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Mix – A New Way To Discover, Collect, and Share Awesome Content

February 26, 2018 by Susan

This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here.

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Are you a blogger? Whether you have just started a new blog or you’ve been blogging for over a decade, you are going to want to get on Mix!

Mix is a new site where you can discover, collect and share content. Everyone can use mix, but if you’re a blogger, you especially want to get started with it right now!

If you used to use StumbleUpon, that site has now closed and merged with Mix.

Mix - Top picks from friends and experts

As bloggers, ultimately we want traffic. Social media channels are critical for networking and growing your influence, but what we all want more than anything is traffic to our websites.

So which social media channel sends you the most traffic?

Pinterest, right? The reason Pinterest brings us all so much traffic is because it’s NOT a social networking platform… it is a content discovery platform. They call actually call it a visual discovery platform.

People spend time on Twitter and Facebook talking (and fighting) but they aren’t clicking through to very many websites and more importantly they aren’t saving website links to visit later. And people spend hours scrolling through photos on Instagram, but for most bloggers, Instagram doesn’t send much referral traffic to their blogs.

When people started saying Snapchat was going to be huge and important for bloggers and businesses, I groaned.

I did NOT have time to build another social network. And I did not want or need another social channel. (And I’m relieved that the hype didn’t turn out to matter.)

But when I recently heard about Mix… I was THRILLED.

Mix Home Page - Not Signed In

Bloggers, Meet Mix – Your New Traffic Source

While I don’t want another site to chat with friends, I do absolutely want another source of traffic to my blog.

I can’t handle more streams of conversation, but I definitely can handle another place to save and share awesome content with more people.

Pinterest is our blog’s best source of traffic and I don’t expect anything to replace that in the near future… but if there is another pie that tastes even a little like Pinterest, I want a slice!

I realize that are many sites out there that have tried to copy Pinterest or offer something similar. I have an account on Flipboard for instance, but I almost never use it.

When I heard that the folks behind StumbleUpon launched Mix, I knew I wanted to be one of the first and most active accounts on their new platform.

I’ve used StumbleUpon for years and it does consistently bring our blog some traffic. And since they are a longstanding company with the infrastructure to make a new platform work, I’m betting on them.

I’m betting on Mix by taking a few minutes everyday to consistently add content to my Mix boards and follow other boards. I mostly add other people’s content to my boards and I add some of my own.

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As I do on Pinterest, I ensure that every single article I add to Mix is high quality.

Most of the content I add comes from other bloggers, but I also add interesting articles from news and other large media sites.

I like that Mix isn’t a copy of Pinterest.

Images are important on Mix, but I think the headlines of articles are just as important. Mix uses more traditional horizontal images and shows the headline of each article prominently. As a result, I tend to read the headline as well as look at the image to judge whether I want to click through and/or Mix the article. Whereas on Pinterest, I judge the image far more than the headline.

Another positive side effect of the horizontal images and headline prominence is that you can share strong articles that don’t have “pinnable images”.

For those of us who are bloggers, we carefully craft vertical images often with a headline right on the photo so that our posts can be pinned and will perform well on Pinterest.

But there are millions of quality articles online that I’d like to save and share that don’t have “pinnable images”.

Mix allows me to save and share every type of webpage.

Check out our Mix boards to see what I mean.

Mix - 5 Minutes For Mom Profile

Mix Referral Program

If you’re a blogger who wants more traffic, then Mix is for you.

Mix is going to grow and be an awesome source of traffic to your blog.

But in the meantime, while it’s getting going, you have a way to earn extra income right now!

Since Mix is in its early days, they are offering incentives to bloggers like us to help their platform grow with quality users and top-notch content.

So they are offering incentives Mix Referral Program.

The Mix Referral Program is actually a Win/Win/Win.

  • Win #1 – Building A New Following
    I get that it can feel overwhelming to sign up for a new platform and start at 0 followers. We’ve spent years earning 84K+ followers on Twitter, 40K+ followers on Pinterest, and 27+ followers on Facebook. So I can feel the pain of joining a new site and starting at 0 followers.

    But, if that new site is going to grow, you’re better getting started today than waiting until tomorrow.

    I beat myself up every day for procrastinating getting started on Pinterest. If I’d started when I first heard about it, I could have had a million followers by now.

    I have confidence that Mix is going to grow and I’m going to be one of those who was there from the start.

  • Win #2 – Getting Your Own Content On A New Platform

    On Twitter or Facebook when you share a link it goes away pretty fast.

    But when you add your content to your Mix boards, it becomes part of something bigger. Your blog post can then discovered by more people and added to other boards.

    Just like on Pinterest, when you add one of your blog posts to Mix, you are investing in future page views.

  • Win #3 – Earn Extra Income

    And in the short term, you earn income from referrals.

    You work hard to create fantastic content, so it’s always great when new people discover your blog.

Go here to receive full details on the Mix Referral Program.

For any questions or additional info email [email protected]

We Want To Follow You On Mix

We definitely want to follow you on Mix. So once you sign up for an account (it’s free of course), leave us a comment with your Mix profile name.

