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How to Add Pinterest's Buttons & Widgets to Your Website. Didjya hear the news? Yesterday, Pinterest launched business accounts! If you're feeling a little frazzled -- "Ahh! What do I do? How do I get one? I already have a regular profile acting as my business page! Oh, the humanity! " But once you've completed the account setup or conversion process, what can you do to promote your business' Pinterest presence outside of Pinterest?

Pinterest's 4 Buttons & Widgets Pinterest offers four different types of buttons and widgets to add to your website: 'Pin It' Button'Follow' Button'Profile' Widget (NEW!) ' The 'Pin It' and 'Follow' buttons have always been available, but now you have even more options with Pinterest's 'Profile' and 'Board' widgets. Configuring the 'Pin It' Button The 'Pin It' button lets people pin an image from your website to Pinterest, allowing your site visitors to easily share your site’s visual content on Pinterest. Recommendations for Use Configuring the 'Follow' Button Configuring the 'Profile' Widget. 26 Tips for Using Pinterest for Business. Are you wondering how your business could use Pinterest? To say there’s been a lot of buzz about Pinterest in recent months would be putting it mildly! Pinterest’s ease of use for visually bookmarking, organizing and sharing things you love has made it a hit among individuals and businesses alike.

What follows are 26 tips, an A-Z guide for creating a business presence on Pinterest. #1: Add a Pinterest “Follow” and/or “Pin It” Button One important way to let your clients and prospects know about your presence on Pinterest is to add a Pinterest button. Follow buttons are a great way to let users know you’re on Pinterest. . #2: Brands and Pinterest While Pinterest hasn’t yet created a distinction between a personal profile and brand page (like Facebook), early adopting brands are making good use of their Pinterest presences and the pins and boards they’re sharing. *Note: Pinterest is one of the 60 new open graph websites and apps that allow a tighter integration with Facebook’s Timeline. #26: Zine.

Pinterest: 13 Tips and Tricks for Cutting Edge Users. On Pinterest? Follow Mashable to check out our favorite infographics, tech news, internet memes and digital culture! Pinterest has been one of the hottest new social networks on the radar for a few months now. In fact, Pinterest has cracked the current list of top 10 social networks — and it's technically still invite-only. For many users, Pinterest serves as a comprehensive wish list of sorts. Users (a.k.a. SEE ALSO: Pinterest: A Beginner’s Guide to the Hot New Social Network Like many new startups that experience an unprecedented spike in popularity, Pinterest has yet to streamline some of its features. Still, the service is fresh, relevant and entirely different from any social network we've encountered thus far. 6 Tips for Using Pinterest for Business.

Are you wondering how Pinterest could help your business? Pinterest is one of the hottest social media sites at the moment. Pinterest was the fastest stand alone site ever to reach 10 million monthly unique visitors. One study shows how Pinterest has been bringing in more traffic to websites than LinkedIn, Google+ and YouTube put together. Brands are benefiting with Pinterest in generating traffic and sales.

So if you’d like to attract a lot of traffic to your website using Pinterest, check out these 6 tips. #1: Use Original Pictures to Drive Traffic If you visit the Popular Section of Pinterest, you’ll see that most of the popular pictures and images in this section are original and unique. Screenshot of a popular page on Pinterest. Study the pictures here before you start creating your own pictures. An example is Ana White’s Carpentry Blog. These include pictures she took of the cupboards, desks and other furniture she created and posted on her blog.

Ana White's Pinterest profile. 8 strategies for Pinterest for business. 8 Great Reasons To Hop On Pinterest. Pinterest is the best thing since sliced bread – true or false? Well, maybe the invention of the internet tops it – but for retailers and sellers – Pinterest is coming darn close. If you haven’t hopped on board the Pinterest choo-choo, here are some reasons to get you going on the hottest social media site around these days. 8. Pinterest is the #3 social media site in the U.S. It’s not just a matter of opinion. 7. 6. 5. Related Resources from B2C» Free Webcast: The Future of Search: Drive Big Profits with Competitive Intelligence 4. 3. 2. 1. This post originated on Vendio. 7 Top Pinterest Tools for Business. 46 Flares Twitter 10 Facebook 11 LinkedIn 3 inShare3 Google+ 0 Pin It Share 21 21 Buffer 1 46 Flares × Pinterest is now the 3rd Most Popular Social Media Site in the World. And with that comes huge potential for businesses who are using this engaging visual platform more and more as part of their overall marketing strategy.

And also with that comes the “Tools” to help us manage Pinterest, and the growing number of social media accounts that it now joins. Interested in Pinterest? Here are 7 Fabulous Pinterest Tools that are worth checking out for Your Business. But first, a reminder from Pinterest about what this “Pinning Business” is all about. Pin It. This little button is becoming a familiar sight across the internet. It is highly recommended that you add this button to any content on your site that is shareable and graphic or visual. With Pinmarklet, You can Pin while Surfing (is that safe?) This little button makes pinning easy. And here are some more... Bright and fun. 5. 56 Ways to Market Your Business on Pinterest.