This may be of Pinterest to you…

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The online world has gone a little nuts over Pinterest lately. I can see why, if you are a visual person then Pinterest will talk to you on many levels. As a blogger the boards are a place of great inspiration. Clever marketers are using the visual aspect to affiliate market, to drive traffic and gain exposure.

I am not going to reinvent the wheel and write a guide on how to use Pinterest, many bloggers have done this already. I’ll just share their wise words with you

These 6 posts are all about Pinterest, take from them what you need.

Pinterest is basically a visual bookmarking site that has a strong social component built into it, making it easy for things to go viral. Pinterest currently gets about 6 million monthly users and has millions of hits per week, and it’s only going to grow from there.

Jamie Swanson, The ultimate photographers guide to Pinterest

 

 

When I first heard about it, I was not eager to jump on this newest bandwagon, but I have begun using it more and more lately as I’ve discovered how much fun it can be! (And, admittedly, when I learned that it is sending traffic to my blog.)

Even if you are not a blogger, you may enjoy this post, but I am mainly writing this for the bloggers out there who, like me, want to use Pinterest more but aren’t sure how to make it beneficial to your blog.

Jo-Lynne Shane, Pinterest for Bloggers

 

 

Here’s another example of putting the words on the photo to help explain what the post is about.  I usually don’t take the time for a watermark unless it’s for the vanity shot that I want people to pin.  Then I’ll sometimes add in a little thenester.com just in case the photo is incorrectly sourced.

The nester, Pinterest and blogging, the good, the bad and the huh

 

 

If your blog has great photos, then we suggest checking out Pinterest, a fairly new social network that lets users share inspirational images by ‘pinning’ them to mood boards that can be viewed by friends, and other users of the network

Foodies 100, Pinterest for Food bloggers

 

 

Pinterest Tip 2: Repin Away! Finding killer content to pin can be challenging, but repinning is so easy. Best of all, there are thousands of wonderful pins on Pinterest now.

Kelby Carr, 5 tips for beginners on Pinterest

 

 

Sure, Pinterest is a great way to share funny pictures and whatnot, but does it have any practical use for bloggers who aren’t working in visual-centric niches? Yes! For example, one of the boards I created is called “Favorite Blog Posts I’ve Written,” and my plan is to use it to pin posts that I’m especially proud of. This has the potential to get out of hand if bloggers use boards to promote every post they write, but with the correct restraint, I think it can bring me a lot of traffic.

Allison Boyer, 7 cool ways to use Pinterest

Are you on Pinterest? Share with us in the comments how you are using it.

Sarah

PS if you need an invite to Pinterest mention it in your comment and I’ll get one to you.
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