What is Pinterest and How Does it Work? A Beginners Guide
What is Pinterest and how does it work?
According to the guys at Pinterest “Pinterest is a visual discovery engine for finding ideas like recipes, home and style inspiration, and more.” Think Google, but with pretty pictures and inspirational ideas. Pinterest is a search engine. It’s a place where people come to be inspired or find solutions to their problems. Because Pinterest is a search engine and not a social media platform, your content can have an indefinite lifespan and be seen by so many people. These people are actively searching for answers to questions and inspiration, and that’s where you come in. By adding your content to Pinterest, you can increase your blog traffic, grow your online business, grow your email list and more. Here’s how to use Pinterest for beginners.
How to Add a Pinterest Widget to Your WordPress Blog
Looking for ways to add a Pinterest widget to your WordPress blog?
Embedding a Pinterest board or your Pinterest profile on your WordPress blog is a great way to encourage new followers on Pinterest. It’s one of the easiest ways to grow your Pinterest following as, chances are that if someone likes your blog content, they’re going to like your Pinterest content too.
How to Get More Followers on Pinterest
Are you looking to grow your Pinterest followers? Here are some quick and easy ways you can get more followers on Pinterest.
This post was updated on 1 February 2024.
Whilst having a lot of followers won’t necessarily equate to more monthly views or outward clicks to your website, more Pinterest followers does have it’s benefits.
How to Grow Your Blog with Pinterest
If you are looking for how to promote your blog on Pinterest, you’ve come to the right place! So how do you grow your blog on Pinterest?
Blogging is hard – when you first start out you write, and post, and write, and post and feel like no-one reads it. I get it! So many new bloggers start out full of enthusiasm and, after seeing little or no traffic, abandon their blog and give up blogging. Here’s the thing though. At first, no-one will read your posts. No-one knows your blog exists, so you need to promote it. One of the best places to promote your blog is on Pinterest. I’ve written before about how great Pinterest is for driving traffic to websites, and it can do the same for your blog.
Marketing for Introverts on Pinterest
Are you wondering how marketing for introverts on Pinterest can work? I thought so! Pinterest can play a huge role in an introvert’s marketing strategy – read on to find out why and how to use Pinterest as an introvert.
Should You Use Hashtags on Pinterest?
With all the recent changes to the Pinterest algorithm, it’s so hard to know what the Pinterest best practices should be. One thing that comes up time and again in blogging groups over on Facebook is the confusion about whether you should use hashtags on Pinterest. So, should you use hashtags on Pinterest?
This post was updated on 1 February 2024.
Let’s start by looking at where to use hashtags on Pinterest. Typically, this would be in your pin description. When uploading your pin (either directly in Pinterest’s own scheduler using the Create Pin option or via Tailwind) you would usually type in your lovely keyword-filled description and then add in some hashtags relevant to your pin.