This describes the basics to using and understanding Pinterest, including creating, using, and editing boards and pins, finding good content, and pinning etiquette.
This document provides an introduction to Pinterest, including how to get started, how boards and pins work, how to follow other users and pin your own content. It discusses how Pinterest can be used for planning events, projects and finding recipes or other ideas. The document also outlines how the Fullerton Public Library uses Pinterest to showcase new materials, programs and staff recommendations.
Pinterest is a virtual pinboard that allows users to organize and share images of things they find interesting online. Users can create personalized boards to categorize their pins. Pinterest aims to connect people worldwide through shared interests. The document encourages readers to join Pinterest by explaining how it allows users to self-express, see what others are interested in, create memories, plan projects, and escape from life by browsing pins. Users are told they can find everything from fashion to recipes to DIY projects on Pinterest.
Pinterest is a social bookmarking site that allows users to pin pictures to their pin board, also known as their wall. Users can link pictures to sites where products can be bought or recipes found. The homepage displays the most recent pins of a user's friends. Individual profiles display a user's pin boards which can be added to or removed. Users can repin pictures they find and add them to one of their boards with an optional caption. Pinterest has become popular for sharing interests and has led some bloggers to add pin it buttons to their sites to increase traffic.
Pinterest was founded in 2009 by Ben Silbermann, Evan Sharp, and Paul Sciarra. It allows users to organize and share images they find online using boards on different topics. Pinterest has grown significantly, now with nearly 20 million monthly visitors and over 40 employees. Its main goal is to connect people through their common interests in visual content.
The document provides advice for authors on using social media for book promotion and branding. It recommends starting a blog and using platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to connect with readers and other writers. The author advises setting up accounts and profiles across various sites to establish an online presence and control search results. Regular posting on blogs and social media is emphasized to engage with followers and build an audience over time through sharing content and connecting with others in the writing community.
We Have to Do Something with Social Media, But What?Gerrit Heijkoop
Contact me via http://www.GerritHeijkoop.com or @GHeijkoop
Title: We Have to Do Something with Social Media, #ButWhat
Speaker: Gerrit Heijkoop, Executive Partner & Speaker at How Can I Be Social (HCIBS)
Location: NH Collection Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam, Nederland
Date: 15 February 2016, 13:15 - 14:45
Opening keynote session of the HelmsBriscoe European Conference 2016.
This document provides an introduction to Pinterest, including how to get started, how boards and pins work, how to follow other users and pin your own content. It discusses how Pinterest can be used for planning events, projects and finding recipes or other ideas. The document also outlines how the Fullerton Public Library uses Pinterest to showcase new materials, programs and staff recommendations.
Pinterest is a virtual pinboard that allows users to organize and share images of things they find interesting online. Users can create personalized boards to categorize their pins. Pinterest aims to connect people worldwide through shared interests. The document encourages readers to join Pinterest by explaining how it allows users to self-express, see what others are interested in, create memories, plan projects, and escape from life by browsing pins. Users are told they can find everything from fashion to recipes to DIY projects on Pinterest.
Pinterest is a social bookmarking site that allows users to pin pictures to their pin board, also known as their wall. Users can link pictures to sites where products can be bought or recipes found. The homepage displays the most recent pins of a user's friends. Individual profiles display a user's pin boards which can be added to or removed. Users can repin pictures they find and add them to one of their boards with an optional caption. Pinterest has become popular for sharing interests and has led some bloggers to add pin it buttons to their sites to increase traffic.
Pinterest was founded in 2009 by Ben Silbermann, Evan Sharp, and Paul Sciarra. It allows users to organize and share images they find online using boards on different topics. Pinterest has grown significantly, now with nearly 20 million monthly visitors and over 40 employees. Its main goal is to connect people through their common interests in visual content.
The document provides advice for authors on using social media for book promotion and branding. It recommends starting a blog and using platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to connect with readers and other writers. The author advises setting up accounts and profiles across various sites to establish an online presence and control search results. Regular posting on blogs and social media is emphasized to engage with followers and build an audience over time through sharing content and connecting with others in the writing community.
