Pinterest for your business

for BusinessLorna Sixsmith http://write-on-track.com

Pinterest Today• Pinterest Explained• How Pinterest Works• Suggestions of how YOU can use it• Pinetiquette• How to monitor your Pinterest performance• Q & A with a practical demonstration http://write-on-track.com

Why Use Social Media? • Brand Awareness • Demonstrate Expertise • Traffic to Website • Convert to Sales • Online Word of Mouth • We do not have a choice on whether we DO social media, the question is – HOW WELL WE DO IT”. – Erik Qualman. http://write-on-track.com

What is Pinterest?• Online Pinboards• Over 12 million active users• Pins = online images• Pins are shared by being repinned• Follow each other and be followed• Board examples – My Dream Kitchen, Wedding Dresses, Hair Styles, Quotes, Crochet Tutorials, Fast Cars, Wallpapers http://write-on-track.com

Examples of Pins http://write-on-track.com

Pinboards http://write-on-track.com

How to get started• Sign up at www.pinterest.com• Create some boards• Put the ‘Pin It’ bookmarklet on your browser• Use the bookmarklet to pin any picture you like• Add it to a designated board with a description http://write-on-track.com

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Follow All or Single Boards http://write-on-track.com

Repinning• Viral – 80% of pins are repins• Most popular pins (food & drink) = Repinly• To repin – just click the repin button on the image, select your board and change description if you wish. http://write-on-track.com

Pinning & Irish Beef• Traceable to the website it is pinned from.• Encourage others to pin from your website• Pin It button on products• Pin it button on blog posts• Ensure blog post image is repinnable. http://write-on-track.com

Your Pins should be:• Good quality photographs• Provide information e.g. Tutorials• Solve a problem e.g How To• Entertain• Inspire• Useful• Simply Beautiful http://write-on-track.com

Long Tall & SkinnyPhotos•Long, Tall, SkinnyPhotos - more impact•PicMonkey.com•Add Text•Call to action (towebsite) http://write-on-track.com

Create moodboards on polyvore & pin http://write-on-track.com

Quotes / Health / Wellbeing = Popular http://write-on-track.com

Infographic with Call to Action http://write-on-track.com

Image for a Non-Visual Blog Post http://write-on-track.com

Pin It button on Blog Posts http://write-on-track.com

Brands Using Pinterest Well Ikea – One for each DifferentOreck Country• Sells Cleaning products • Different Rooms• Boards include – Furry • Pin It to Win it Friends, Fabulous Floors • Crash Test Pets! (clean), Blue (their signature • True Blue – Personality colour), Customers’ boards (with Oreck products)• Personality http://write-on-track.com

Pinetiquette• Pin Little & Often• 80/20 Rule – 20% Your Content• Credit the Source• Your Reputation• Your Personality• Interaction• Follow Back http://write-on-track.com

To increase Pinnability from your website• Good Quality Photos• Pin it button on website• Pin it button on blog• Good SEO on photo• Descriptive Text on main blog photo• Put url in description, not on photo http://write-on-track.com

Pinterest & Copyright• Pictures – other people’s property• Pin them sensibly• Maintain the original source• ‘No-pin’ code is available• More businesses encouraging people to pin http://write-on-track.com

Before you start:• Decide on goals and objectives• Will you try to build a community?• Will you try to engage fans?• How often will you pin@• How will you communicate personality?• How will you measure success? http://write-on-track.com

For Another Day .....• PicMonkey – for editing photos (and creating watermarks)• Polyvore – for creating moodboards• Olioboard – creates moodboards too• Pinerly – to monitor your Pinterest performance http://write-on-track.com

More Articles at• How to Create Shared Boards• How to Set Your Board Cover• How to get more Pinterest Followers• How to measure your Pinterest success• How to get more repins and clicks• And more at ........ Write-on-track.com http://write-on-track.com

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