What Do You Think Of Pinterest?

Pinterest is one of the hottest things right now. It has already hit over 10million monthly US unique users faster than any other independent sites in history. If you have been using the site, what do you think of pinterest?

Pinterest is a social media site where you can share things you love and you can also associate your pinterest account with your facebook and twitter accounts.

As an internet marketers pinterest is a site you want to know about and know how to use it to drive traffic to your site.

Pinterest is said to be referring more traffic to websites than youtube, google plus and linkedin combined. Which is pretty solid for a site that is just starting in the game.

How to get traffic to your site using Pinterest for free

Pinterest uses boards to share images or videos of what you like on a site. These boards are sort of like scrap books or a collage of stuff you like. There are different topics you can choose from to create a board like; Architecture, Hair and beauty, home décor, film, music & books, photography, weddings & events etc, etc.
You can even create your own topic/title for your boards like internet marketing/blogging/Online Marketing Ideas/Fishing/Bird watching… anything you like.


As an online business owner, no matter what niche you are, having images on your site and pinning them on your board(s) is a great way to attract visitors to your site from pinterest. Note that you have to pin eye catching images and write a description. You can also add your link in the description box. However if people click on your image they link back to your site anyway.

If you already have a site or youtube account filled with good images (and good content) and good videos, chances are you're getting traffic already from pinterest as people might have pinned your images already.

Pinterest is a social media site so you have to socialize some. Like, comment and repin other peoples stuff. Also follow people of interest (don't just go following everyone) You can unfollow later if they don't follow you back (just like twitter).

As a business owner using pinterest, you want to think about how best to effectively use the site. If you have promotional or informational videos, you can create a video board; if you have products you want to sell, you can create a board for it too; if you offer services, you can create a board for your services and you can also create a board for your clients (a way of showcasing you jobs) :)

Your profile is a place to tell people about you and your business. Because you get a customized url, you want to choose something befitting to your business if you're creating a business profile (pinterest.com.bizname), you can also use your company logo in the image.
There's a bio box where you can write about your company or yourself as the case may be. There no html code allowed.

When you repin other peoples post (that are probably related to your site), you can write a description and then in the description you can also add your website URL. It is not advised to use affiliate links directly, link to your website that has your affiliate offers on there.

There's so much you can do with pinterest and first thing is to get started. Create your boards, add the pinit button to your browser tool bar (makes it easy to pin stuff from your website and others).


You can also add pin it buttons on your website so that others can pin your stuff just like when you have a fb and twitter social link on your site.

Tell us what you think of pinterest here.