StumbleUpon, now back under the control of the original owners after being ‘let-go’ by eBay, has rolled-out some significant updates. The homepage features more content, the entire site has been re-designed and a new emphasis is being put on the user’s friend network. The stories you see and submit are now heavily focused within a user’s network (verses the entire SU network). What this means is that stories you see are derived from your friend network, instead of the entire SU network. Same goes with the stories you submit. Gone are the days of instant traffic off a carefully-placed SU submission… unless you have thousands of friends.

Luckily, the SU focused friend network feature update is in beta. If you don’t like it, leave feedback. The owners have historically been very receptive to user input.

StumbleUpon vs Digg vs Twitter vs Tumblr (Unique Visitors Chart)

Social marketing, integrated social marketing (ISM), social media marketing or whatever you want to call it is HUGE! With so many networks itchin to monopolize your time without any real giveback how on earth are you supposed to figure out which ones are ‘worth it’? Glad you asked, intrepid social marketing knowledge seeker – see (and freely embed) the Social Conversation Prism:

The Conversation Prism by Brian Solis and Jesse Thomas

Also known as the ‘why you need a professional social marketer’ prism.

Embed the Social Marketing Conversation Prism on Your Site/Blog

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