Jul 20 2008
Caroline Middlebrook Launches StumbleRush
By Jeremy Schoemaker
65 comments 
Caroline Middlebrook who first made her name when she launched her free “Make Money With Niche Blogs Book” , has now launched a new program called Stumble Rush.
Stumble Rush has a free “basic” version which includes 10 free videos and lessons on getting the most out of Stumbleupon.
The Advanced Edition ($47) which includes 20 videos and lessons covering:
- ‘Power’ Stumbling - The What, Why & How
- Optimising Your Submissions for Maximum Results
- The Proper Way to Use Categories & Tags
- How to Build a Massive, Loyal Fan Base on StumbleUpon
- How to Ask For Stumbles Without Being a Jerk!
- Using StumbleUpon to Build Backlinks to Your Site
- Using Images to Tap Into a Little Known Source of Traffic
- Another 3 Advanced Stumble Tricks
- Monetising StumbleUpon Traffic
- Putting It All Together - A Complete Action Plan
- 65 Comments. What say you?
- RSS
- Delicious
- StumbleUpon
- Furl
- Digg
Well i will definitly give that a try!
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I should have a look, but with my daily job I’m not having enough time for blogging. I should ask my boss to give me some days off so I can use Stumbleupon………
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Sounds interesting. But stumbleupon traffic has never seemed that great to me. They stay for 3 seconds, and never convert or click ads. So what’s the point?
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just signed up and already received the link to the first lesson
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put some CPM banners on the website and see for yourself.
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Thanks for the plug Shoe!
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Caroline knows exactly what shes talking about and is a talented blogger so this is a +1 for me too.
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Sounds very nice and it’s interesting. Thx for this tip.
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already receiving this newsletter series and they are helpful
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she should have gone with DIGG, i.e. Digg rush
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SU is only good if you have a big niche. It does not work well for smaller ones like mine. My demographic is also a hindrance, retired women. They tend to not follow trends like SU and are only interested in using content, not spreading the word socially.
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Stumbleupon traffic is very untargetted… and traffic lasts for less than 1 second/visit.
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thanx, i enjoy reading her blog
il give this a look
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I stumble my stuff all the time. I see some traffic but would love more.
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Will check this out.
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Sounds good, I’ll take a look for sure because I want to know how to Ask For Stumbles Without Being a Jerk!
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Yes and that’s why we need a stumbleupon specialist to tell us how to targer our traffic using stumleupon.
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Simply, it will rock!
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This is a good way to learn and use Stumbleupon.
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Ugh, the quality of comments on this site has dropped dramitically since the inception of the comment contest.
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Gonna take free lessons!
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it depends…for example I had articles that got over 300,000 visits over time, on a constant basis. Also if you get popular on SU, most probably some links will follow. After my article got popular on SU, getting 10,000 visits daily, I was featured on fark.com, and within a couple of hours I got over 30,000 visitors. Your server shall be prepared for this kind of traffic. You see, SU isn’t only a way to get visitors, it’s also a link building method in some kind. Don’t abuse it, contribute to the community and the community will pay you back ten times more.
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that’s the mentality I had when I joined SU. I was looking for ways to exchange stumbles (game SU), but that didn’t last too long. If your content is good enough the stumbles will follow. Concentrate on the content, how to make it more attractive, more valuable, and this kind of things instead of how to get stumbles. Don’t abuse SU, try to contribute to the community and the community will pay you back ten times more. There are some very good articles on doshdosh.com about SU. They helped me big time.
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that’s why you don’t get more traffic. You shouldn’t stumble all your stuff, only your best stuff. Your SU account has ’stumble power’. Your ’stumble power’ is exactly like the page rank. If you have lots of outbound links on the page you don’t give much link juice to those links. The same happens with SU. Every time you stumble the same site, your ’stumble power’ on that site decreases. So, next time when you decide to stumble your own stuff, think a little about it, will I stumble this page if I came across it ? how can I make it more attractive ? Is it valuable enough to stumble it ? Does ’stumblers’ like this kind of stuff ?
