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Pinterest for business and personal
The document provides an overview of the social media platform Pinterest. It discusses that Pinterest launched in 2010 as a virtual pinboard that allows users to share images, quotes, and other content that they find interesting. The site grew rapidly, seeing over 4,300% growth between 2011 and 2012. The document then provides instructions on how to sign up for and use a Pinterest account including how to create boards, pin images, like and repin other users' pins, and follow other users. It concludes with tips on how businesses can engage on Pinterest to promote their brand.
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Pinterest for business and personal
- 2. Topics Background Whatis Pinterest Stats and the Buzz Getting Started How to use it Wrap-up 2
- 3. Background Development ofPinterest began in December 2009, and the site launched in March 2010, used to be on an invitation only basis, but no more. 3
- 4. PinterestCo-Founders Ben Silbermann and EvanSharp: “We wanted to create a place where you can go to upload or collect things on the web and simply organize it the way you want to.” 4
- 5. What is it? Pinterest is a “virtual pinboard” that lets people share anything and any topic on the web that they find interesting and beautiful – e.g., pictures, quotes, recipes, etc. Conceptually similar to social bookmarking sites. Content is organized in “Boards” and organized in categories. Each piece of content is called a “Pin” 5
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- 7. What is it? People can “like” your pins and they can “repin” them on their boards, comment on them and share on Facebook and Twitter. You can follow people and they can follow you. And they can just follow one of your boards if they choose. 7
- 8. Pinterest is oneof the largest social media networks on the web. The network saw +4377% growth between May 2011 and May 2012. 8
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- 14. What are peoplepinning? Mashable, March 2012 14
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- 63. Engaging on Pinterest Build your brand out, share interesting and relevant content, create engagement Add products with prices to drive awareness Service businesses can create postings with infographics that contains useful information or a graphic with a quote Post videos (hosted on YouTube) Add links to your pins’ descriptions giving your business the benefit of your links carrying over with your pins when users re-pin them 63
- 64. Engaging with Pinterest Run competitions where the winner is the user who pins the best pictures or has the Pinterest board with the best collection of pins. Run offers - Pin images of offers, giveaways, discounts from your website and detail your offer in the description, or you can create images exclusively for Pinterest where everything about the offer is written on the image. 64
- 65. Engaging with Pinterest So make sure you add at one or more shareable image to every page of your website so your readers get to choose their favorite image to pin. Find the most shared images on Pinterest and get to know who’s sharing them. You need to do this regularly to improve your own Pinterest marketing strategy. 65
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