Comments on: How I got 100,000 Pageviews for $25

By: Andrew Lindstrom

Andrew Lindstrom — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:05:34 +0000

@Crystal – Great point raised about using a web tracker. It should also be mentioned that a lot of StumbleUpon visitors are going to give you about 2 seconds of their attention (I know because I do the same thing).

I am concerned that you were sent the same person more than once, this doesn’t seem right. According to SU’s FAQ they never send the same person more than once:
http://www.stumbleupon.com/promote_faq.html#freqcap

By: Crystal

Crystal — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:34:48 +0000

I was so excited about this idea when I read your post a couple weeks ago, so I went and tried it immediately.

Wow, you’re right it’s definitely fast! You get tons of hits almost instantly and it will gobble up your monies super quickly. At 5 cents a pop, it’s certainly best to start out with a small daily budget to gage how much traffic you can expect to get.

If you’re going to use something like this it’s best to do so in conjunction with some sort of web tracker, like Stat Counter. Using your web tracker you should keep an eye on how long your visitors staying on your site and if they are returning. Doing so will give you a clearer picture on whether or not your StumbleUpon Campaign is truly successful. If you’re finding that visitors aren’t staying for very long or if your feedback percentage is down, consider a different target by adding a new campaign category. For example, in my original campaign, I was targeting people with an interest in graphic design. However I found that by targeting people interested in interior design, I got better quality visitors who stayed longer and returned again.

The only real concern that I have with the using the StumbleUpon Campaign is that the number of hits you get aren’t necessarily unique. I have noticed that StumbleUpon will keep sending the same person to my site over and over again (within seconds from their last visit). This bloats up my feedback percentage and my actual daily hits to appear better than they really are—certainly not a good thing, and a good reason to keep a closer eye on your traffic with a web tracker.

By: Gareth Coxon - Dot Design

Gareth Coxon - Dot Design — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:23:40 +0000

Great post, I tried it and it works! Thanks for sharing it with us, great blog by the way.

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:43:30 +0000

Hey there Andrew, nice adivce, haven’t really thought about this but it sounds like a smart approach! Well done and thanks for sharing!

By: Ines

Ines — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:53:55 +0000

Clever…will kepp that in mind too!

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:13:04 +0000

I’m glad for your pageviews.

By: Collective Family

Collective Family — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:42:22 +0000

Hmm…I don’t know, I find it better to simply stumble my site myself. I just don’t feel that it’s worth the money, honestly…there have been several studies done, look them up!

By: Michael Soriano

Michael Soriano — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:23:33 +0000

Sounds amazing. will keep it mind. Hey, you just won a subscriber.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:49:27 +0000

@Blog2Life – Thank you very much! ‘Ingenious’ is the word alright. It’s like ‘natural selection’ – only with advertising

By: Blog2Life

Blog2Life — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:11:46 +0000

Brilliant little article. You’ve opened my eyes to paid advertising something I’ve never really considered and by targetting stumble specifically you could had a traffic time bomb sitting on your hands.

Stumblers could potentially bring you alot of free traffic after the paid redirects are over unlike other social network advertising systems.. ingenious!