We Have to Do Something with Social Media, But What?Gerrit Heijkoop
Contact me via http://www.GerritHeijkoop.com or @GHeijkoop
Title: We Have to Do Something with Social Media, #ButWhat
Speaker: Gerrit Heijkoop, Executive Partner & Speaker at How Can I Be Social (HCIBS)
Location: NH Collection Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam, Nederland
Date: 15 February 2016, 13:15 - 14:45
Opening keynote session of the HelmsBriscoe European Conference 2016.
Social media allows people and companies to connect with others online faster than through traditional networking. To succeed, one must listen to conversations in their industry, engage and converse with others, and promote their brand across multiple social media platforms. Key steps include learning where your industry community discusses topics online, engaging in conversations on platforms like Twitter and Facebook, developing relationships, and automating promotion of your brand using tools like Ping.FM. The goal is to become known as an authority and leader in your niche by providing value to others.
Networking And Social Media Session 1 Keynote ShowWalterAkana
The document discusses how to effectively network using social media. It explains that initially one may feel alone online but can find community by connecting with others with similar interests and sharing one's talents. It recommends getting clear on one's goals, building trust over time by being helpful, and finding ways to contribute to feel accepted. The keys to starting are to get clear on one's message, establish trustworthiness, and find a sense of belonging. Specific social media activities mentioned include creating a profile, communicating, accessing and sharing information, and participating in groups.
The document discusses engagement marketing and using social media. It explains that engagement marketing is about building relationships rather than traditional broadcast marketing. It emphasizes using social media like blogs and social networks to build trust, authority, and community. It provides tips for social media engagement including creating high-value content, sharing content frequently, and earning reader loyalty. It also discusses best practices for social media use and time management.
Pinterest for Real Estate Professionals Mitch Miles
Pinterest is the fastest growing website in history and is creating a REAL impact throughout the real estate industry. Mitch Miles of The 26.2 Group shares Pinterest best practices for real estate professionals. This presentation was delivered to the Winston-Salem Regional Association of Realtors July 18th 2013.
This document provides tips and strategies for using Pinterest effectively as a marketing tool to drive traffic. It discusses optimizing your profile, pinning content through various methods, engaging with other users through activities like contests and comments, and using tools to analyze Pinterest performance. The goal is to get more views of your pins and gain followers by uploading visually appealing pins, interacting with others, and cross-promoting on other social media platforms.
Pinteresting - All You Need to Know about Pinterest !Think Media Labs
The document provides an overview of the social media platform Pinterest, including its growing popularity, typical user demographics, and ways that individuals and brands can utilize it. Some key points:
- Pinterest has become the 3rd largest social network after Facebook and Twitter. Daily users increased 145% in early 2012.
- The site allows users to share photos and videos by "pinning" them to virtual pinboards. Over 80% of pins are re-pins of content.
- Pinterest skews heavily female, around 80% of users. Women are drawn to its visual nature and use it to connect over interests like home, fashion, food.
- Brands and celebrities are actively using Pinterest to
This document provides an overview of how to use Pinterest effectively for marketing purposes. It discusses that Pinterest has over 100 million users, many of whom are women, and is still growing rapidly. While initially designed for sharing visual inspiration, the document outlines several ways marketers can benefit from Pinterest, including driving traffic to websites and blogs, promoting products through pins that allow direct purchases, and analyzing pin performance data from business accounts. The key is creating engaging boards around topics that appeal to target audiences and using features like links and rich pins to promote content and sales.
The document discusses strategies for distributing content to discoverable communities in order to expand reach. It provides tips on using Facebook audience insights and groups, exporting LinkedIn connections, distributing content on Reddit, Quora and Slack, contributing to Medium publications, and using alerts and advertising tools to share relevant messages and build relationships. The overall message is that content creators must prepare for the future by strategically distributing their content where their target audiences are actively engaging online.
Integrity Networker Training – Pinterest For Business
This is a hangout that covers:
* What is Pinterest?