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StumbleUpon is one of my favorite sources of traffic, Im not sure if i’ll learn anything that i dont already know from these so ill just check out the free lessons for now.
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I will try the basic version.
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I’m not one to pay for this type of thing, I have the currently #1 google ranking for “stumbleupon traffic guide” as well, but the site does look promising. StumbleUpon is definitely a popular social media service.
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Caroline has excellent material at her site; her StumbleUpon tutorial is defintely on my to-do list.
Enjoy, Barbara
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i know a few tricks to drive traffic to my website from S.U , i think i had better try advanced version , the more traffic i drive i more ca$h i make
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Did she intentionally copy the logo from the TV show, “King of Queens”?
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i think it worths a look out there… lets see
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Just subscribed to the free lessons to give it a try. Caroline is a really good blogger I’m really sure she will do a good job with this project.
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$47? That’s tough man.
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Its out of my price range
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Caroline is a ROCK STAR - I’m so glad to see her get some Shoe-luv. If you can’t afford the course, subscribe to her feed. I’ve learned a TON from her over the last year - not the least of which is how to be honest when you just find yourself buried in a pile of cow manure. Her blog is a bullshit-free zone!
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Caroline has put out some good information over the last year and I would imagine this is going to be just as good as the rest of her info. Thanks Caroline for continuing to provide quality input and information………….eric
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Sounds interesting, I wish i had more time for all this information.
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I have not followed the blogger in question, but the free material is of great quality. I guess that is expected though coming from you
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First impression of the site is I really like the design. The fact you get to check out the 10 free videos and lessons at no charge is great. It gives you the option of trying before buying. If you like what you saw, you can get the rest.
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Stumbleupon users can convert and there have always been success stories relating to that. I second the CPM Banners.
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Thanks for the post money. You know, I actually spent hard earned $$$ for the wordpress for dummies book. Caroline looks like she covers all the ‘important areas’ within the dummies book and adds the make money meat and potatoes online marketers intel. This will add to my resources - saved + bookmarked.
Zack
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Exactly right. You need to pick out some of your best work to stumble if you really want to stumble it. I personally stumble other pages also that I like so that its not one sided all the time.
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Yes, I highly appreciate the idea of 10 free videos and lessons compared to others where you can’t try it before you buy it.
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Well theres 10 free videos and lessons plus you can always subscribe to her blog if you’d rather learn it that way since she has a bunch of great info
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I like SU and Digg but SU surprisingly leads to make more visitors than Digg does so I prefer SU myself.
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Asking permission is for pussies. Just do it and apologize if caught.
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Sounds good. I think this should be explored.
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Try free videos… looks good.
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A prime example of how anybody can be a success online with almost no money to invest.
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I never ever had a great luck from stumbleupon. So I might give it a try aswell.
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Thank you for sharing. I’ve already enrolled
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You can always make yourself some time, it isnt that difficult afterall
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Stumbleupon people click on Ads. I have noticed that. Once I had lots of visitors on my magazine blog and in google it made $5 rather than $1 usually. This was quite good.
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I agree with you. We cannot get informations for free
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I already tried. I signed up and confirmed my link. Looking forward to it.
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I’m going to try out these lessons. Thanks!
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Posting about this junk is not good for Shoe’s reputation. I hope she paid you for it.
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nice of her to give it away for free - but then hey, it wouldn’t make good link bait otherwise would it? Stuff like this is just encourging people to spam stumbleupon, glad I dont use it amymore.
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Do you use this? Or have you ever used this sort of thing.
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The price is good. Hope that the lessons will be great.
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Love her style. Will definitely check out the videos.
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The book was nice,didn’t think there were so many ways to utilise SU before
And Eva , I agree her style’s one of a kind
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Stumble traffic doesn’t convert. Only good thing it’s useful for is generating hype, or getting money from CPM ads.
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You may get a small number of converters…but those could be some of your most loyal customers / readers / friends. People can’t find you unless they put you out there! and social media is where information / interesting stuff / and more is found in today’s day in age!
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StumbleUpon is better- easier to use, easier to add things with the integrated stumble bar…and more fun, in my opinion!
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