How to get 1000 new visitors per day to your foodblog.

by Kang L. on September 23, 2008

Every foodieblogger wants to share their deliciousness with as many foodies as possible, but it sometimes can be difficult driving traffic to your blog. We do our part to keep involved in the blogosphere, thank goodness for foodbuzz and all the wonderful new foodie friends I’ve made, leave comments on other foodie blogs we enjoy and try everything we can to deliver one message : We love food.

How to get 1000 per day?

I’ll admit now its not my idea at all, but rather, an excellent post on how to grow a young blog on problogger. To cut a long story short, here’s what you do:

Open an account on StumbleUpon
Download the stumble toolbar for your browser
Gather 25 foodie friends on stumbleupon, if you need a foodie, my username is londoneater (shameless I know).
Once installed, the toolbar will appear at the top of the browser, navigate to the page you want to stumble (ie, a post you just wrote that you want people to see), click ’send to’ and ask (very kindly) your foodie friends to stumble your blog. You can include a message too, so be nice.
And in return, help stumble your foodie friend’s blogs, so it’s a win-win situation.

Skellie, who wrote this post, claims that if you have at least 25 friends helping to stumble your blog, then it can drive thousands and thousands to your webby every day! The full post is here and I really recommend reading through it.

My plea to fellow foodies

We should go on stumbleupon, become friends, start a group, add me as a friend on stumbleupon and send me your blog, I’ll review it and stumble it for you! And please also help me do the same, and hopefully together, we can help get more people to come and discuss about food…and convert new foodies along the way :D

Ah yes the beauty of web 2.0, the more we network, the merrier it is…It’s really that simple!

What are you waiting for? You can stumble me just on the bottom left hand corner under ’share and enjoy’.

Thanks in advance and happy fooding

Technorati Tags: foodblog, improve, traffic

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A big thank you to my new foodblogger friends — London eater: September 25, 2008 at 10:45 pm
eating&reading weekly roundup 21-28 Sept 08 — London Eater: October 5, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Calling all UK foodbloggers: Let’s do a UK foodbuzz meet-up — London Eater: October 8, 2008 at 8:50 am
Stumbling along…..: May 3, 2009 at 12:05 am

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1 Jessie September 23, 2008 at 5:35 pm: Hehe. Done and done. Thanks for the good idea. I’ve also linked to your blog on TheHungryMouse.com in my friends section.

Cheers!
Jessie
a.k.a. The Hungry Mouse
2 Kang L. September 23, 2008 at 6:09 pm: Jessie aka the hungry mouse,
Cool, we foodies need to stick together, I’m adding you to my blogroll too
3 Banu (BaL) September 23, 2008 at 8:45 pm: Btw you mention about web 2.0… needless to say but I’m in love! with ur tag cloud!
4 Kang L. September 24, 2008 at 6:04 am: Banu - thanks! its a plug-in called cumulus, check it out here,
I’m not sure if they do one for blogspot but you could have a look see
5 Kang L. September 24, 2008 at 6:04 am: Sorry forgot to paste the link > http://www.roytanck.com/2008/03/15/wp-cumulus-released/
6 Luisella September 24, 2008 at 10:34 am: Hi! i’m a friend from FoodBuzz, I find very interesting this post, my blog is in italian and also in english, perhaps I have a chance Only, I didn’t understand a thing, when you write: “Gather 25 foodie friends on stumbleupon”. Can you explain the meaning of “gather”? Thank you !
7 Kang L. September 24, 2008 at 11:21 am: Luisella - hello hello foodbuzzer!
Gather, as in, make a list of 25 friends on your StumbleUpon account.
You can add me as one of your friends too
8 deborah smith September 24, 2008 at 4:06 pm: Thanks for the great tip. I joined Stumbledupon as bitesjersey. I didn’t realize that would be my public username or I would have done, JerseyBites, duh. Is there any way to change it. I can’t find a way to cancel and start over. Maybe its not even important. Any thoughts?
9 Banu (BaL) September 24, 2008 at 4:53 pm: Hi Kang
It looks beautiful on your site.
It wouldn’t look that nice on mine
Buton the other hand I’ll check the codes to get improved

Thanks again!
10 Shae September 24, 2008 at 5:09 pm: I saw this on Problogger, too. I have had quite a bit of traffic driven to my site from StumbleUpon and that was before I had friends. It does work and it’s also a good way to discover some great sites.

aka The Collegiate Gourmet
11 Shae September 24, 2008 at 5:10 pm: P.S. Twitter has been really great for me, too. But you have to support each other and actually click on friends links.
12 TastyNewEngland September 24, 2008 at 6:59 pm: I just started stumbling myself. My SN is TastyNewEngland and my blog is at TastyNewEngland.com

