simply read the article, write a review and stumble it. No more, no less
There you have it. Four reasons I will stumble your articles. This isn’t an all inclusive list, but it is the four main reasons I stumble sites. Very quicly let’s break it down.
- Make it interesting
- Be my friend (please!)
- Teach me something
- Catch me at the “right time”
Why do YOU stumble articles?
