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The Ultimate Guide to Marketing Your Blog, Podcast, Or Videos With BlogWorld & New Media Expo Presents… The Ultimate Guide to Marketing Your Blog, Podcast, or Videos with Pinterest Everything you need to know about using Pinterest to build your brand and drive traffic to your blog, podcast, videos, or other online content. By Allison Boyer The Ultimate Guide to Content Marketing on Pinterest Copyright © BlogWorld & New Media Expo 2012 Written by Allison Boyer for BlogWorld & New Media Expo, with support from Jessica Boyer, Amber Avines, and the rest of the BlogWorld staff. Page 1 The Ultimate Guide to Content Marketing on Pinterest BlogWorld & New Media Expo and Allison Boyer are not affiliated with Pinterest, Inc. The Pinterest name and logo, and any other products or brand names mentioned in this publication are the trademarks of their respective holders. Any mention of trademarked name or other mark is for reference purposes only in sharing educational content. Copyright / trademark infringements are not intended, or implied. An excerpt of this eBook may be shared without seeking permission if credited to BlogWorld & New Media Expo with a link back to more information about the eBook. For all other sharing questions, email [email protected]. Page 2 The Ultimate Guide to Content Marketing on Pinterest Contents Introduction: ................................................................................................................................................ 6 Chapter One: Why Pinterest? ...................................................................................................................... 8 Chapter Two: Pinterest 101 ‐ How to Get Started ..................................................................................... 17 Joining Pinterest .................................................................................................................................... 18 Creating Pinterest Boards ...................................................................................................................... 19 Group Pinterest Boards ......................................................................................................................... 23 Time to Start Pinning! ............................................................................................................................ 27 How to Pin ............................................................................................................................................. 30 Can You Pin Anything? ........................................................................................................................... 32 Finding People to Follow ....................................................................................................................... 33 Following Boards Versus Profiles ........................................................................................................... 35 Like and Comments ............................................................................................................................... 38 Pins Versus Repins ................................................................................................................................. 39 Even More Pinterest User Tips .............................................................................................................. 41 Chapter Three: Advanced Pinterest for Content Promotion ..................................................................... 43 It’s All About the Pictures ...................................................................................................................... 43 It’s All About the Pictures, Part Two ...................................................................................................... 48 Creating Content Channels .................................................................................................................... 49 Video Pins .............................................................................................................................................. 52 Content with a High Repin Value ........................................................................................................... 54 What’s Your Call to Action? ................................................................................................................... 59 Pinterest Exclusive Coupons .................................................................................................................. 60 Running Contests on Pinterest .............................................................................................................. 62 Chapter Four: Building Your Brand and Community with Pinterest .......................................................... 68 Introduce Your Team ............................................................................................................................. 68 Daily Find Board ..................................................................................................................................... 70 Project Progression ................................................................................................................................ 71 Create Conversations on Pinterest ........................................................................................................ 72 Promote Where You’ve Been Featured ................................................................................................. 74 Community Member Feature Board ...................................................................................................... 75 The Facebook – Pinterest Link ............................................................................................................... 76 Page 3 The Ultimate Guide to Content Marketing on Pinterest Chapter Five: The Pinterest Search Engine Game ..................................................................................... 78 On‐Site Search ....................................................................................................................................... 78 Pinterest and Search Engines ................................................................................................................ 80 Chapter Six: Pinterest Statistics and Monitoring ....................................................................................... 82 Find Out What Are People Pinning ........................................................................................................ 82 Your Own Analytics ................................................................................................................................ 83 *Gasp* Blocking Pinterest ..................................................................................................................... 84 Third Party Analytics .............................................................................................................................. 86 Track Your Pins and Drive More Pinterest Traffic with Pinerly: Interview with CEO Rick Kats .............. 89 A Final Thought: So, Is Pinterest Right For Your Content? ........................................................................ 93 About the Author ....................................................................................................................................... 95 About BlogWorld & New Media Expo ....................................................................................................... 96 Page 4 The Ultimate Guide to Content Marketing on Pinterest Page 5 The Ultimate Guide to Content Marketing on Pinterest Introduction: Right now, Pinterest is hot. How hot? Hot enough that Mark Zuckerberg signed up for an account. Hot enough that Google's VP of corporate development, David Lawee, has at least put some thought into a potential purchase. Hot enough that major companies like Whole Foods and HGTV are jumping on board. Hot enough that you should care about how this new social experience could benefit your online content. One of the reasons Pinterest is so popular is that this network is unlike any other social network platform out there. The downfall to being different, of course, is that social media marketing techniques we use on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and others networks doesn’t really work for Pinterest. This eBook is going to be a whirlwind of information, but before we get started, you have to understand the basics of what this network is all about and, more importantly, why you should care. Essentially, Pinterest is a way to organize and share your bookmarks in a visual way. Each “board” is a category (e.g. recipes or flowers) and each “pin” is a link or picture you want to remember and share with your friends. As you browse online, you can pin cool stuff you find to a corresponding board. You can also “repin” anything you see someone else has pinned. Pinterest is “just another social network,” or so some would have you believe. It’s hot right now, but MySpace was once hot too. It seems like only a few days ago we were raving about Google+ and now we’re supposed to learn and use yet another social network? I know that’s what a lot of you are thinking, because I was thinking it too when I first heard of Pinterest. And so, I resisted joining for several months. I only finally joined after one of my friends (someone who isn’t into blogging and social media at all, by the way) insisted—and even then, I did so begrudgingly. Yes, you read that right. It took someone who barely
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