Welcome to Lesson 8 in my 8-Part series: “Pinterest Marketing for Beginners”.
Learn how to effectively market, build your brand, and sell your products on the world’s #1 visual search engine!
Lesson 1: Why is Pinterest So Powerful? What You Need to Know.
Lesson 2: Pinterest Essentials – Small Business Marketing for Beginners
Lesson 3: Understanding the Pinterest Interface – Complete Guide for 2021
Lesson 4: How to Create a Winning Pinterest Marketing Strategy in 2021
Lesson 5: 7 Ways to Take Your Pinterest Marketing to the Next Level
Lesson 6: 5 Brands with Amazing Pinterest Marketing Strategies
Lesson 7: Putting it All Together – Your 4-Step Pinterest Marketing Plan
Lesson 8: Wrapping It Up: Pinterest Marketing – 13 Do’s & Dont’s
If you’ve been following my 8-part series, you now have everything you need to know to start succeeding on Pinterest!
However, the most important learning will occur ‘on the job’ as you go through the act of posting content and using Pinterest. When you first sign up, it might seem like a complicated platform to begin with, but you’ll quickly find your footing. At that point, it can be a lot of fun!
As some final advice, consider the following ‘dos and don’ts’ to guide you through your Pinterest journey…
1. DO Make sure that all your content is offering real value for your followers.
2. DO Add useful descriptions to anything you upload.
3. DO Pick the right tags!
4. DON’T Just try to sell products!
5. DO Set up useful ‘automated’ systems to save you time.
6. DON’T Rely on these though, or you’ll end up with a lot of random content.
7. DO Think about how articles you write for your blog post will work on Pinterest.
8. DON’T Post irregularly and leave your account looking barren.
9. DON’T Just rely on repining – add your own unique content!
10. DO Upgrade to a business account.
11. DO Verify your website so that you can see analytics.
12. DO Include social sharing buttons on your content.
13. DON’T Think that Pinterest is less important than other social media sites!
And while we’re at it, let’s consider some cool ideas for things you can do with Pinterest, which will hopefully leave you with a bit of inspiration before you get started.
Designing Your Website or Logo
A great way to understand Pinterest is to try using it yourself – not as a marketer.
When designing your website or logo, you can use a Pinterest board to collect images that you like the looks of and that you think will inspire the artistic direction that you plan to implement.
You’ll find this really helps to bring everything together into a cohesive design at the end. This initial groundwork will prove useful when you’re trying to appeal to other users with your own content.
Bodyweight Exercises
If you have a fitness blog, then using it to share bodyweight exercises is a great idea.
This allows you to provide genuinely useful tips through just a single image, short video clip, or Idea Pin.
Eye Candy
Some people love staring at pictures of beautiful holiday locations, other people love looking at stunning cars.
Sometimes creating a board that’s all about making us salivate is a perfect way to get fans – and as you’re building up the desire factor, it will be great when it comes to selling!
Life Hacks
People love life hacks and Pinterest is one of the big reasons for this! Try posting tips that you can convey in a single image, short video clip, or Idea Pin.
Life hacks can be applied to pretty much any niche whether it’s ‘gardening’ life hacks or ‘organizing’ life hacks!
Motivation
Motivational memes are popular online and can apply to a range of different topics.
Why not create a board that focuses on motivational images and text relating to your niche or industry?
Those are just a few ideas, but the possibilities are endless, so dive in and start experimenting. Good luck and happy pinning! 🎉
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Lesson 1 – Why is Pinterest So Powerful? What You Need to Know.
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Lesson 2 – Pinterest Essentials: Small Business Marketing for Beginners
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Lesson 3 – Understanding the Pinterest Interface: Complete Guide for 2021
When you first log onto Pinterest, you’ll notice the site looks very different compared to Twitter or Facebook, and the navigation might not seem intuitive. How do you find your way around?
Lesson 4 – How to Create a Winning Pinterest Marketing Strategy in 2021
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Lesson 5 – 7 Ways to Take Your Pinterest Marketing to the Next Level
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Lesson 6 – 5 Brands with Amazing Pinterest Marketing Strategies
If you’re still feeling anxious about diving into Pinterest, it might help you to see some great examples of how top brands have worked their magic.
Lesson 7 – Putting it All Together: Your 4-Step Pinterest Marketing Plan
Here’s a simple 4-step marketing blueprint that you can follow, one step at a time, to build your following and to gain mass influence.
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