This is either new or I have honestly never seen the link at the top right corner before.

At any rate, the reason I am a fan of the grid is for 2 reasons:

1. Occasionally some sneaky SU users will change the page after it has been stumbled.  The fact that SU now takes a screenshot and displays the original stumble is great for the reviewer.

2. Finding good SU friends is not as easy as it may sound.  Some users only stumble their own sites. If that’s the case, when I click on their avatar to see what they are stumbling, it’s so easy to see all the screenshots and know at a glance that this user is only in it for themselves.

If you are on StumbleUpon, give it a try.  If you aren’t a Stumble user, what the heck are you waiting for?  Get with the program.  

So basically, they are an online social marketing network.  It’s a place that brings advertisers and bloggers together.  They have a network of over 100k bloggers, so I imagine if you are looking for a writer, this might be a good place to go search for one.

I’m leaving for New York on Sunday, so don’t know if I’ll have time to play around with this further til I get back, but if you go to their site, there’s a video that describes what they do in more detail.

Anyway, thanks for think of me guys!  I’ll take my St. Patty’s Day stuff to the big apple! 

A few people asked if I would upload the power point for them, so here it is.

I’ll be writing more on this over the next few weeks as a follow up to the slides.  Heading back down to the conference now. 

Go here to download the TwitBox

Pownce has been around for awhile, but has been invite only up until yesterday when they opened the doors to anyone and everyone.

If you have a profile on a social media site, it wouldn’t hurt to join Pownce using the same profile.  You’re bound to see many users from other social sites.

It’s really just one more place to network and meet friends.  The Pownce profile page also lets you add some of your other social sites profiles very easily.

I just noticed that it’s now gone and replaced with this:

Personally, I don’t like this.  It gives too many options and opens users up to potentially being labeled just because another user doesn’t like em.  There are many SU users that hate the influx of SEO/SMM that have joined StumbleUpon so this would be a perfect opportunity for them to take out some aggression.

Here’s an example of a Stumbler whose quick to use his thumbs down on things he sees.

Imagine what this guy would do if you reviewed him? Yikes!

So if you are one of the SU people that leave random reviews just to grow your SU network or just because your friends ask you to, um…be careful.  Your kind words and effort could label you in a way that may not be friendly. Make sure you leave a specific comment directly connected to the site you are reviewing. 

Here’s a few tips at how to leave a review for a user that will hopefully get you labeled as helpful or friendly.:)

• Remember that when you write a review for another SU user it will appear on your Stumble blog so write something that your fans will be compelled to read and click through to the user you are reviewing.
• Take 10 seconds and actually go a page or so deep unto their blog and find something they have stumbled that attracts your attention. Stumble it and explain why you like it.
• If there is a clear theme to the types of things that the user stumbles, indicate that so that others  with the same interest will check them out.
• Tell them you’ll definitely be stopping back again to see their future stumbles and then do it! When you review a Stumbler, why not add them as a friend? Tell em you added them and they may be more inclined to add you if you used some of the above in your review process.
• If the Stumbler has an interesting avatar of has taken time to add special things to their blog, let them know you noticed that.  

At any rate, I came across two pretty cool Twitter tools that I wanted to share.

Twitter100.com

This comes in handy (even though the date is off for me by a day).  Basically you enter your Twitter account name and you’ll get a display of 100 updates from people you are following.  You can also choose how often you want it to refresh between 3, 10 and 30 minutes.

Twittervision

Now this is a Facebook application, so I think you have to have it installed and it picks up your tweets through Facebook.  I haven’t actually tried it because I’ve stopped adding apps to my Facebook account for a while, but it’s interesting to watch for a minute or so.  You basically get to see Twitter updates from all over the world.

Follow me on Twitter!

This is a recap with a mtv/vh1 feel that covers the videos, the creators and the digg submitters.  If that’s not enough they also highlight some of the comments.

No need to hit play for each video, this is one streaming video that is all inclusive, so you just hit play once and watch the show.   

Depending on what your thoughts are about Digg, this will be either very cool or extremely lame. 

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http://www.seowife.com/top-stumbler-mia/ Since I’ve been on SU MaiKeth has always been on the top row of the Top Stumblers page.  Recently I have noticed him slipping down a few rows. 

You’ll notice he is now 6th row all the way to the left.  When I visit his SU blog it says he has not logged in in 2 months.  Now this is a man that has been very active on SU for well over a year.  He has thumbed over 22,000 pages has over 1100 fans and  received over 200 reviews.  How can he just drop off the face of Stumble like that?

I’m not a friend of MaiKeth, just a fan.  I am wondering if anyone knows him and knows where he’s at?  The Top Stumbler page won’t be the same without his scary avatar on it.