Pinterest
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Quickly shooting up the social media pyramid, image sharing network Pinterest has gained a reputation for largely being a repository for photos of wedding dresses and floral arrangements, due to its huge female user base . But a budding trend shows that sports teams are hopping aboard the Pinterest bandwagon . Mashable spoke with marketing and engagement managers who say the network offers new ways to connect with and reward fans and provide different social opportunities.
Pinterest is on everyone's lips these days, and many brands are trying to figure out how to leverage the platform as a marketing tool .
Additional Update (2/15) : Pinterest adds disclosure about how they (might) make money, my error about Skimlinks and a conversation with the Pinterest CEO. Update (2/9): Based on the considerable converge that this blog post received, I have published a new post that shares what I learned. I swore I wasn’t going to write about Pinterest again for a while after finishing a six part series of blog posts , but major developments keeping coming and no major news organizations seems to be covering them.