Thanks to anyone who wants to join in, I know I do!
13 thehungryengineer September 24, 2008 at 7:20 pm: I read that post on problogger as well.
I’m on there (just now in fact) as hungryengineer if anyone’s interested.
I’m digging the cooperative spirit!!
14 Jenny September 24, 2008 at 7:34 pm: Very cool! I’m going to work on this later tonight!
15 Bentoist September 24, 2008 at 7:37 pm: Hey Kang! This is a great idea! Someone submitted my site to stumble upon sometime back and I had 400 hits in a day. I added you as a friend in StumbleUpon but apart from that, I’m not sure how the site really works. Love your tag cloud too!
16 Megan September 24, 2008 at 7:50 pm: I started stumbleupon the other day and have been reviewing pages, but I have not had a major increase in traffic. I am not sure I am doing it correctly. I am going to go add you and stumble you. I would love to be a part of a network with you. Any advice for me?
17 The Diva on a Diet September 24, 2008 at 9:31 pm: What a great post. Thank you so much for these helpful tips and links. I’m going to check out StumbleUpon tomorrow when I have some more free time. Thanks, London Eater!
18 Bethany September 24, 2008 at 9:48 pm: Hello and thanks for your help! I have added stumble upon and luckily every time I stumble a post i get between 800+ visits. but then 2-3 days later I’m back to the same numbers again. How do i get that to happen every day, if that is even possible? Now im going to go and figure out how to add you as a friend
19 thepinkpeppercorn September 25, 2008 at 12:14 am: Thanks London Eater! Great post!! The Pink Peppercorn is adding you right now
20 Deeba September 25, 2008 at 12:26 am: Good idea…why not gather the blogs we love, add more & STUMBLE. Shall try & do this today. You can add me too if you like. Cheers…Deeba
21 Tapan@inquisitiveaboutfinance September 25, 2008 at 12:33 am: hey,
Just stumbled your blog. By the way I am not liking the usability of stumbleupon. It gives me an error when I replied to your message.
You must choose some topics to send messages.Choose some topics now!

Also when someone sent me a friend request, it asked me for re-login and would not login again.

My stumbleupon id is tdivekar
22 Christine September 25, 2008 at 1:24 am: I guess im a little webtarted. I couldn’t figure out how to make sure my blog was on the site nor can i find you on there! (sniff) I want to be noticed! I have ideas and creativity to share with my fellow foodies! HELP!
23 Reeni September 25, 2008 at 1:33 am: Thanks so much for the great info. I headed right over to check it out, I sent you a friend request!
24 Chef John September 25, 2008 at 1:33 am: I’m in too. I tried the SU thing when I first started, but didn’t have much luck. I want to try again. I believe I am already listed on SU as Foodwishes, but I’ll have to check. Thanks!
25 Sandra September 25, 2008 at 4:59 am: This is a great idea and I’ll get set up for it right now. Expect me to come stumbling through shortly. Thanks for the tips and the clever plan!
26 nags September 25, 2008 at 5:54 am: great idea!! let me set up a stumbleupon id right now.
27 Kang L. September 25, 2008 at 6:28 am: Deborah - I just had a look on stumble, doesn’t look like theres a way to change the nickname, you might have to re-register, have a look here:
http://www.stumbleupon.com/help/#nickname

Its from the stumbleupon website, hope it helps deb!
28 Kang L. September 25, 2008 at 6:34 am: To all new food-stumblers!
Looks like we have like minded individuals in the same boat, thanks for joining in the fun guys!

There are alot of request and I’m slowly working to stumble all your blogs guys, so apologies if there is a slight delay. I assure you though, I will add you as a friend and stumble all of you by the end of today (UK time :D)

In any case, remember to install the stumbleupon toolbar for your browser. and click the ‘Send to’ Button and send your blog(or any page you wish to stumble) to me!
29 Cajun Chef Ryan September 25, 2008 at 2:40 pm: Great way to share on the http://WWW. Thanks for posting this in FoodBuzz!
Done it too, so any foodies please add me to your SU too!

Culinarily yours,

Cajun Chef Ryan
30 Mamaliga September 25, 2008 at 3:00 pm: Thanks for the tip!

I’ve been doing the Stumble for a good while on my other blogs and one thing I observed is indeed a big spike in my traffic but that usually dies out the next day. Although StumbleUpon is a great way to get your site out there, the Stumble udience is more of a “mouse-happy” crowd that just gets a short visit to your site and then leaves.

What you are after is a steady crowd that comes, stays and returns.

I found that Digg, Propeller and Delicious - and of course the notorious Twitter are the best to attract the right kind of crowd. From there you can work on adding little spider webs to “catch” more targeted audience on sites like YouTube (videos), Flickr or Picassa (for photos), etc. etc.

