1. Virtual “pinboard” to organize and share images
discovered on the web

2. Dreams &
Wishes
Visual
Bookmarking
Ever find a great idea and then you can’t
remember where…”Pin” it by image,
organize by “boards” and arrange boards
by “theme”. The more unique and
detailed the board theme, the more you
can find and share common interests with

3. Pintrest makes it quick, easy
and sharable
“Pin-it” button grabs images or videos vs. the whole URL
making it simple to curate just the picture, but links back to
the original site for more information or details on the
picture you have saved
Users can pin, repin, follow or be followed, tag, comment,
like, tweet or link
Latest pins are the largest and float to the top
Most repined shows on the site-wide home page
Apps and mobile available

4. Pinettiquette
Be Respectful
Individual tastes are personal, but be respectful!
Be Authentic
Being who you are will bring more suitable followers than trying to
find followers.
Credit Your Sources
Links back to the original source. Give the proper credit where

5. Get personal to get
Inspirational
relevant Personal
Add words to your It’s lifestyle not product
images for impact
Support and repin
Create collages
Use the image to
Use messages to convey the meaning
create an image
Creative
Show your personality
Be playful, have a
pintrest scavenger hunt

6. Stats!
 Fastest site in history to
reach 10 million unique
visitors
 Most popular among 18-34
year old midwest women
 The average Pinterest user
spend 98 minutes per month
on the site, compared to 2.5
hours on Tumblr, and 7
hours on Facebook.

7. Organizations can pin products to highlight
them but link back to site for purchase
Indosole: Re-purposed foot wear made from
disposed motorbike tires. Supporting Indonesian
craft and helping the environment.
Pintrest site showcasing products
associated with raising money for

8. PinMe-tracks
how much a site
has been pinned
Pinpuff-assigns a
pinfluence score to
analyze pintrest
related promotions
marketing and
activities

9. National
Wildlife
Federation
on Pintrest
National Wildlife
Federation works
to inspire
Americans to
protect wildlife for
our children's
future.

10. Creative-Interactive-Compelling
Boards
NWF themes and curates
boards to infuse a range of
emotionsand Explore Outdoors,
Get for the organization
from how-to to humor
…and links Wildlife, Naturesite
Fascinating back to NWF How-
Tos, ShopNWF, Science and
Technology, Earthshare Members
Projects, Wildlife Live Cam, Great
American Backyard, Wild Crafts and
Squirrels4 good Recipes

11. Theatlantic.com
bethkanter.org
havefundogood.blogspot.com
venturebeat.com
pinterest.com
gettingattention.org