2. Content
1. Introduction
2. Web structure
3. How to sign up
4. Website gadgets
5. Choose your interests
6. Organize your board
7. How to make money with Pinterest?
8. Advantages and disadvantages of the website
9. Conclusion
10. Bibliography
3. Introduction
• Definition • Objectives
Pinterest is a Virtual Upload images and
Pinboard. share it with others.
A website that share
pictures. • People are becoming
Pinterest allows you to addicted to it
organize and share all the because of: (see
interesting things you find statistic)
on the web.
For more information
4. Web structure
Add: Pin images from any website as you browse the web with the “Pin It” button.
About: A link that has many other links that assist you with surfing Pinterest.
Your Account: A link where you can see your profile and who you are following.
Pinners you follow: A link that shows you who are the people you are following and
their repins.
Everything: A link that has all other categories.
Videos: Videos of all the categories.
Popular: famous images that are been “re-pined” and most viewed.
Gifts: products that are sell by entrepreneurs.
Notifications: that comes daily or weekly about the updates of the
website by email.
5. How to sign up
Instructions:
1. Go to http://pinterest.com/
2. Click on “Request an invite”
3. Fill in your email and you will receive a Thank you message.
4. At the next day, you will receive an acceptation letter that you
joined as a member at Pinterest.com and you could start by
joining through Facebook or Twitter.
5. Finally, you can happily start pinning by sharing pictures
through your catalogs on your pinboard
• Instruction with pictures
6. Website gadgets
START PINNING!
Once you know the rules of engagement, it is also helpful
to learn the terminology such as:
Pin – An image added to Pinterest
Repin – Sharing a Pin with the user’s followers
Board – A set of pins usually organized by themes (Travel, Fashion, etc.)
Pin it button – Grabs an image from a website and adds it to one of your
“pinboards”
• Tutorial video on how to:
1. Re-pin
2. Pin in
3. Access the information
7. Choose your interests
• You can choose what appeal to you from the
variety of the website’s categories.
• So if you have a wedding coming up and need
ideas for your wedding you can easily find there.
• If you have a party or any gathering and you
need delicious recipes, you can easily get the
ingredients.
8. Organize your board
• You can organize your
board very easily with two
ways, either from your
account>Boards> and then
edit each category. OR
Everything>and then
choose any category.
9. How to make money with
Pinterest?
• Pinterest team speak: “To fund these efforts, we have taken
outside investment from entrepreneurs and venture
capitalists. In the past, we've tested a few different
approaches to making money such as affiliate links. We might
also try adding advertisements, but we haven't done this yet.”
• “Even though making money isn't our top priority right now, it
is a long term goal. After all, we want Pinterest to be here to
stay!”
10. Advantages and disadvantages of the website:
• Advantages: • Disadvantages:
1. Wedding Planning 1. Easily access to inappropriate
2. Home pictures.
Decoration/Improvement 2. Plagiarism
3. Arts and Craft Inspiration
4. Give Yourself the Travel Bug
5. Take a Break and Laugh!
6. Plan your next outfit
7. Read up on the bizarre and
unusual
8. Find and share recipes
9. Make a goal board
10. Share photography and
artwork
11. Conclusion
There are interesting facts
about Pinterest:
1. 28% of users have an
annual household income
of $100,000 or higher
2. people spend on average
15 minutes during a
Pinterest visit compared
with 16 minutes on
YouTube and 12 minutes on
Facebook
3. Pinterest has an average
1.36 million visitors each
day
4. 68% of users are women
5. Referral traffic from
Pinterest is more than
YouTube, Google Plus and
LinkedIn combined
you can browse pinboards created by other people. Browsing pinboards is a fun way to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests.
