My previous post about the importance of connecting with your readers caught a little wind in the sails over at StumbleUpon, one of the most useful social sharing services, especially when it comes to promoting and sharing your own content. Since the blog hadn’t had any traffic from Stumble earlier this month, I thought that it would be a nice opportunity to take a look at the numbers and see how well the visitors that Stumble send you actually convert.

What I will be looking at here is the direct influences the influx of visitors through Stumble has had on …

Most people will agree that the most crucial element of running any blog or website is reaching out to your target audience and potential readers and visitors. While gaining an extra visitor is all well and dandy, something that many seem to forget when it comes to building a following online is the value of loyal followers. That’s not very strange however, as it is easy to see how we get too obsessive about reaching the highest possible number of daily visitors by constantly monitoring our stats-trackers. This can lead us into a vicious circle where we are under the …