Keys to Pintrest Success

Would you love to know how you could tap into the unmatched power or social media or at least master one of the social media platforms. Well Donna Mortiz in her article called The 10 Commandments of Using Pintrest for Business will show you how you can utilize Pintrest for your business.

In the article Donna explains all 10 commandments, I’m only going to explain the first 3 commandments, but if you are interested you can check out her article The 10 Commandments of Using Pintrest for Business.

#1 Plan for Pinning Success

As fun as it could be to just go and start pinning articles to your board Donna recommends you do the following first:

• ·     Take time to set up your account properly
• ·      Prepare Your Blog for Pinning
• ·      Integrate with other social media platforms
• ·      Link Facebook and Twitter
• ·      Research what your ideal client is pinning
• ·      Set up your initial “Boards”

#2 Check the Source Before You Pin

This is about pinning ethically making sure you do not steal others ideas and credit the source.

• ·      Be Copyright Savvy- Read the fine print first!
• ·      Check the source of the pin
• ·      Add a watermark

#3 Pin Strategically

Now you can get pinning, but here are some tips on how to pin strategically.

• ·      Pin across a range of Boards
• ·      Follow, Follow, Follow
• ·      If you sell products, add prices to your pins
• ·      Add weblinks to your descriptions
• ·      Space Your Pins. Time Your Pins