Weekly Implosion: StumbleUpon like Summer Rain

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Weekly Implosion: StumbleUpon like Summer Rain

Written by Jason Boom on March 9, 2008 – 1:06 pm

Storm Coming Site Traffic Upsurge This week has showed me the power of social media sites like StumbleUpon. Sure I knew my site could receive tremendous exposure through stumbling, but I didn’t realize how quickly it could happen, and just how quickly it could dissipate. My recent article Ten Reasons to Write Well Not Good received a lot of exposure on StumbleUpon in a short amount of time. It was like one of those summer rains — soaking the site, then soon the sun was back out drying up the traffic.

I’m not complaining about StumbleUpon traffic. I received quality stats during that flash flood. My bouncerate was extremely low. I’m happy with the overall effect. I want to know how to sustain it. Does StumbleUpon traffic stop by a thumbs down? Does anyone have an article?

Happenings this Week

This week I wrote the previously mentioned article, which received the most hits of the week. I also wrote the two part series on How to Podcast with Audacity and Wordpress. I tried to name this article with a more SEO friendly title to see if it brought more organic traffic. So far its brought three visitors, who stayed over ten minutes a piece on the site. I’d say it pays to target your titles with specific keywords.

New Milestone! I’m not a RSS jockey, but I’ve been riding a fairly strong horse upward these past few weeks. I’ve surpassed 70 subscribers. If you haven’t subscribed, now’s your chance. It’s free.

Site Tweaks: I did add an ad above the Spottt widget. I think this ad relates to what a lot of my surfers have interest — making money with their blog. It’s Darren Rowse’s Six Figure Blogging course. You might want to check it out.

I’ve also added a Digg This button to each individual post page, below the article itself. I hope this encourages everyone to Digg their favorite Jason Boom posts from the past and in the future.

Guest Post I have been writing a guest post for a neighboring blog. I’ll update everyone next week when I’ve finished that post. It’s taking longer than expected.

Upcoming Explosions

This week should see the second episode of the Boombox podcast early in the week. I’ll also be writing about site traffic, nurturing killer ideas, and another top ten list. I’ll have a Powder Keg review thrown in there too, for those who enjoy the series.

Other’s Explosions

I’m really enjoying Stephan Miller’s blog of the same name. He discusses his adventures in making money online, his blog, and other ideas for productivity. He has a clear, distinct voice that carries his articles along swiftly. His recent article entitled Spread Your Feed details some finer details of an RSS feed, which I hadn’t even considered. This is why I love his blog. It’s taking things I know, and showing me them from a different angle. Good work, Stephan.

Andrew Pavelski is back this week with a new successful blogging article. His look at John Chow seems like a natural step for this new series. I can’t wait to see what next week brings. Andrew also had extremely well thought out posts during this week. Everyone should be reading his blog.

I also enjoyed The Blog Entrepeneur’s posts this week. His writing has definitely made me want to elevate my own posting style. Just take a look at this rant on Make Money Online blogs or this one about developing blogs that stand apart from the masses.

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8 Comments to “Weekly Implosion: StumbleUpon like Summer Rain”

Bill Says:
March 9th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Hey Jason…thanks for the nice mention. I’ve never seen your site before but I grabbed the feed and will check it out later this week. Thanks again.

Andrew Pavelski Says:
March 9th, 2008 at 1:35 pm

Hey Jason, I really appreciate the mentions StumbleUpon has been great for another one of my sites. One article really hit the “jackpot” and I got over 100K visits to the submitted article in 1 month. For AndrewPavelski.com, it gets me a traffic boost, but no articles have really “taken off.” I think what really helps is adding “like-minded” stumblers as friends. My other blog is a different niche and I have made mostly friends pertaining to that specific niche. So when I happen to stumble articles from Andrew Pavelski, they probably aren’t as interesting to my SU buddies.

As far as dying down, I honestly don’t know what makes SU traffic die down, but it eventually does. I don’t still get 100 K visitors a month to my other blog, but it did help make people more aware, increase RSS, etc. and I still get a significant amount of daily views.

Glad to hear your article is doing well Jason. Keep up the great work here @ Jason Boom !

Bill Says:
March 9th, 2008 at 1:50 pm

Stumble will die down but the great thing is that I have had some of my posts that were big 3 months ago….suddenly come back to life and get another wave of stumblers.

It’s a traffic source that can keep on giving. I am still only about 3 months old so I don’t know how long that phenomenom will last but hopefully it doesn’t stop.

Jason Boom Says:
March 9th, 2008 at 2:03 pm

Thanks for the insight, Andrew. I am trying to build up my friends list on StumbleUpon. I’ve also heard that it pays to stumble what your friends have, since it gives them more authority.

Hey Bill. I love your site. You have really great articles and a clear sense of direction. It’s why I subscribed to your feed a while back. Keep up the good work.

It’s cool that the traffic can rise back up like that. I’ve only been live since early January so I haven’t seen any activity like that. I do have one post that still receives around 10 stumblers or so stumblers occassionally. I suppose this is due to those stumlbers giving me the thumbs up.

Tommy Says:
March 9th, 2008 at 8:59 pm

I’m interested Jason to know what kind of luck you’re having with Spott….I’ve heard nothing good about it and got rid of it fairly quickly myself after having some issues with it. I also see the blog rush widget here and have the same kinds of questions. Just curious I guess more than anything else. I still love your site arrangement and general feel/navigation. It’s just aesthetically pleasing to me….peace and keep up the good work!

Jason Boom Says:
March 9th, 2008 at 9:16 pm

I’ve had decent traffic from it. I took a look at my account with them to find out just how well it does.

It appears I receive between 2-5 clicks a day through their service. I’m getting around 500 impressions also, so that’s not a terrific click through rate. However, I think it’s done a lot better than BlogRush ever did. I’ve received 44 clicks since starting with Spottt a few weeks ago.

I’m going to continue using the service for the simple fact that trickle traffic is better than no traffic. If a better alternative comes along, I’ll give that a shot.

Thanks for the kind words.

Stephan Miller Says:
March 10th, 2008 at 4:58 am

Thanks for the mention and the compliment. I have had SU traffic come in waves, some smaller than others. But some have given me more hits than the initial Stumble. I’ve been meaning to try out Spott also. I have an account just haven’t dealt with it yet.