* Pinterest Fun Facts
* What To Pin
* How to Create a Buzz
You can connect with me on Pinterest here:
http://Pinterest.com/IntegrityNetwkr
Here's a presentation to motivate copywriters, art directors, visualizers, film makers; everyone in the creative profession to keep at it. Some interesting perspectives here. At Ethinos, we were glad we had this session!
How to make your shit pop on the internet, for non-profits, activists, and organizers.
Some stuff clearly copped from the good people at Upworthy.
Also, I'm sorry that Slideshare broke my typography and my GIFs. You'll have to see it in person one day.
DBW15 Workshop by Jellybooks on Book Discovery & Discoverabilty - Finding and...Andrew Rhomberg
We live in an age of abundance. Over 1 million new books are published every year and that's just in the English language. In total more than 30 million books are available on Amazon to buy. The choice facing any reader is enormous.
How does an author or publisher make their book stand out and facilitate readers discovering them? This workshop gives a few tools and tips on how to make books more discoverable.
The slides are the omnibus version of an 8-part workshop at the Digital Book World workshop “Discovery & Discoverability – Finding and Growing an Audience” held at Hilton Midtown in New York City on Tuesday 13th January 2015.
Link Building: The Best Marketing Strategy You've Never Heard OfRaven Tools
Link building involves acquiring links from other websites to boost online presence and search engine rankings. It is done through a three step process: 1) Researching relevant websites, 2) Outreach to get mentions or links, 3) Follow up to maintain relationships. The case study focuses on a bakery using link building by curating product samples and building relationships through social media to acquire links from food blogs and local sites. Maintaining organized records of outreach is important for an effective ongoing link building strategy. Links lead to more exposure online which increases business.
Daniel Warren Wieden + Kennedy Old Spice Challenge Master Case StudyDaniel Warren
W+K star in a fictional quest involving George Takei and Dan Savage. The document discusses various social media challenges undertaken by Daniel Warren to improve his online profile, including getting recommendations on LinkedIn, posting pictures of his armpits to Instagram with the hashtag #mypits, creating a Pinterest board about inline skating, and providing answers about dream catchers on Quora. Overall the challenges are meant to showcase different skills and personalities for potential opportunities but do not always go as planned.
Influencers prefer sharing content they find themselves. Here's how to break into their headspace with your brand and content without directly pitching them.
Supernova Media presents Pinterest 101. Includes do's and don'ts for business! Pinterest is a social photo sharing website and app where users can create and manage theme-based image collections in the format of a virtual pinboard. Pinterest drove more referral traffic to retailers than Linked In, You Tube and Google+ combined in January 2012.
Pinterest is a virtual pinboard that allows users to organize and share images, videos and other content they find interesting online. Users can browse pinboards created by others for inspiration or create their own pinboards on various topics. Pins are visual representations of links that when clicked take the user to the original source. Pinboards allow users to collect and organize pins around common themes.
Social media allows people and companies to connect with others online faster than through traditional networking. To succeed, one must listen to conversations in their industry, engage and converse with others, and promote their brand across multiple social media platforms. Key steps include learning where your industry community discusses topics online, engaging in conversations on platforms like Twitter and Facebook, developing relationships, and automating promotion of your brand using tools like Ping.FM. The goal is to become known as an authority and leader in your niche by providing value to others.
Networking And Social Media Session 1 Keynote ShowWalterAkana
The document discusses how to effectively network using social media. It explains that initially one may feel alone online but can find community by connecting with others with similar interests and sharing one's talents. It recommends getting clear on one's goals, building trust over time by being helpful, and finding ways to contribute to feel accepted. The keys to starting are to get clear on one's message, establish trustworthiness, and find a sense of belonging. Specific social media activities mentioned include creating a profile, communicating, accessing and sharing information, and participating in groups.
The document discusses engagement marketing and using social media. It explains that engagement marketing is about building relationships rather than traditional broadcast marketing. It emphasizes using social media like blogs and social networks to build trust, authority, and community. It provides tips for social media engagement including creating high-value content, sharing content frequently, and earning reader loyalty. It also discusses best practices for social media use and time management.
