How to Pin on Pinterest: An intro
to the hottest web start up
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Pinterest
is an online pinboard where you share and organize stuffs 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.
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 to Pin
on Pinterest: After you request them to join they send you
a conformation email saying “You are in”. They welcome you and say thanks for
joining. Now the next stage begins. You can get all the details in our complete
guide to Pinterest. For the time being we will give you all the details about
“How to pin in Pinterest”. So here we go.
The
must do stuff: You have to install “Pin it” button to your
book mark. There are several procedures to install the button. For chrome you
just need to go to: “http://pinterest.com/about/goodies/” and then drag the
“Pin it” button to your bookmark bar. In these simple steps your installation
just gets completed. After installation you can pin images from any websites to
your pin boards. When you pin from a site, Pinterest automatically grasp the
source link so they can credit the original creator.
1.
The “Pinning”
begins right from your browser:Now
you just need to click the “Pin it” button when you want to pin something you
really like. You can pin images from various sites like,
·
The
common way: When you are viewing the image then just
click on the “Pin it” button and then, a new window opens that redirects you to
Pinterest and then follow the path given below.
-> click on “Pin This” (On the image)
–> A new window opens that redirects you to Pinterest -> Select a
category -> You can create a new one of your choice -> Add description
-> click on “Pin it” just below the description -> Then a “success”
message is shown.
·
Facebook:
But you just can’t pin any image directly from Facebook. You need to open the
image you want to pin in a new tab to pin it. The path is as follows,
Right click
on the image -> Open image in new tab -> click on “Pin it” button ->
click on “Pin This” (On the image) –> A new window opens that redirects you
to Pinterest -> Select a category -> You can create a new one of your
choice -> Add description ->click on “Pin it” just below the description
-> Then a “success” message is shown
This is how your Facebook image is get pinned to Pinterest. You
can see your pin over there.
·
Twitter:There is no
need to open images in a new tab. You can directly click on the “Pin it” button
on the bookmark page. Then then the rest are quite same as the “common way”.
For more assistance on how to bookmark
Pinterest see the videos.
2.
Another way - “Follow Button” for Websites:
Another way to pin on Pinterest is to give a follow button on your
website or blog
There are separate html codes to embed the “follow button”.
The embedded codes for respective buttons are given below.
For
this button the code is,
<a href="http://pinterest.com/nalinikanta/"><img
src="http://passets-cdn.pinterest.com/images/follow-on-pinterest-button.png"
width="156" height="26" alt="Follow Me on
Pinterest" /></a>
For
this button the code is,
<a
href="http://pinterest.com/nalinikanta/"><img
src="http://passets-cdn.pinterest.com/images/pinterest-button.png"
width="78" height="26" alt="Follow Me on
Pinterest" /></a>
For
this big button the code is,
<a
href="http://pinterest.com/nalinikanta/"><imgsrc="http://passets-cdn.pinterest.com/images/big-p-button.png"
width="61" height="61" alt="Follow Me on
Pinterest" /></a>
For this small button the
code is,
<a
href="http://pinterest.com/nalinikanta/"><imgsrc="http://passets-cdn.pinterest.com/images/small-p-button.png"
width="16" height="16" alt="Follow Me on
Pinterest" /></a>
So, just make use of these buttons to pin something from your
website or blog to Pinterest.
3.
Another smart way -
“Pin it” button for your websites:
You can add a “Pin it” button to your website to allow your user
to pin your products onto Pinterest. Use
the above methods to customize your “Pin it” button. This “Pin it” button’s
look & function are same as Facebook and twitter. Put them together for
more social awareness. One can also have multiple “Pin it” buttons. Make sure
they are properly arranged near your products.
So, these are the processes to pin on
Pinterest.
