Pinterest| A
complete intro guide to the hottest new social network
Pinterest is
an online virtual pinboard where you share and organize things you like. Pin it
to win it: It’s a social photo sharing network where you share photos you like,
give comments to photos and repin an image. It’s a social network that connects
people across the globe through the things they find interesting. It’s been a
huge and faster growing social network. . It’s mostly popular among women.
That’s why I’m naming it “The hottest social network”. Pinterest has grasped a
place in the top 10 most popular social networks in just 2years of its debut.
This fact itself signifies how attractive this network is.
How to get a
Pinterest invitation?
On its home
page there is an option called “Request an invite”. You just have to click on
it and give your mail id. Then a confirmation kind of message will be shown
saying that they will send you an invite as soon as they can.
How do I get
started? How do I set up my Pinterest page?
Once you got
your invitation the next thing you have to accomplish is to complete your
profile page information. Like your profile name, bio etc. When you open a new
Pinterest account, you will be given five templates for board. You can keep
these five boards to get started. There is a “edit” bar below each of board.
Write description for each board, choose a category, rename if you want, limit
the access control to only you or others. Finally don’t forget to click on
“save” one you are done with it.
How do I
navigate?
If you are
logged into Pinterest, you can hit the Pinterest icon in the top
left-hand corner of your screen to go to your Pinterest home. Here you
will see all of the recent pins of the people you follow.From your home
page (not profile - your Pinterest home), you will see a link
to Discussions. This will show you what is hot on Pinterest at the
moment based on comments and repins.
Next to that
is the link to Everything. This brings up the feed for all. The latest pins from
everyone on Pinterest are featured in this feed.
Lastly,
there is the Gift feed which features pins tagged with prices
grouped suitably into price ranges.
How to make the best use of Pinterest?
Mainly
Pinterest is a site that allows you bookmark websites in a visually attractive
fashion by pinning what interests you to one or more boards you
have created. It also offers the usual network possibility of friends,
following etc. It’s a virtual pinboard where you share and organize things you
like. Here we will guide you to get the most out of Pinterest through 10 cool
tips & tricks. So, here we go.
1. Monitor useful resources:This can be
a very useful thing for you if you are a visual person. Here you can create
unique boards for your each aspect. There you can pin interesting things online
to your individual boards. You can use Pinterest books for your systematic
bookmarking. This keeps things simple and easy to get instead of a chaotic
bookmark.
2. Some special planning:Are you
getting married or having a big party? Pinterest can give you a great support
to organize stuffs visually and to get track of great ideas or inspirations you
found online. Here you just have to pin about your occasion or pin the stuffs
you want to use. Then certainly you will get useful comments to your pin which
will help you organize your party in a more dazzling way.
3.Add Price tag: When you are
pinning a product, just add a tag like "My Favorite iPod $49.99".
Then Pinterest will automatically add the $498.99 as a banner in the
corner.This is a good help to save time to open up the links to find the price
of the product.
4.Prepare
your own “Wishlist”:Is
your birthday coming and you are looking for a certain gift?Do
others know about your wish for your birthday? Don’t let the chance go empty. Create
a Wishlist Board on Pinterest and point your friends or family to it for idea.
In this way chances are better that you get that particular gift. Isn’t it
great?
5. Do-Follow Links:Pinterest
links are dofollow links. Now don’t pin all of your sites.It’s a wild act. I
don’t think that they are all useful. And if Pinterest gets stunned by spammers
it only takes a few lines of code and all outgoing links will be nofollow
overnight. Already happened to Twitter, is certain to happen to Pinterest also may
be sooner or later.
6. Bookmark your “Pinit” button:The Pinit
button is easy to install. Get it at the goodies page on Pinterestandand just drag
the button into your bookmarks bar. After installation, whenever you find
anything special to pin then just click on the button.
7. Planning
a tour:This is a very cool tip.When you are planning for a family trip,
just search for the place on Pinterest. Then the Pinterest search engine will
look at the boards and will fetch you pins having different and excellent
ideas.
8. Gift
Selections:This is my complete desired tip. One prides himself in finding the
perfect gift for
people. It has to be original, thoughtful, and exceptional. It’s a tough job to
find a gift for someone that will be loved by the person. But Pinterest just
became a new guide to shopping idea book. They don’t sell anything. They just
suggest you pins of thousands of people to make you more comfortable to find
the best you are looking for.
9. Follow
individual boards: The best thing about Pinterest is you can
follow individual
boards here. You don’t have to follow a person. To subscribe to individual
boards, click on the name of any Pinterest user and you'll see all their
boards. If you follow the person, you'll follow all their boards. Else, just
pick and select the boards you need.