Pinterest for Real Estate Professionals Mitch Miles
Pinterest is the fastest growing website in history and is creating a REAL impact throughout the real estate industry. Mitch Miles of The 26.2 Group shares Pinterest best practices for real estate professionals. This presentation was delivered to the Winston-Salem Regional Association of Realtors July 18th 2013.
This document provides tips and strategies for using Pinterest effectively as a marketing tool to drive traffic. It discusses optimizing your profile, pinning content through various methods, engaging with other users through activities like contests and comments, and using tools to analyze Pinterest performance. The goal is to get more views of your pins and gain followers by uploading visually appealing pins, interacting with others, and cross-promoting on other social media platforms.
Pinteresting - All You Need to Know about Pinterest !Think Media Labs
The document provides an overview of the social media platform Pinterest, including its growing popularity, typical user demographics, and ways that individuals and brands can utilize it. Some key points:
- Pinterest has become the 3rd largest social network after Facebook and Twitter. Daily users increased 145% in early 2012.
- The site allows users to share photos and videos by "pinning" them to virtual pinboards. Over 80% of pins are re-pins of content.
- Pinterest skews heavily female, around 80% of users. Women are drawn to its visual nature and use it to connect over interests like home, fashion, food.
- Brands and celebrities are actively using Pinterest to
This document provides an overview of how to use Pinterest effectively for marketing purposes. It discusses that Pinterest has over 100 million users, many of whom are women, and is still growing rapidly. While initially designed for sharing visual inspiration, the document outlines several ways marketers can benefit from Pinterest, including driving traffic to websites and blogs, promoting products through pins that allow direct purchases, and analyzing pin performance data from business accounts. The key is creating engaging boards around topics that appeal to target audiences and using features like links and rich pins to promote content and sales.
The document discusses strategies for distributing content to discoverable communities in order to expand reach. It provides tips on using Facebook audience insights and groups, exporting LinkedIn connections, distributing content on Reddit, Quora and Slack, contributing to Medium publications, and using alerts and advertising tools to share relevant messages and build relationships. The overall message is that content creators must prepare for the future by strategically distributing their content where their target audiences are actively engaging online.
Integrity Networker Training – Pinterest For Business
This is a hangout that covers:
* What is Pinterest?
* Pinterest Fun Facts
* What To Pin
* How to Create a Buzz
You can connect with me on Pinterest here:
http://Pinterest.com/IntegrityNetwkr
Here's a presentation to motivate copywriters, art directors, visualizers, film makers; everyone in the creative profession to keep at it. Some interesting perspectives here. At Ethinos, we were glad we had this session!
How to make your shit pop on the internet, for non-profits, activists, and organizers.
Some stuff clearly copped from the good people at Upworthy.
Also, I'm sorry that Slideshare broke my typography and my GIFs. You'll have to see it in person one day.
DBW15 Workshop by Jellybooks on Book Discovery & Discoverabilty - Finding and...Andrew Rhomberg
We live in an age of abundance. Over 1 million new books are published every year and that's just in the English language. In total more than 30 million books are available on Amazon to buy. The choice facing any reader is enormous.
How does an author or publisher make their book stand out and facilitate readers discovering them? This workshop gives a few tools and tips on how to make books more discoverable.
The slides are the omnibus version of an 8-part workshop at the Digital Book World workshop “Discovery & Discoverability – Finding and Growing an Audience” held at Hilton Midtown in New York City on Tuesday 13th January 2015.
Link Building: The Best Marketing Strategy You've Never Heard OfRaven Tools
Link building involves acquiring links from other websites to boost online presence and search engine rankings. It is done through a three step process: 1) Researching relevant websites, 2) Outreach to get mentions or links, 3) Follow up to maintain relationships. The case study focuses on a bakery using link building by curating product samples and building relationships through social media to acquire links from food blogs and local sites. Maintaining organized records of outreach is important for an effective ongoing link building strategy. Links lead to more exposure online which increases business.
