I want to write a short post and get some feedback from my readers to see if I’m just on another planet or if Tumblr is completely missing the point.

As part of this year’s 30 Day Challenge, we watched a video on how to sign up for and use Tumblr to help drive traffic to our new niche sites. The video was very careful to tell us to pay attention to the Terms of Service and to abide by them. We were reminded that it would all be for nothing if we tried to set up a crappy site with no value and affiliate links because this is something Tumblr expressly prohibits.

I had never used Tumblr before but because I have a great deal of trust in and respect for Ed Dale and his associates I thought I’d give it a try. Here is my story.

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I don’t think a week passes when I don’t read some blogger’s story about how much Twitter has helped them get more blog subscribers, traffic to their site or sites or opened up tons of opportunities for them.

The thing that disturbs me about these posts is that it seems to me that these people already had a large following and getting on Twitter just gave them a new 140-character avenue to stay in touch with an established fan base.

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How many times do you see blog posts and social media updates that read like this: “I’ve been chugging along since early this morning but I got EVERYTHING done I wanted to”? What’s your reaction to this? Do you celebrate with them or do you wonder what’s going on behind the scenes?

I tend to fall into the latter category.

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I recently “stumbled” the following article that I thought you needed to read.  We hear a lot about what we should do to make StumbleUpon work best for us.  What I haven’t seen is a breakdown of the inner workings of the service that can drive tons of traffic to our sites if utilized correctly.

One thing I found interesting is that SU apparently counts it as kind of thumbs down when you land on a page and just stumble again without voting.  I thought that only happened when you clicked to do a review of a site and closed the window without doing the review.

It’s a quick and informative read.  Have a look at it here:

Don’t forget to check out Caroline Middlebrook’s new e-course, StumbleRush.

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