StumbleUpon: Do you use it and if so, how and why?

[Sheila Walsh]

I saw the recent article about how StumbleUpon drives more website
referrals than Facebook and Twitter combined (http://mashable.com/
2011/08/19/stumbleupon-social-traffic/). I had been hearing in the
months before that anecdotes to that effect.

I'm interested in learning more about StumbleUpon....Do you use it? If
so, why? Just for fun or is it part of your content/social media
strategy? What do you like or not like about it?

Who are the typical SU users? What are the best uses for StumbleUpon?
What does SU do better than other social media tools such as Facebook
or Twitter?

I mainly use SU to find articles about my hobbies, in particular
gardening, and have found some content that is very helpful and that I
wouldn't have found otherwise. But it seems like something you do in
your spare time, which of course is so hard to find!

I know these questions are rather open-ended, but I'm really curious
about what you think...I've found this group to be so useful and well-
informed!

cheers,
Sheila Walsh
http://www.linkedin.com/in/sheilawalsh

[Cliff Tyllick]

Sheila, if all that's true, then StumbleUpon must be to site referrals what Mrs. Olson was to Maxwell House coffee, what Josephine was to Liquid Plumr, and what Mr. Whiffle was to Charmin -- the insufferable irritant that makes us swear we will have no association with what it's pitching, but somehow tricks us into buying that vendor's pitch.

People hated Mrs. Olson. In the commercials, she was an incredible busybody. But when they went into the stores, they bought Maxwell House.

And Josephine? Did she have any tools other than the pipe wrench she carried in one hand? The only thing that ever came out of the toolbox was a bottle of Liquid Plumr. Now that's a really effective champion for breaking down gender barriers, isn't it? (Come to think of it, maybe it is. She used her smarts, not her strength, to clear those clogs. Of course, her Liquid Plumr also chewed holes in a lot of old pipes... .)

And Mr. Whiffle? Don't get me started. The only thing worse than someone who gets off on squeezing packages of toilet tissue is someone who is compelled to catch others in the act. But guess what toilet tissue my wife picks out to this day? Charmin.

Every time I'm aware of StumbleUpon, I absolutely abhor its intrusion into my experience. Now I wonder if I sometime follow its suggestions without realizing that this digital speed bump, this electronic tank trap, this pixelated moat is what brought me the link I just followed.

Grrrr.

Cliff

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[Daniel Goddard | London Websites]

Stumbleupon, Digg, Delicious, are all over rated in my opinion. They
are excess items on already overcrowded pages. I have experimented
with them on pages which receive over 30,000 visits a day and even
with a clear and consistent content strategy they brought very little
reward. Social Media is the way forward, and the sources which best
convert for me is Facebook and Twitter. I've also had external success
with YouTube and Flickr. Dan

On 01/09/2011, Cliff Tyllick <cliff....@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Sheila, if all that's true, then StumbleUpon must be to site referrals what
> Mrs. Olson was to Maxwell House coffee, what Josephine was to Liquid Plumr,

> and what Mr. Whiffle was to Charmin -- theinsufferableirritant that makes us

> swear we will have no association with what it's pitching, but somehow
> tricks us into buying that vendor's pitch.
>
> People hated Mrs. Olson. In the commercials, she was an incredible busybody.
> But when they went into the stores, they bought Maxwell House.
>
> And Josephine? Did she have any tools other than the pipe wrench she carried
> in one hand? The only thing that ever came out of the toolbox was a bottle
> of Liquid Plumr. Now that's a really effective champion for breaking down
> gender barriers, isn't it? (Come to think of it, maybe it is. She used her
> smarts, not her strength, to clear those clogs. Of course, her Liquid Plumr
> also chewed holes in a lot of old pipes... .)
>
>
> And Mr. Whiffle? Don't get me started. The only thing worse than someone who
> gets off on squeezing packages of toilet tissue is someone who is compelled
> to catch others in the act. But guess what toilet tissue my wife picks out
> to this day? Charmin.
>
>
> Every time I'm aware of StumbleUpon, I absolutely abhor its intrusion into
> my experience. Now I wonder if I sometime follow its suggestions without

> realizing thatthis digital speed bump,this electronic tank trap, this

> contentstrate...@googlegroups.com.

> For more options, visit this group at
> http://groups.google.com/group/contentstrategy?hl=en.
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[Robert Macadaeg]

Cliff

Sorry to be so off topic here, but I think Josephine the "Pain in the Drain" plumber was the child actress who played Scout in the film version of "To Kill a Mockingbird."

Therefore, I forgive her.

Robert

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[Cliff Tyllick]

Would that it were so, Robert, but Jane Withers (Josephine) and Mary Badham (Scout) were, in fact, two different people.

But mea culpa, mea maxima culpa, for having misremembered (gee, my spell checker says that's a word; is it using the "W" dictionary again?) the name of the oppressive and closeted Charmin-squeezer, Mr. Whipple.

:D

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From: Robert Macadaeg <rjmac...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, September 1, 2011 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: StumbleUpon: Do you use it and if so, how and why?