Daniel Warren Wieden + Kennedy Old Spice Challenge Master Case StudyDaniel Warren
W+K star in a fictional quest involving George Takei and Dan Savage. The document discusses various social media challenges undertaken by Daniel Warren to improve his online profile, including getting recommendations on LinkedIn, posting pictures of his armpits to Instagram with the hashtag #mypits, creating a Pinterest board about inline skating, and providing answers about dream catchers on Quora. Overall the challenges are meant to showcase different skills and personalities for potential opportunities but do not always go as planned.
Influencers prefer sharing content they find themselves. Here's how to break into their headspace with your brand and content without directly pitching them.
Supernova Media presents Pinterest 101. Includes do's and don'ts for business! Pinterest is a social photo sharing website and app where users can create and manage theme-based image collections in the format of a virtual pinboard. Pinterest drove more referral traffic to retailers than Linked In, You Tube and Google+ combined in January 2012.
Pinterest is a virtual pinboard that allows users to organize and share images, videos and other content they find interesting online. Users can browse pinboards created by others for inspiration or create their own pinboards on various topics. Pins are visual representations of links that when clicked take the user to the original source. Pinboards allow users to collect and organize pins around common themes.
Pinterest is a virtual corkboard that allows users to organize and share things they love through pinboards. Users can browse pinboards created by others on topics like home ideas, recipes, arts and crafts, and trends. Pins are images that users add to their pinboards from websites or by uploading their own images. Users can follow other users' pinboards or specific boards of interest. Repinning allows sharing someone else's pin to your own board. Hashtags and call-to-actions in pin captions help drive traffic to websites and products.
Presentation is on Pinterest in which it includes all features, pins, boards, lens, analytics. This the best place to market everything just by uploading photos &videos. Always keep up with latest trends on the things you like. Connects with people who have same similar style and interest. Get inspire on what to buy. Pinterest is good for business and you will also find it interesting.
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Pinterest is a website that allows users to organize visual content they find online into boards by common interests. Users can create pins of images, videos and other media that link back to their source, and arrange them into topic-based boards that are either public or private. The document provides instructions on setting up a Pinterest account and profile, including how to create boards and pins, follow other users, and integrate Pinterest with other social networks. It also offers tips for using Pinterest to find inspiration, become an expert in topics, and track pins from specific websites.
In light of the clear opportunities that Pinterest presents to brands and businesses, Antler Agency has put together a guide to get you started and to showcase some of the brands that are using Pinterest most effectively to date.
This document summarizes an interactive workshop on using Pinterest effectively. It introduces Pinterest as a photo-sharing site where users create boards to organize interests and collections. It then covers key aspects of using Pinterest like signing up, creating boards, pinning content, following others, and strategies for business and marketing uses. The workshop agenda aims to provide starters on using Pinterest and tips for curating engaging content and growing an audience.
Pinterest for Business Everything You Need to Know: How To GuideFlutterbyBarb
Pinterest is a social media platform where users share images and videos they find interesting by "pinning" them to boards organized by topic. This document provides an overview of how businesses can use Pinterest to reach customers. It discusses how people discover and share pins, how to establish a business presence on Pinterest by creating boards and regularly pinning engaging content, and how to encourage users to pin and engage with a business's content. The goal is to make it easy for people to discover, pin, and click through to a business's website or products.
Pinterest is a social media platform where users can create boards to collect and organize pins of images and videos. The document discusses how to create a Pinterest account, how Pinterest works by allowing users to pin images to boards, and how to install the Pin It button to pin images from other websites. Key aspects covered include defining pins, boards, and repins, as well as steps for signing up, pinning a first image, being directed to website sources, and adding the Pin It button.
Pinterest is a popular website that allows users to "pin" or save images, recipes, and other content to personalized boards by category. It has over 28% of adult internet users in the US as members. The site follows principles of good design like direct manipulation and consistency. While easy to use overall, it could improve by making it simpler to reassign pins to different boards and adding alphabetical sorting of boards.
Pinterest is an online pinboard that allows users to organize and share interests. Teachers are using Pinterest to gather and organize educational materials for their classrooms. The document provides instructions on setting up an account and boards, adding pins, following other boards and people, and examples of what teachers are pinning, including lesson plans, assessments, websites, videos, and professional development resources. It concludes with rules for using Pinterest respectfully and sources for finding other educators on the site.
