More Pinterest Tips Part 4

In Part 1, we talked about setting up your Pinterest account and boards. In Part 2, we talked about pinning and repinning things. In Part 3, we discussed creating pins. Part 4 is some additional thoughts and tips on Pinterest.

Do you have a blog?

◈ For each post have some great pinnable images.
◈ Add a Pin It button to your blog. This will make it easier for people to pin those amazing blog post photos.
◈ You can add a Pinterest widget to your blog so followers can see what you are pinning. Pinterest Tips Part 5 will talk about adding the Pinterest widget.

How often should you pin things?

◈ Pinterest likes consistent pinners which means pinning daily. Of course, you don't want to pin the same thing over and over to the same board. Have several pins for your resources and spread them out to about 10 boards over several months. 

◈ You also don't want to be seen as a rapid pinner (pinning a lot in a short amount of time). This can be seen by Pinterest as spam.

◈ If you can't remember to pin, set an alarm on your phone or computer to remind you to stop and do some pinning.
◈ You can also use a pin scheduler. I use Tailwind. There is a fee for it but I find it worth the money. I can schedule my pins a month at a time (some people do a week at a time) and not worry about it. 

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Pinning Parties

I DO NOT RECOMMEND PINNING PARTIES. Yes, TPT has a forum for Pinterest which is mostly about pinning parties. I don't recommend them because you don't know the quality of the resource you are pinning, they probably aren't going to re-pin yours, where are you putting pins that don't relate to your audience, they are time consuming and not a good pinning strategy - very spammy, etc.

Collaborative Boards (Group Boards)

Group Boards are not what they used to be. Pinterest does not put as much emphasis on pins on Group Boards vs pins on your own boards. You can still use them but don't join or have a lot.
◈ Some collab boards are where pins go to die. You want active boards that have pins and re-pins.
◈ Check the pins on the board to see if they are getting repins.
◈ Is the board just products or are there content pins? 
◈ If you want to join a collab board, check the board description to see if they are accepting new collaborators and if there is an email to contact the board owner. You can also message the board owner (the first picture shown above the pins) on Pinterest.
◈ Check out Pin Groupie to find collab boards in your area of interest.

Happy Pinning!