The Ultimate Guide to Mastering Pinterest for Marketing Over the past few months, you may have heard some chatter about a brand new social network called Pinterest. Not surprising. According to Compete, unique visitors to Pinterest.com increased by 429% from September to December 2011, and the social network already boasts a user base of 3.3 million. Pinterest is only growing in popularity as the hottest new social network, and in December 2011, it made Hitwise's list of the top 10 social networks, currently sitting at #5 and beating out big names like LinkedIn and Google+. The short answer? What is Pinterest, and How Does it Work? Pinterest is a social network that allows users to visually share, curate, and discover new interests by posting (AKA 'pinning') images or videos to their own or others' pinboards (i.e. a collection of 'pins,' usually with a common theme) and browsing what other users have pinned. Pinterest Etiquette "Avoid Self Promotion | Pinterest is designed to curate and share things you love. How to Create a Pinterest Account
Hummie's World: Pinterest Pinterest seems to be the new image collection site fad! Here is my account. Before Pinterest, there was first vi.sualize.us (blog post from 9.23.08) and then there was imgfav (blog post of and then 7/14/09). Of course, before these three, there was Kaboodle (blog post from 9/16/07) as the fad which is now rarely used. As with the other image collection sites, with Pinterest, you can have "friends" and follow what they have shared. A "board" is their word for "category." You can follow all of your friends boards or just selected boards which are your same interest. You can also "like" an image, but I don't really see this use for this because if I like it, I'm just going to add it to one of my boards. Commenting on images is also available. As with the other sites, you can add images from any website page by installing the link in your browser toolbar. There is also an iPhone ap coming soon. I remember when vi-sualiz.us first came out there was much concern about copyright.
6 Compelling Reasons You Should Use Pinterest for Marketing Just recently, Pinterest hit more than 10 million unique visitors, making it one of the fastest growing websites ever. In the past six months, visits to Pinterest grew by 4,000%, receiving 11 million hits in just one week. Despite its rapid adoption, I often hear, “I don’t get Pinterest,” or “It’s only useful when planning a wedding.” I hear you, and I felt the same way. But let me tell you something. Here are 5 great reasons your business should start using Pinterest for marketing now: 1. What’s unique about Pinterest compared to most social media websites, is that it reduces the number of steps from discovery to conversion. Take Twitter, for example. Josh Davis of LLsocial.com clearly explains the workings of Pinterest buying behavior: “For retailers, the path to purchase from a social network is no more direct than on Pinterest. This is a dream come true for businesses. 2. Ten million unique views is not chump change. We've even seen it here at HubSpot. 3. 4. 5. 6. Image credit: Marqui
OK HOSTING - Hospedaje, Web hosting, Paginas web y Dominios 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. Mashable Etsy
Foro Chilebolsa / Actualidad IPSA La semana que comienza será harto emocionante y bastante clave dentro de todo. El ipsa lamentablemente no ha podido prender como se quisiera y desligarse del entorno externo, por lo que me llama a la precaución lo sucedido con los mercados externos, principalmente gringolandia. El viernes fue incapaz de atacar la zona mas que difícil que tiene entre los 1350-1365, que fueron los máximos de abril-julio del año pasado, después de lo cual cayó la no despreciable suma de 250 puntos y dando la sensación de que todo se iría al tacho nuevamente. Si observamos el alza sostenida del vix, en especial lo fuerte que subió el viernes, rompiendo al alza la directriz bajista que traía desde noviembre, además de la actividad de los insiders de las compañias que entre jueves y especialmente el viernes vendieron como enfermos, tenemos una situación que al menos llama a la prudencia.
Pictify - your social art network DIY: Metallic Tips for Cat Eye Glasses and Metallic Tip Nails I purchased my cat eye sunglasses last year from amazon.com (HotTopic brand) and was pleasantly surprised that my $10 purchase was not cheaply made. I believe it's now sold out :( These glasses originally had no metallic tips... After seeing Alexander Wang's version I wanted to DIY my own, but wanted my metallic tips to be temporary in case I didn't like them. You really just need a tiny piece of Con-Tact paper (I had a whole roll left from a previous project). While coloring my little piece of Con-Tact paper, I noticed my nails were in terrible shape. For more DIY ideas for sunglasses click here, here and here. EDIT: If you do try painting nails with a metallic permanent marker here are the steps: 1.
30 Best Firefox add-ons As I am one of the many Firefox users I use many of its add-ons which make my work so much easier. And I would like to share with you list of 30 best handpicked Firefox add-ons, very useful for web designers and developers. 1. CSSMate - online CSS editor extension, similar with EditCSS. 2. ViewSourceWith - let you view page source with external applications. 3. PicLens - transforms your browser into a full-screen 3D experience for viewing web images. 4.
Make Firefox Faster After you get past the “beginner” stage with Firefox , try this “power-user” trick to make it download pages faster by allowing multiple connections so it can download more than one file at a time. It’s only useful for broadband users, so if you’re still on dial-up you can just skip this one for now. Here’s something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up: 1.Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return. network.http.pipelining network.http.proxy.pipelining network.http.pipelining.maxrequests Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. 2. Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true” Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true” Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to some number like 30. 3. If you’re using a broadband connection you’ll load pages MUCH faster now! More Firefox Tips Related Posts in Splashpress Media Technology
June 2011 I'm about to prove a couple of negatives about Penrose tilings. Recall Donald Rumsfeld proudly and stupidly saying you couldn't prove a negative when it became obvious to everyone the weapons of mass destruction ruse was a complete phony. I had to wonder exactly how many classes he slept through when he got his degree at Princeton. Of course you can prove a negative. Let me give a couple examples. It is impossible to build a larger shape similar to a dart using kites and darts. The dart is the Penrose tile with the dent, and angle of 216°. If we want to build a bigger dart, it will have to have two 36° angles and a 216° angle, but the distance between these will have to be at least the length of long. We can't do this with these pieces, or if we achieve this, we will not have a long enough straight line to make the outside of the dart. This proof takes no math skills really. It is impossible to build a shape similar to a kite bigger than Papa Kite. Notice this. I'm just sayin'.