Pinterest is a social media platform where users can create and share collections of visual bookmarks called pins. The document provides instructions on how to get started on Pinterest by creating an account, adding profile information, following boards, and pinning images to create your own boards. It explains the basic elements of Pinterest including boards, pins, and following other users. Examples are given of how Pinterest can be used for planning weddings, finding gift ideas, recipes, crafts, and home decorating inspiration.
Pinterest is a social media site that allows users to organize and share ideas and content through virtual pinboards. Users can pin images, videos, and other content to their boards on different topics. They can then interact with other users by liking, commenting on, and repining content. Users can follow other users and individual boards to see new pins added in their newsfeed. The document provides definitions and explanations of common Pinterest terms like pin, board, repin, comments, likes, and follow.
An overview of how to effectively use Pinterest for small business. This is a presentation that is part of my Crash Course series that I present to Main Street communities, marketing agencies, chambers, etc. After the presentation there is a live demo - when I present in person. https://www.vizify.com/jacqueline-wolven
This document discusses how libraries can use Pinterest to engage patrons. It provides an overview of Pinterest, including how to sign up and the basic terminology. It then covers strategies for libraries, such as creating boards focused on specific topics, following other users and pinning content from other sites. The document recommends evaluating other library profiles for ideas and tips for marketing a library's presence on Pinterest through specific boards, descriptions and comments. It also briefly mentions using a business account and Pinterest apps.
This document provides an introduction to Pinterest, including what Pinterest is, common user stats, and how to use some of Pinterest's core features. It explains that Pinterest is a social media site for sharing visual bookmarks called Pins across different topic-specific boards. It also outlines how to find Pins by following others, use the search feature, create boards and profiles to organize saved content, and interact with other Pinterest users.
Pinterest 101 provides a 4-step guide to using Pinterest:
1. Create boards to organize your favorite websites by category. Some example board themes include babies, workouts, and lifestyle.
2. Add pins to your boards by searching topics and clicking pins to either pin, like, or send them.
3. Pin images and links you like to the appropriate board where you can access them later.
4. Continue adding new boards, pins, and browsing existing pins on your boards to find ideas and inspiration.
The document provides guidance on using Pinterest effectively for business purposes. It discusses what Pinterest is, why businesses should use it, how to set up an account and boards, best practices for pinning content, engaging with other users, and types of content that typically perform well such as lifestyle content, branded content, user-generated content, contests, and selling products. The document aims to help businesses leverage visual social media to promote their brand and drive traffic to their website.
2. What is Pinterest?
Great for collecting recipes, decorating ideas, crafts, quotes,
vacation information, activities for kids, gift ideas, articles, etc.
3. What is a pin?
It’s the link to the source that makes a pin so useful, and it’s the
picture that grabs our attention and makes it memorable.
4. What is a board?
You can title your board anything at all, and pin whatever you want
to your boards. You decide what is important to you.
Secret boards are seen only by you.
Group boards are used by many people, making it easy to
collaborate or share ideas.
5. STEP ONE: Creating Boards
When you join Pinterest, they give you a few boards to start with, and assign a few
people for you to follow. You can choose to keep, edit, or delete these. You can add
new boards by clicking “Create a Board.”
Create a
board by
clicking here
6. Naming Boards
Give boards as specific or general a topic as you
want. Create as many boards as you want.
Scroll to the bottom
to create secret
boards that only
you can see.
7. Arranging Boards
See your boards by clicking “boards” in the drop
down menu.
Click and drag boards
to rearrange.
Arrange by frequency of usage,
group like boards together, make
them alphabetical, or anything
that suits you.
8. Group Boards
Group boards are a great way to collaborate or
add pins to a very specific topic.
Create a
board,
then
click
edit.
Choose
who to
invite.
9. Editing Boards
Click the “EDIT” button to change the name of the board, add or change the
description, choose a category, make it a group board, or even delete the board.
10. STEP TWO: Pinning
The easiest way to start pinning whatever you
want is to install the “Pin It” bookmarklet or
button on your browser.
