“Pinterest is a social network that allows users to visually share, curate and discover new interests by posting, aka Pinning, images or videos to a Board (a collection of Pins) Users can upload from their computer or pin things they find on the web.”
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Reasons to get on the Pinterest band wagon:
- Pinterest Converts More Browsers into Buyers
- Pinterest Drives Tons of Traffic
- Pins Get you more Inbound Links
- User Engagement is VERY Addictive
- Pinterest Integrates with your website,Twitter and Facebook profile
- Get Chrome or Firefox Extension
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/pinterest
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/pinterest-right-click/
How to get into Pinterest?
- Get invited from another Pinterest user.
- Click on Link in your email invite
- Login with your Facebook or Twitter acount
- Once you are logged in go to About → Help (upper right corner) Everything you need to know to set up your Pinterest profile is here.
When setting up profile:
- Be complete and use your business name
- Add a description for your business which contains your best keywords
- “Hide your profile to search engines” : Turned OFF
- Create a few Theme based boards - Use keywords in title and description of the board
- Start Pinning ;)
Board Ideas:
- Executive Management Board - with Bios
- Blogs with Great Photos - pin with the content in the description
- Ebook and Book Covers - with descriptions
- Photos of your happy customers - with their consent
- Photos of your work, services
- Create a Video Gallery
- Photos/Vidoes of Events
Pinning Guidelines:
- Upload your own images from your computer or Pin from your website
- File names of the images you upload from your computer should be keyword rich
- Pin from different sources, ie multiple websites with images related to your business
- After you upload your image - “edit” to add a link (if you did not pin form website)
- Add a description to your image (up to 500 keyword rich characters)
- Engage - Comment, Like, Re-Pin, Follow and be Followed
- Create a variety of boards with Keyword Rich titles
- Add “Follow” and “Pin It” buttons to your website
- Image size 600-800 pixels wide - no limit on length - don’t use small images!!
- Pin Videos
- Promote your board through other channels
Pinterest Terms:
- A Pin : an image added to Pinterest
- Board : a set of theme-based pins
- Pinning : the act of visually sharing content
- Repin : reposting somebody else’s pin
- Pin It Button : a button placed on a website to make it easier to share an image from that site
- Pinner : the person who does the sharing
NEW Pinterest Tools !!!
Calculate your Pinfluence - Measure reach and virality
http://pinpuff.com/
Share a screenshot of your website instead of a single image
http://url2pin.it/
http://snapito.com/
Pin a Quote
http://pinaquote.com/
Follow Us on Pinterest:
http://pinterest.com/destinygroup/
