If you have your own website then you know that one of the most exciting things is seeing hundreds of visitors coming to your site in a single day.

These website visitors are clicking your ads, signing up for your lists, buying your products and making you money. It’s a great feeling.

Well, one of the ways I’ve been consistently getting a massive flow of increased visitor traffic to my sites is through the StumbleUpon website.

In case you haven’t heard about StumbleUpon, it’s a website that allows you to network with other people, browse other sites and submit your own pages for exposure.

For the web surfer it’s cool because you can use it to find new sites to explore and talk with people who share your interests.

For the website owner, it’s great because it can lead to instant push-button traffic. That is if you know how to get the most out of it.

Your success with StumbleUpon will depend on many factors. A couple of the big ones are:

1. The page you submit. Is it interesting, compelling, and appealing to the eye? Try adding a relevant image near the top of the page to get attention.

2. One of the ways to make sure your StumbleUpon submissions get the most traction is to properly set up your Stumble profile. Adding a cool looking picture will give the impression that you’re not brand new to the site.

3. Add relevant friends. You want to add friends who share your interests and who are interested in the topic of the website you’ll be promoting.

By adding friends who share your interests they will be more likely to thumb up your site submissions, giving them more traction and exposure.

4. Make sure the friends you add are active. If the person hasn’t been using the site very often then chances are they aren’t getting your submissions. Only add the people who will be around to see your site.

5. Don’t submit only your site. You can get penalized for submitting only your own pages. Make sure you are using a ration of 10-1. In other words submit one of your pages for every 10 from someone else.

Want more StumbleUpon Secrets? Check out the techniques Matthew Sherbone uses to pull in thousands of targeted website visitors at a time in Stumble Traffic.