I am sure that some of you will now be familiar with Pinterest. Last week I created an account and am loving it! What a great place to save all my favourite websites/sites that I mean to go back to and look at again, recipes, jewellery, favourite quotes, craft projects. You name it, it’s there and I have seen an increase in traffic to our blog and website coming via Pinterest so what’s not to like?
is a virtual pinboard. Pinterest allows you to organize and share all things you find on the web. You can browse pinboards created by other people to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests.
Choose your boards titles, choose what to add or ‘pin’ to them, share your boards, re-pin from others boards, easy, fun and contagious. I can see how it could be possible to spend a lot of time ‘pinning’ – and then spending time looking at your followers pins and commenting/re-pinning or liking a lot of images.
5 reasons why I like Pinterest?
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It looks good
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It is bringing some additional traffic to this blog and our Seba Silver website
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I can share images of our jewellery and new filigree projects
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I can upload and share images of other jewellery that I like
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The funnies! – I have found some great quotes and fun cartoons on various boards
My current favourite quote is from one of my childhood friends;
What’s your favourite quote of the moment? Would love to hear from you, leave your quote or comment below or come follow me on Pinterest.
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In June 2011 Adolf and I opened a small store on the beautiful Dalmatian Island of Korcula. Our store (Seba Dizajn) showcases Adolf's stunning filigree jewellery, all work is made on site offering you the fascinating chance to see filigree jewellery being made.
Visit us at www.sebasilver.com to see and purchase some of our filigree jewellery.
The Seba family have been working, and creating beautiful pieces of filigree jewellery for over 500 years.
You can see my other ‘Fun’ pins here; http://pinterest.com/sebadizajn/fun/
February 20, 2012 at 14:00
I have only just started using Pinterest too, but it is really interesting. I could see hours disapearing flicking through photos on there though
February 20, 2012 at 14:06
Hi Sam, thanks for commenting. I am finding it a really interesting tool & a lot of fun too. Happy Pinning –
February 20, 2012 at 14:14
I like Pinterest too. It is like a great sociological experiment in the making.
February 20, 2012 at 14:20
Hi David, just been reading an interesting article about it.. wonder if I can link it here? http://news.yahoo.com/pinterest-blowing-copyright-infringement-allegations-224008298.html does that link work?
February 20, 2012 at 14:28
I’ve been using it for a few weeks as well and it is very addictive, I have also seen an increase in traffic to my blog. Unfortunately my business isn’t something I can really market on there, apart from blog images…
February 20, 2012 at 14:36
Hi Joanne. Thanks for your comments. Now I am curious… what is your business?
February 20, 2012 at 14:40
Have just looked you up on Twitter – I think you will find people in similar businesses using Pinterest for promotion… see the example I sent via twitter. Hope it helps, Ruth
February 20, 2012 at 19:48
Help! I have looked and not understood enough to get going! I can sort of see how it works but on the other hand what I (thought I) saw was a whole lot of stuff pinned up in 1 place. How on earth do I sort through it? I probably just need to spend some more time there! Any advice from avid users would be gratefully received! Thanks for sharing your experience, Ruth
February 20, 2012 at 20:20
Hi Shona. I need help to!! Happy to share any of my ‘knowledge’ (email me). Am on steep learning curve but like it and like that it brings us traffic. Have pinned a few of your bags on my ‘Fun’ board
February 20, 2012 at 21:14
Oh, wow, thanks
February 20, 2012 at 22:29
on pinterest too – but haven.t got the faintest idea how to use it to promote bizz.
February 21, 2012 at 09:44
Hi Helen. I don’t either!! But something seems to be working, keep pinning, pin your blog posts – pin all your fantastic fonts, pin some examples of your work. I have read some good articles and will forward them to you. Am sure we can work it out!
February 21, 2012 at 10:46
i.ll try my best
found an article by michelle shaeffer
http://michelleshaeffer.com/inspiration-you-can-pin/2012/02/19/
maybe that will inspire us too
February 21, 2012 at 11:17
Thanks for the link Helen, I will have a look at Michelles work too. Amazing amount of information is available, finding something that works for you is the key.
February 21, 2012 at 00:31
Hi Seba,
Thanks for your post! Pinterest has many great features for B2C organisations – I’m still looking for a really strong B2B service provider example. (Perhaps that means I should get stuck into it more as a B2B.)
I also wrote a post about Pinterest today – great minds think alike. You can see it at: http://www.betterbusinessbetterlife.com.au/pinterest-capturing-your-attention/
Keep up the great work!
Caylie
February 21, 2012 at 11:16
Hi Caylie, thanks for adding your link here and for stopping by to comment. Nice to connect with you here. Enjoyed your article