StumbleUpon is one of those quiet, behind the scenes social networking sites that can drive an amazing amount of traffic to your site and help you build up some great relationships. I’ve known people who actually ended up getting jobs simply by connecting with the right people on the site.
At first glance, StumbleUpon doesn’t seem like it’s much use for the average business owner. However, it can be insanely useful if you now how to leverage it and can drive a lot of traffic. You will need to make sure that you aren’t just spamming, though, since StumbleUpon users are very aware of this and tend to give a thumbs down to anyone who has repeatedly submitted their own website or who stumbles content of obviously poor quality.
There are hundreds of social media sites available. Some of them are here only for a short time, while others have been around for a while. Even if you narrow things down to the most popular social media sites online right now, you still have a pretty long list, so how are you supposed to know which one to use? Where would your marketing efforts be best used? No one can be active on every site, so you’ll want to select just a handful, even as few as 2 or 3, to be active on.