Get More From Pinterest Than Just Expensive Ideas. The appeal of Pinterest is hard to understand for those who have yet to post anything to that great pinboard in the cloud.
And then once your pin addiction is in full effect, it can be even harder to figure out exactly why you are sinking so much time into the endless stream of neat-looking stuff. While there’s nothing wrong with simply sharpening your eye and taste by clicking the "Pin It" bookmarklet--we all need a break sometimes--Pinterest can also be used in productive, focused ways. It’s all about having an end goal in mind when you create those pinboards. So if you want to harness Pinterest’s strengths and habit-forming powers, try these exercises. Plan A Vacation With Friends Pretty much everywhere you want to visit, eat, drink, stay, or relax on a vacation has a website, and most of them have illustrative pictures.
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Once a social site becomes popular with consumers, brands soon follow. In 2011 brands flocked to Google+ when it became the hot new thing. 7 Ways Journalists Can Use Pinterest. 7 Examples of Brands That Pop on Pinterest. I’m sitting here next to an empty pan of mini red velvet donuts, and all I want to do is find another recipe to bake this weekend.
No, my first stop won’t be the Food Network, Gourmet, or Cooking Light. What I am dying to do is head over to my new obsession -- Pinterest -- to discover the next pastry to tackle. Currently, I'm using Pinterest to save links to just about everything: recipes I love, clothes I want to buy, or furniture I want to furnish my house with someday. As a 25-year-old graduate student, someday is a little farther off than I’d like, but it’s best to be prepared. Since you already know how to use Pinterest for marketing, now you're probably craving some inspirational real-life examples of brands using it effectively. Based on this data, it's not surprising that many businesses-focused early adopters have been lifestyle brands like home goods retailer West Elm and Real Simple Magazine. Chobani What They're Doing Right: Oreck Yes, the vacuum cleaner brand.
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Follow Mashable to check out our favorite infographics, tech news, internet memes and digital culture! The surprise smash-hit social networking site of 2011 wasn’t Twitter, Tumblr or Google+. In fact, it was a site that, even today, is still an invite-only social network. The Palo Alto site Pinterest has skyrocketed into the top ten most visited social networks of the past year and continues to gain traction and popularity. The image-based platform is a simple enough concept: Users create and name Boards anything they like (Places I'd Like to Visit, Pretty Dresses, My Cookie Creations, etc.) and post relevant photos on corresponding Boards, while categorizing Boards under one of the 32 general Pinterest categories.
But how can brands and companies utilize this platform to their advantage? 1. Brands and companies can connect and build buzz among their audiences by hosting various types of contests on Pinterest. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7 Creative Ways Your Brand Can Use Pinterest. InShare121 Looking for a way to spark interest and engage with customers?
Pinterest may be your solution. Finding new and exciting ways to engage with your customers online can help to revitalize a stale social media marketing campaign. Pinterest, a new image sharing social site, has built quite an online buzz and some brands are using the platform to engage with customers. Check out these great branded accounts: One of the biggest advantages to Pinterest is the demographic that has made the site popular. Now you might ask yourself, how on earth can my brand use an image sharing website? Here are seven creative ways some brands can use Pinterest. Hold a Contest. Five Ways Brands Can Leverage Pinterest Now. Editor’s Note: Reggie Bradford is the Founder and CEO of Vitrue, a provider of social marketing SaaS solutions.
Follow Reggie on Twitter at @ReggieBradford and Vitrue @Vitrue. Pinterest is hot. White hot. The 2011 Crunchie award winner for Best New Startup has been on a roll lately, hitting almost 12 million monthly unique visitors and crossing the 10 million milestone faster than any previous independent site, according to comScore. And a new report from Shareaholic indicates Pinterest is already generating more referral traffic to websites than YouTube, Reddit, Google+, and LinkedIn combined. The social content curation service has captured the attention of millions with a unique platform that allows users to express interests and ideas through visually appealing images on virtual bulletin boards. Vitrue has been following Pinterest closely as part of our normal vigilant assessment of the social space.
Here are five ways brands can leverage Pinterest now: 1. 2.