10.Use
Pinterest for topics that don't fit into your blog position:Many blogger
branches out from their main position after blogging for few time. If you are
someone with varying tastes, encourage your readers to follow a particular
board on Pinterest for "more on that subject."
How to link Pinterest with you?
Pinterest is
an online virtual pinboard where you share and organize things you like. Pin it
to win it: It’s a social photo sharing network where you share photos you like,
give comments to photos and repin an image. It’s a social network that connects
people across the globe through the things they find interesting. It’s mostly
popular among women. It’s been a huge and faster growing social network. Here
we present you 5 ways why you should be on Pinterest.
1. Very useful for your business: New and
fresh ideas on using Pinterest are cropping up all the time but the most
important thing is it is very much useful for your business. Now I’ll tell you how.
a.
You can conduct market research:You can get
the first hand reaction and feedback of your new product by using Pinterest as
a focus group. You can find out the favorite products of your fans. Encourage
them to pin their photos with your product.
b. You can sell
product:Add a “$” or
“£” to your pin description and Pinterest will create a price banner for you.
Then visitors can buy the product by following to the product’s location and
buy over there. It’s a kind of gateway to your website.
c.
You can use Pinterest to Portray Your Brand
and Build Relationships: It’s a great way to portray your
product by pinning a photo of your product or services to the website and which
will help to express your product’s or services’ theme to your customers. An
addition to it you make relationship with your customer by providing them
helpful information regarding your product and services.
2.
Useful for
study purpose - A classroom asset: Pinterest is also useful to a great extent
for your study. Since all are inning something special and useful that’s why
you can find your favorite referrals whether you be a teacher or student. Now
I’m telling you how.
a.
Browse the education category:Visit
the education category of Pinterest where you can find variety of educational
topics. There you can get the boards where you can find the topics you are
looking for and you also refer them for your project or study purpose.
b.
Get your own board:you
can create a board of your own to pin the online information for your further
reference in your classroom. You can use it as an organizational tool for your
study purpose. Here an excellent visual is also provided to remember and have
quick access to your requirements.
c.
Useful for research purpose &
to find projects: Students and Parents can have a
quick search on their school & college projects through a wide variety of
boards. It makes easier to finish the projects easier. Now, students can also
use it for their research purpose, when they are working on a group research.
They can create a board of their own which will be much helpful.
3.
Use
it in your social media marketing: You can use
Pinterest for your social media marketing. Having more than 10 million users
it’s a great platform for you to market. I’ll tell you how.
a.
Make use of your visual products:As
this is a visual sharing site, so you should make a good use of your visual
products through cool pics. This will drive traffic to your website and take
your product to a new level.
b.
Promote your content:Here
you can promote you content in the social media networks. You can create
twitter and Facebook posts and link them to your Pinterest pages. This is how
your product can have a great promotion.
c.
Share & care:
You can pin the photos of the satisfied customers along with their feedback.
This will create a good and warm feeling about your product. Because people
trust the customers view more than anything else. You can also give comments to
other’s pin. This is how you can make them feel special. This will advertise
you far positively.
4.
Useful
for bloggers: Pinterest is a very convenient
network for bloggers. It’s not an easy job to drive a huge traffic to your blog
unless you are among most popular bloggers. But with the help of Pinterest you
can build up traffic for your website. Making a good use of Pinterest lets you
to have a huge number of new reader and visitors to your blog. Bloggers use
many tools for their promotion but can be a handy one. What a non-user can’t
understand is a different page has its unique landing page. So give high
quality pictures to attract more to your blog.
5.
Manages
your day to day life: The primary mission of Pinterest
is to connect people worldwide through the things they find interesting. In our
daily routine life we find many things that we want to share. I’ll tell you
how.
a.
Home decoration:You
can get new ideas for your home decoration. You can get fresh patterns to
decorate your room. You can also get ideas of the latest furniture and home
stuffs over here in Pinterest.
b.
Discover latest fashions:Here
in Pinterest you can easily find you style and latest fashion. Here you can get
options for your clothing, shoes & stuffs. You can also pin your choice
which will help others.
c.
Helps you in your profession:If
you are a designer then you can get new design inspirations for yourself which
will help you create new and innovative designs. Similarly if you are a cook
then you can get gluten free recipes for yourself. Here you can have a great
collection of appetizers and desserts to make your & your customers’
stomach happy.
d.
Refer for special occasions:Pinterest
can be referredwhile you are planning for something special. When someone is
planning for his wedding then he/she can pin his stuffs and can get comments on
them. This will help him/her to have the best. One can choose the best flower,
suit & stuff. Because with Pinterest the best comes up.
I hope this guide has helped you. Thank you