Have you ever wondered who is pinning your posts from your blog? Did you know there is an easy way to find out? Type this in your navigation bar: www.Pinterest.com/source/YourWebsite.com In place of the YourWebsite.com you would put your own URL. For example, to find out who is pinning from this site we type in Pinterest.com/source/beckyandpaula.com and it shows us all the recent pins from our site. When I track pins from my ...
What does well on Pinterest (what to share)
Pinterest is my favorite online platform! I loved it even before blogging, but now I see the huge potential to bloggers. First- let me give you a little background on what type of people are on Pinterest: 71% of Pinterest users are women (72 million!) The number of men on Pinterest doubled by 2014 Moms are on Pinterest! Pinterest Moms share 3 times more than the average user. (and they make up over 30% of the overall shares!) ...
SERIES: GET ON A SCHEDULE: Pinterest Scheduling Options
It is so important to be pinning your things! Last week I posted a lot of great Pinterest stats (check them out if you haven't yet!) There are two options in Pinterest: 1- Pin them organically - whenever you have time. 2- Schedule them with an app. If you go for the first one (I go back and forth between #1 and #2), just be sure to pin your stuff when your audience is on. I pin the most in the evening, because that is when mothers of young ...
The Secret to Pinterest
I recently did something new with my secret Pinterest boards that has already really helped me in promoting my old blog posts on Pinterest and across other sites. I scrolled to the bottom of my Pinterest profile and created six new secret boards. Then, I went through all of my posts from the "my blog posts" board and divided them between the six new boards. I was sure to put a good variety on each board so that they all have a good mix of ...
Scheduling your pins: Viral tag Vs. Ahalogy
Many people want to know how they can schedule their pins. They are debating jointing Viral Tag vs. Ahalogy. Today Alida From The Realistic Mama is sharing what she has learned about these companies. First- if you want to become educated on Ahalogy, read my post about it here. Ahalogy: Why to use it: This schedules your pins for you. You will tell it what to schedule and what boards to put it on. It will figure out the best time to pin ...
How to find group boards on Pinterest
Have you ever wondered how to find good group boards on Pinterest? This question baffled me for a long time until some one (I don't remember who or I'd totally give them the credit for showing me) told me about PinGroupie.com It's a great site that lists EVERY group board on Pinterest. I believe them when they say this, because my group boards were all listed, even before I had ever heard of the site! Below is a screenshot from the site so ...
You can get banned from Pinterest from over-pinning on group boards
Did you know that you can get banned from Pinterest because of over-pinning to group boards? Suzy is going to share how she prevents this from happening with a simple organizing trick! Pinterest is one, if not the most, important traffic-driving site for bloggers. It seems most bloggers I talk to say that Pinterest is the #1 source of traffic by about 50%. One of the best ways to use Pinterest to increase traffic for your blog is to ...
SECRET TIP!!! How to get more traffic from Pinterest (& more followers)
Do you want to know how to get more traffic & followers on Pinterest? Pinterest brings around 3,000 people EVERY DAY to my blog. It is just like free advertising. I think that is is helping so many blogs grow. If someone likes your pin, they will follow it to your page. If they like your page, they will share it, return to it, love it! It is easier than you think to Grow your blog with Pinterest. **** See #6 for a super-handy tool that ...
WIN a FREE Pinterest Coaching Session!
If you follow our posts, I"m sure that you have seen the emphasis that we put on social media, with Pinterest being a star player. It drives traffic with all of the wonderful eye candy! How does a Pinterest coaching session sound to you? Today, Kathryn, a good friend of ours, from Singing Through the Rain is offering one of her Pinterest Coaching Packages to you… for free! This will be presented to one lucky winner. You have a week full to ...
How to change a Pinterest source link
A few months ago, my pins were all being re-directed to a 404 page. If anyone pinned from my page, the pins didn't bring them back to me. It happened again a few weeks ago. Pinterest was able to fix it, but in the meantime I had to go in and edit the source on each pin that I had pinned. I had to learn how to change a Pinterest source link. Today, my friend, Kristi, shared this in our blogging group and it reminded me that I wanted to ...