3. What is
Pinterest?
•Online Pinboards
•Online and visual
‘word of mouth’
•Images = Pins
•Pins are Shareable
by being repinned
•Likes
•Comments
•Follow others
•Be followed
•Build relationships
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4. How Big is Pinterest – Some Stats
• Grown by over 4000%
• 12 million users (and counting....)
• 87% are female
• 60% are aged 25-44
• Average time per visit – 89 minutes
• Pinterest users buy more, spend more time and
more money than other social media buyers
(apart from Linked In)
• 80% of pins are repins
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5. How to use pinterest
• Pin from the toolbar
• Some sites have the Pin
It button
• Repin
• Like
• Comment
• Description
• Pinerly for analytics
(and soon for
scheduling)
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6. Board Rules!
• Name boards carefully
• Keywords!
• Don’t have empty
boards
• Set Cover Images
• Re-arrange boards –
move out of date
boards to bottom of
page
• Create Shared Boards
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7. Pinterest for Blogging
• Search for images to use
• Inspiration – ideas for
blog posts and ideas for
your business (always
credit sources/ask
permission)
• All pins are traceable
• Embed pins into your blog
post – shows the source
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8. How to get more traffic to your blog
• Pin from the blog post (not the general blog)
• At least ONE really nice image
• Give your images titles and alt titles
• Descriptor is important
• ‘Pin It From Pinterest’ plug in – puts the ‘pin it’ button
on every post
• Tutorials / Titles with ‘How To’ or ‘10 Ways to’
• Text on Photos (pic monkey / pinerly)
• Link to Twitter from Pinterest (and occasionally to FB)
• Create Shareable Boards and invite readers to share
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9. How to get more followers
• ‘Follow me on Pinterest’ button in sidebar
• Look at the most ‘popular pins’ in repinly –
what is trending, can you do something
similar?
• Most popular pins – home
decor, crafts, recipes, photography, women’s
clothes
• Try to use ‘long and narrow pins’
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10. How to check if pinterest is working for
you
• www.pinterest.com/source/write-on-
track.com (your domain name at end)
• Check your pinanalytics on Pinerly
• Google Analytics – check your referrals
• Set up a funnel on GA for conversions
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11. Pinetiquette
• Pin little and often
• Don’t self-promote too much
• Pin for your brand and your reputation
• Don’t ‘steal’ images for your blog and then pin
them
• If using a pin, credit the source
• Follow back those who follow you
• Comment and respond
• If auto-tweeting, remember to respond to tweets
too
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