Earlier this week I blogged about the importance of having a Pinterest account both for personal and business use. It’s easy enough to simply sign up and pin a few things here and there, but there are a few tips and tricks that will definitely set you apart from everyone else.
- Don’t just pin your own content, re-pin others
- Have several boards and pin often to them
- Categorize your boards – do you have a board dedicated to clothing you like? Make sure you add it to the fashion category
- Connect with friends already using Pinterest
- You have invites to give out, ask people if anyone needs any as this is a great way to build your following
- Use the browser “pin” button
- When pinning your blog posts make sure you use an eye catching image.
- Make sure you pin directly from your website or blog as it will automatically link back to your site
- Are you pinning something that you’re selling. Adding the price in the description will add a price tag to the pin letting people know that they can purchase it
- Use the blog/ website “pin” button on your own website
- Seek out lists on websites of great pinners to follow (http://www.pinnerstofollow.com/)
- Connect your Pinterest account to Twitter and Facebook and occasionally post also to one or both sites
- Promote your Pinterest account through Twitter, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Facebook and any other platform that you have
- Use the Pinterest email signature attachment from Wisestamp
- Use the official Pinterest app on your Iphone (Android has an unofficial app)
What tips do you have?
Hi Kim,
I just only found out about Pinterest a couple of weeks ago. Am I behind or what? So, it is sort of like Twitter with ad and note space. Sounds neat. I am going there right after this and sign up. I love your blog.
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Hi Kim,
I started pinterest about a month ago and I’m totally in love with it. I think it totally rocks… Of course I know that I should be doing more with it. But I will.. as soon as I have a bit more time.
Great pointers!
All the best,
Eren
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Thanks, Eren! I will be seeking out your pins
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Thanks for the tips Kim.Pinterest is a fantastic platform to expose your product of interest to the targeted customers.Business owners can drag some very genuine audience if the use this media correctly.
A very interesting and informative post. As a newbie to Pinterest, you have totally convinced me that it has a lot of benefits.
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Such a nice quick guide to be a nice pinterest user! I had been searching for the best pinterest tutorials and tips for a while, when I’ve found your blog. Thanks for these useful tips, I’m quite a newbie to the pinner scene, so they were very helpful for me!
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I would Like to add one more tip to it! Never use any watermark in the form of link, over the images. The reason I am saying is this because Pinterest users are not dumb people , even they do understand the main purposes of watermarks and links over the images, and people never like to share these kinds of images!! Thanks awesome post though!!!
Interesting tip and definitely noted! Thanks
Julie,
I’m so happy you found this post to be resourceful. If you want to connect on Pinterest, my link is http://pinterest.com/kimrandall
Hope to see you pinning soon enough!
That’s really interesting info Adrian, to be honest I learned something new in this post even if its my first time to know..
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Loving Pinterest–all my Facebook time is now going there. My sister got me hooked and I didn’t know if I was going to like it. I blame her!
I am so excited to learn more about Pinterest and helping my blog! This is going to be awesome!
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This looks interesting!
As I am a newbie to Pinterest, you have totally convinced me that it has a lot of benefits.
~alex
Great post! I have been looking to delve into the Pinterest world to promote my products, I think I can use some guidance and sure the bullet points you have recommended will put me on the right path. Thanks.
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Hope to see you on Pinterest!
Kim thanks for sharing this. I really like Pinterest, but i never used it before so i think I’m gonna give it a try.
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Just done doing accounts in pinterest and it really makes more organized
I really enjoy those pins and re pins 
I just opened an account in Pinterest and is slowly creating boards and repinning some stuff on my boards. It is is fun.
that is a good list of tips to start with! pinterest has been pretty fun and interesting so far. I actually got interested because pinterest started to send a lot of traffic to my Clean Cut Media site and so I had to investigate. now it’s growing so quickly!
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Pinterest is a great source of traffic when used in a non spammy way. Love it!
Great tips. I love to pin and categorize the content which i’m interested about.
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You’re pretty right on everything on your list, I think the one you’re missing out is making regular updates and interactions with your friends in Pinterest.