Do this by going to: about.pinterest.com/goodies
And clicking on “Install Now” next to “The Pin It Button”
11. Pinning from Websites
Now that you have the Pin It Button, you’ll be
able to pin great content from around the web.
When you find a
website you want
to pin, hit the “Pin
It” button and a
pop up box will
appear. You can
then choose a
picture, add a
description, and
choose which
board to pin to.
12. Sometimes it’s even easier
Some sites have a “Pin
It” Button built in.
Often (not always)
these will choose the
picture and description
for you.
You can always change
the description.
13. Pinning from Pinterest
Your news feed will show all the recent pins to
the boards that you follow.
If you see
something you
want to pin to
your own boards,
hover over that
pin, then click
the “Pin It”
button that is on
that pin. You can
then add a
description and
choose which
board to pin it to.
This is called a
REPIN.
14. If you don’t want to pin…
You may want
to “like” by
clicking the
heart.
You can also
add a
comment
down here.
Find your “likes” later in
the drop down menu.
Others will not be able to
see your likes.
15. STEP THREE: Pinning Etiquette
Where does a pin come from?
Pins can come from anywhere on the web. If it has
a url and a picture it can be pinned.
(You can also upload your own photos directly to Pinterest,
and then there will be no linking website.)
Many companies and blogs work hard to produce content that will look good on
Pinterest, and encourage people to repin.
When people click on these pins, they are taken to the corresponding website, so
Pinterest is an important source of traffic for many
businesses and blogs.
It is considered bad form to edit the url, or pin from a source other than the one
that created the content.
16. Double check the url of the pin’s link.
Most websites have multiple pages. Many of
them have a home page, and then other more
specific pages or posts.
Home
pages
change
frequently,
so you may
not find
what you
are looking
for when
you pin
from here.
17. Navigate to the specific page or post.
The URL’s of specific posts or pages rarely change. Be sure you have
navigated to that page or post before pinning.
18. Write a good description.
Pinterest cannot search the photos, it can only
search the descriptions. To find your pins, use
good descriptions.
Bad
Description:
Does not
describe
what is in
the picture.
Good
Description:
Gives a
descriptive
title.
19. Tips for Descriptions
You can tag your friends with the @ sign. Start
typing their name, and Pinterest will bring up
a list of your friends to choose from.
You can add prices by using the $ or £. This
will show up as a banner on the pin.
Use # hashtags to make pins more searchable.
@
$
#
20. Description No-No’s
Do not add the entire recipe or DIY instructions
in a pin description. It hurts the person who
created the content in the first place.
This pin will most likely be repinned by others,
so avoid using personal information.
21. Editing Pins
Click the pencil to edit your pin.
Choose a Board
Edit the description
Edit the url
Delete the pin
Open the pin by clicking on it.
22. STEP FOUR: Finding Good Content
When you find someone to follow you can click “Follow All” to follow all their boards, or
just pick and choose individual boards to follow. You can also unfollow the same way.
23. Find content by category
Select a
category to
search for
content that
you are
interested in.
24. Find similar content
This shows you the
board it was originally
pinned to.
This shows you other
pins from the same
website.
25. Using the search bar
Remember that Pinterest searches words in the
description. It cannot search what is in the photo.
Enter a search term in the
search box.
Choose whether to search
PINS, BOARDS, or PINNERS.
Choose whether to search
through just your pins, or all
pins.
27. Look for popular people
Find famous or popular people or businesses, and find out who they are
following and what they are pinning.
28. Connect with friends
The top left corner of your
news feed is where you will
find friend suggestions, often
from your facebook friends.
You can also use the search bar
to search for friends.
Often your friends will have
similar interests, so by
following one another you can
share great content.
29. STEP FIVE: Manage your account
This button is
your notifications.
It tells you when
you get new
followers, repins,
tags or comments.
Also, look for
the mobile app,
so you can pin
on the go.
30. Have Fun!
Have fun collecting quotes and recipes,
cataloging vacation spots, re-reading your
favorite articles, or planning your bathroom
remodel!
Keep in mind that Pinterest is a dynamic and
changing place, and it will most likely have small
and large changes during the coming years.