What do you know about StumbleUpon? To some, StumbleUpon is just a site that college students go on to procrastinate. To business owners, this is not the case! StumbleUpon is a great way to advertise and promote your website or even blog posts. If you are not already using this site as a part of your insurance marketing strategy, it is time for a change.

Here are a few of the many benefits StumbleUpon can bring to your business…

#1: Increases your traffic. If you start to favorite your company’s page and blogs, you will see an increase in traffic. Let’s say that one of your blog posts receives a lot of attention and even a few “thumbs up”. The more “thumbs up” you get, the more you website will be stumbled upon by other users. There is bound to be someone who is interested in your product!

#2: Acts as a bookmark. If you write a post for your website, you cannot expect it to be seen by everyone on the internet. However, what you CAN do is bookmark the page. This can be done on many different sites, StumbleUpon included. That way, your site has a better chance of being seen by random users than just your clients.

#3: Boosts your page rank. SU is a great tool that can increase your page rank, thus bringing more traffic to your website.

#4: Free advertising. Instead of dishing out money for business cards to post around town, you can reach hundreds of users on the internet. Think of SU as a free advertising tool!

#5: Meet people. If you start to join groups and stumble upon sites yourself, you will meet people and hopefully meet potential clients! However, if you do not reach out to others, they may not reach out to you. So start being active!

There are many other ways that StumbleUpon can help your business– but it is up to you to get on board! All it takes is a login and password- so start stumbling upon greater success today!