How to Audit and Improve
Your Pinterest Business Strategy
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34% of US (aged 18 to 49) use Pinterest
300 Million Monthly Active Users
(85 M in the U.S.)
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75%+ Pins from Businesses
• 90% Use Pinterest for buying decisions
• 55% Looking specifically for products
• 97% Searches are unbranded
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Instagram Pinterest
Shopping for Products
Millennials (ages 23 to 38 in 2019)
• 50% Use Pinterest every month
• 59% Discovered products
• 47% Made a purchase
• Use Pinterest as much as Instagram
…still mostly women
80% of Pinterest users are female
• Branding
• Website Sales
• Engagement
• SEO
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Pins get 50x more distribution
to non-followers
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Business
Profiles
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• Pins / Board = Thematically cohesive
• Boards / Account = Not So Much
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Order of Boards Does NOT Matter
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Boards:
• Never delete boards
• No penalty for too many (500 max)
• Older content helps newer content
Pinterest Shows Up in Google Searches
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Pins
• Text in description
• Link to landing page
• Clear Images
• Vertical Images
• Clear of other Pinterest tools
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Character Counts
• Title: 100 characters max
• If no title, people see Pin description
• Description: 500 characters max
• Put important info in first 50-60 characters
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Pins should be relevant to the board
Pin 1x Per Week Min
2:3•PNG or JPEG
•Max file size: 32 MB
Ideal Pin
• About 20 hashtags
• Use KW in Title, Description,
and Hashtags
Pinterest users spend 29% more
while shopping than non-users
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Rich Pins (4 types)
• App, product, recipe & article pins
• Meta data
• Colorful images
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Pinterest Video
• 60% increase in video use
• Promoted Video ~ 15 - 30 seconds
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• 95% of US Instagrammers
use YouTube
• 50% of US Instagrammers
use Pinterest
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• Thumbnails
Get Conversions
• Life moments = 22% lift in sales
• Lifestyle videos = 10x lift in awareness
• Landing pages matches the Pin = 13% percent sales lift
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Pinterest Video
• Audio does not auto play
• Use text overlay
• Editorial imagery works best
• No white backgrounds
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Lifetime Metrics
• 30 day
• 7 day
• 24 hours
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Plan a Good Foundation
• Type of video? (Product Demo, Ad, Review)
• Who is it for? (Consumers, Press, Employees)
• Where will it live? (Pinterest, YouTube, Webpage, Email)
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Optimize:
• Profile
• Boards
• Pins
• Images
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Visual Search
Google SERPs
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See what was pinned from your site
Go to: http://www.pinterest.com/source/[yoursite]
Lens
Mobile app (camera)
Use Lens with lifestyle and
applications
Pinterest Lens
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Product Pins (Buyable Pins)
Shop the Look Pins
Catalogue
Tagging
Product or
Affiliate Link
Biz URL
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Keep content seasonal &
aspirational for peak
engagement
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Ideal Pin
Ideal Pin
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9:16
• .mp4 or .mov
• Max file size: 2GB
• 4 seconds to 15 minutes
Aspect ratios:
• Shorter than 1:2 or taller
than 1.91:1
• Recommended square (1:1)
or vertical (2:3, 9:16)).
1:2
2:3
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Image count: 2-5 images per Carousel
File type: PNG or JPEG
Max file size: 32 MB per image
Aspect ratio: 1:1 or 2:3
Promoted Pins that lead to a blog post
convert better than direct selling
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11pm to 1am
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Michelle G. Held
How to Audit and Improve Your Pinterest Business Strategy

How to Audit and Improve Your Pinterest Business Strategy