Hope it helps!

Gabi at http://www.mamaliga.com
31 Sandra September 25, 2008 at 3:38 pm: Oops. Should have mentioned I am HeyICanEatThat at StumbleUpon and Foodbuzz. See you all there!
32 Kang L. September 25, 2008 at 5:20 pm: Gabi,
More good tips for foodbloggers , yes I do agree with you, stumbleupon users are like internet channel surfers, fickle minded, but they do come in big waves. The hope is of course that since it comes in such big waves, if only a small percentage of them stick around

Though I think bloggers are always interested in any easy way to get just a little more traffic, plus I’ve made 50 new foodfriends on StumbleUpon now, so that’s a big plus

I set up my twitter a few days ago myself, but still haven’t twitted yet..will have to start that avenue.
Btw your blog is COOL! I havent ever had Romanian food before and it’s cool learning about other cultures +food! I love your banner too, very nice.
33 Meaghan Fitzgerald September 25, 2008 at 7:04 pm: Hi London Eater - thanks for the comment on my blog! Look at us, two London bloggers stumbling away :). I’ll add you as a friend on Stumble, expect a friend request from meaghannf (that goes for the rest of you - feel free to friend me at that user name!)

Cheers,
Meg
34 Meaghan Fitzgerald September 25, 2008 at 7:05 pm: Hah - we’re already friends. I knew that.

*head desk*
35 Kang L. September 25, 2008 at 8:09 pm: Meaghan,
When I was trying to friend you, but couldn’t find the button, I decided to send you a message…… and then I realised why the button wasnt there

Yes yes, we london bloggers should really stick together, a little bulb just went off in my brain ( or what is left of it :D) and I’m thinking of trying to form like a london blogging network, round up like minded people, chilled out and blogging to entertain our beloved readers

I’ll explore this idea and blog about it soon…will let you in on it too!
36 ItalyinSF September 25, 2008 at 9:52 pm: Great idea. I’m bridgingjones on stumble upon, and I’ve added all of you who have put info on the comments!
Stumble you soon!

Vanessa
37 Kang L. September 25, 2008 at 10:52 pm: Phew! I think I’ve stumbled everyone who replied to this now, if I haven’t done so, just click ’send to’ on the stumble toolbar and sendme your page, i’ll stumble it! I written a follow-up post to to thank all you guys and to reply some comments too, hope i covered everybody, check out the post here http://londoneater.com/2008/09/25/a-big-thank-you-to-my-new-foodblogger-friends/

Thanks again guys, keep networked, foodbloggers should stay connected, its more fun that way:D
38 Kang L. September 25, 2008 at 10:53 pm: ItalyinSF, you have been stumbled!!
39 Kang L. September 25, 2008 at 10:55 pm: Banu - I’m sure it will look good on your site too but yes like you say, you might have to check it out
40 Foong September 26, 2008 at 4:56 pm: Hi, great idea!
I joined Stubleupon a while back but don’t really know how to fully utilize it except to stumble my own posts..lol….
I’ll add you as a friend in stumbleupon and we can stumble along…I’m registered as Penangviews. Thanks.
41 Catalina October 2, 2008 at 2:28 am: STUMBLE ME AND I’LL STUMBLE BACK!

http://loopsydaisy.stumbleupon.com/

Just add me as a friend and link to your blog!
42 Jennifer October 3, 2008 at 12:34 pm: Hey there - thanks for the tip! This is super helpful And thanks for becoming my foodbuzz friend! I just signed up for StumbleUpon & added you as a friend…my username is JenBakes Looking forward to more of your tips!
43 HeidifromSavoryTv October 3, 2008 at 8:34 pm: Hi there! Thanks for being so foodie proactive, it’s important to stick together and represent! I’m http://treebytheriver.stumbleupon.com and I’ve stumbled your page and added you as a friend. Let me know if there is anything else I can do! Have a great weekend, Heidi
44 CB October 3, 2008 at 11:30 pm: Lets eat
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_cuN087PGhdo/SOWRpoU1-xI/AAAAAAAAAFY/b3N0NHQTMtk/s1600-h/mmmmmmmmmm.jpg
Not gourmet but so good
45 Freya October 10, 2008 at 1:59 pm: Hi! I think I have stumbled you and several other people who have commented. Not sure how to send a message though. Do I do this after you have accepted my friend add or before?
Thanks!!
Freya
aka CocoaKisses on Stumble
46 BayAreafoodie October 14, 2008 at 12:40 am: nice post –found you on foodbuzz… On SU I’m bayareafoodie…feel free to add me to your friend lists
47 megamega October 23, 2008 at 8:17 am: How I get 100s of NEW MYSPACE friends a day
on: http://tinyurl.com/6hv3qq