You can follow us at mix.com/5minutesformom.

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Bloggers - Meet You New Traffic Source

 

Disclosure: The folks at Mix provided us with StumbleUpon ad credits to thank us for sharing about their platform and we are part of the Mix Referral Program.
Written by Susan Carraretto, co-founder of 5 Minutes for Mom
Talk with me: @5minutesformom and Facebook.com/5minutesformom
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23 Comments

  1. Nicole says

    June 25, 2019 at 8:46 pm

    Have you ever considered writing an e-book or guest authoring on other sites?

    I have a blog centered on the same ideas you discuss and would love to have you
    share some stories/information. I know my audience
    would appreciate your work. If you’re even remotely
    interested, feel free to shoot me an e-mail.

    Reply
  2. Lenee' Gordon says

    June 11, 2019 at 6:05 pm

    I signed up for Mix! Follow me back @leneegordon. Thanks for the information!

    Reply
  3. Gerald Smith says

    March 11, 2019 at 8:17 am

    I just came across this article today. I have had a look at mix in the past and haven’t been able to work it out. Your article has really helped me get started. Thanks for sharing. I am now folliowing you 🙂

    https://mix.com/runningcoachlondon

    Reply
  4. manh rem thao chi says

    April 25, 2018 at 3:58 am

    Good info. Lucky me I ran across your blog by chance
    (stumbleupon). I have book-marked it for later!

    Reply
  5. Ginae B. McDonald says

    April 19, 2018 at 3:04 pm

    Thank you for this article!
    I’ve been interested in Mix and reading e-mail messages from them ever since their initial reach out. I just didn’t spend enough time to really learn enough about this opportunity!
    Following you,
    https://mix.com/ginaereviews

    Reply
  6. dawn says

    March 2, 2018 at 9:11 pm

    Looks like something I’d like so, of course, I had to join.Thanks for sharing it. I https://mix.com/petfaves

    Reply
    • Susan says

      March 3, 2018 at 9:35 pm

      Wonderful… going over there to follow you now.

      Reply
  7. Janell Poulette says

    March 2, 2018 at 7:08 pm

    I just joined! https://mix.com/savingyoudinero

    Reply
    • Susan says

      March 3, 2018 at 9:35 pm

      Great Janell… I’ve followed you and added some of your posts to my Mixes.

      Reply
  8. Bonnie Way aka the Koala Mom says

    March 2, 2018 at 6:15 pm

    Thanks for sharing! You’re right, I don’t want to be on another social media platform, but Mix does sound interesting. I’ve joined: https://mix.com/koalamomblog. 🙂

    Reply
    • Susan says

      March 2, 2018 at 9:39 pm

      Awesome. I’m following you now.

      Reply
  9. Kaye Swain says

    March 2, 2018 at 6:13 pm

    Thanks for the heads up. Seems a bit challenging so glad to have a friend there to direct me 🙂 I’m https://www.Mix.com/KayeSwain and following you 🙂

    Kaye

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    • Susan says

      March 2, 2018 at 9:44 pm

      You’re welcome. It’s pretty simple once you get the hang of it. I use the Chrome toolbar and the app on my phone. I find it faster to Mix things than share on other platforms because it automatically brings in the headline and all I have to do is choose a Mix to add it in.

      Reply
  10. Jamie | Medium Sized Family says

    March 1, 2018 at 12:02 am

    The news from Facebook serves as a reminder that we need to spread our marketing as wide as we can! Thanks for sharing this. I joined today! https://mix.com/mediumsizedfam

    Reply
    • Susan says

      March 2, 2018 at 9:44 pm

      Absolutely!!! We need to diversify.

      Reply
  11. Shea says

    February 28, 2018 at 4:03 pm

    Thanks! I need to learn how to work both of these sites.
    https://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/m2243
    https://mix.com/millionwaystomother

    Reply
    • Susan says

      March 2, 2018 at 9:46 pm

      Great! I’m following you on both now.

      Reply
  12. Jen-Eighty MPH Mom says

    February 28, 2018 at 10:23 am

    Thanks for telling us about Mix! I just signed up and am following you. My Mix link is: https://mix.com/eightymphmom

    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Susan says

      February 28, 2018 at 3:02 pm

      Awesome. I’m following you there and I mixed some of your posts.

      Reply
  13. LauraOinAK says

    February 27, 2018 at 7:53 pm

    Just registered.

    Mix: lauraoneill
    Stumbleupon: loneill66

    Reply
    • Susan says

      February 28, 2018 at 3:07 pm

      Awesome. I followed you and added a couple of your mixes.

      You can give people your mix profile link as https://mix.com/lauraoneill to help people find you.

      I was already following you on StumbleUpon.

      Reply
  14. Bobbi | Bobbi's Kozy Kitchen says

    February 27, 2018 at 5:36 pm

    Got all signed up 🙂 https://mix.com/bobbiskozyktchn and my SU is https://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/callybrat

    Reply
    • Susan says

      March 2, 2018 at 9:50 pm

      Great to hear. I’m following you on both Mix and StumbleUpon.

      Reply

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