If you are not over on Pinterest now, you need to get there. Having a lot of Pinterest followers isn’t really necessary for getting some exposure unlike Twitter or Facebook and at present, the links are do-follow. So plenty of good reasons to get over there and start pinning.
- When creating your boards create some that are keyword rich and some that are fun.
- Pin some of your own content that has great images
- Pin other peoples content with great images
- Describe your boards – you have up to 500 characters.
- Describe accurately and not keyword stuff
- “Like” other peoples pins if they are interesting but not your topics
- Comment on other peoples pins
- Make sure your comment is something other than nice pin…
- Follow boards that interest you as a person
- Follow boards that interest you as a business person
- Follow a funny board
- Find your Facebook Friends on Pinterest
- Invite your Facebook friends to join you on Pinterest
- Unfollow boards that don’t interest you
- Create a hacked up board used PicSlice
- Share other peoples pins – like the Pin via Facebook
- Check out what videos are being pinned
- Re-pin some of the those videos to your boards
- Install a WordPress plugin for Pinterest
- Add your boards to your blog
- Remember there is an etiquette to Pinterest
- Be respectful of that etiquette
- Add a board for your books, ebooks and books you adore
- Tweet your pins
- Don’t tweet every pin…
- Thank people for re-pinning – it starts a conversation
- Re-pin your clients
- Re-pin your friends
- Re-pin really good things
- Tell people what you like about the things you have pinned
- Fill in the descriptions on your pins
- Have themed boards
- Plan something using a board – an event, a holiday, a wedding
- Collaborate on a board
- Invite others to pin on a similar topic to build a great resource
- “like” boards
- Add $ to your description and make your pin a gift
- See what pins are getting re-pinned the most
- Write a blog post and embed your pin images into it
- Add the Pin bookmarklet to your browser
- Add the Pinterest app to your iPhone
- Talk back to people when they interact with you
- Help others use Pinterest
Share with us in the comments how you are using Pinterest, and if course if you like this post then please Pin It
Sarah
PS You can grab a sneak peek at the Pinterest 30 Day Challenge - Day One and Day Two over here.
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Awesome Tips. Thanks for sharing this great tips. Have a great day ((Hugs))
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Go have fun with them Amit
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Thanks so much Sarah. This is a really useful post. There is a lot of talk about Pinterest at the moment and for good reason too.
I’d also like to say that I highly recommend you check out Sarah’s awesome Pininterest 30 Day Challenge (and no I’m not an affiliate:))
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Pinterest is a lot of fun and you will enjoy when you get started
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So what is the etiquette of Pinterest? Is it particular or just the good sense Internet etiquette and practice?
I recently got on it, so I am very thankful I saw your blogpost today.
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Hi Otir you can find the etiquette guidelines here http://pinterest.com/about/etiquette/ the main rule of etiquette is correctly attributing images.
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What a fabulous list Sarah, got to be something for everyone.
I liked number 1 “When creating your boards create some that are keyword rich and some that are fun.”
You know, I never thought about keywords, but I will do now.
The plugin info on your other post is also pretty useful.
How on earth do you find all this info?
BTW – love the theme. LOL
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Thanks Keith
I don’t watch tv very much so I have plenty of time to play around, work things out and research
An aptly named board can send you a fair bit of traffic
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I’ve been playing a bit in Pinterest and am interested to see what is going to take place with the flood of growth that is currently taking place… I’ve been seeing some creativity in incorporating the business or blog e-mail address in the picture.. Agree that the amount of followers or who you follow is irrelevant with the exposure a picture can receive. Most of the pics I’ve had liked or pinned are from people who don’t ‘follow’me.. Thanks Sarah
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Hi Mike, Pinterest is the hub of creativity with images being created, branded and all other kinds of crazy – it’s fascinating to watch.
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Sarah, thank you for these handy tips. I think they are extremely useful and I for one will be implementing them immediately! I think Pinterest is absolutely fabulous, it’s creative, pictorial, emotive and embraces exactly what I’ve been looking for in order to promote my new business!
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Helpful post Sarah! Still finding my way on pinterest. It definitely gets a rep from guys as being only about weddings and interior design.
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You’ll always find some that only see shoes and shopping – it just goes to show you what happens when you follow anyone
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Hi Sarah,
I love your pinterest posts, I will definitely have to remember to use keywords.
Thanks Sarah.
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I have a nature board just so I can re-pin your beautiful photos Anita
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Excellent tips! Interesting stuff about the keywords. Will definitely be using them.
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Are there any demos available? I’ve heard a lot of negative comments about Pinterest relating to copyright infringement.
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Good idea to “like” pins that don’t fit your boards but you like anyway. Nice, easy to do list.
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A very interesting and informative post. As a newbie to Pinterest, you have totally convinced me that it has a lot of benefits.
I absolutely LOVE Pinterest, probably even more than Facebook. Not looking forward to it being overcrowded though. I prefer not to have to sift through all the clutter, when social platforms get too big. Right now, I know there’s a lot of buzz about it, but I really think it’s here to stay. Love, love, love it…especially the gifting part of it. So many possibilities!
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Great tips! Thank you!
Question:
tip #26. Thank people for re-pinning – it starts a conversation
Where should I do that?
Thanks again!
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I haven’t had much interest because I feel things will get cluttered quickly. That being said, really enjoyed all the tips. I may have to look a little deeper.
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