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>It consistently brings in more traffic than anything combined when you do it right, How do you do Pinterest "right"? Just curious. You're absolutely right ab

>It consistently brings in more traffic than anything combined when you do it right, How do you do Pinterest "right"? Just curious. You're absolutely right about the traffic trend. When Pinterest was first getting a major buzz, I was pinning regularly and those pins are still getting actively repinned. After a period of no pinning, now when I do pin things, I hardly see any activity.

austenallred 13y ago
It's a long process that took me forever to figure out, but here are the basics. I'll probably write a blog post about it. Pin something, get a couple of repins, then repin that to a very popular community board (it takes work to get invites to those with followings of 150,000+). Follow, like, and comment (sincerely) on the pins of people who repinned your pin. Rinse and repeat. On the average day for a newer site/account I'll drive between 1,000 and 2,000 visits and get about 100-150 new followers. The average product I pin will get 20-50 repins on day 1. But the crazy part is, as you mentioned, that all compounds over time. The most important piece of information I'm willing to share is that if I could advertise on Pinterest I would switch all of my clients' ad spend from Adsense to Pinterest today. Promoted pins are going to be worth mad cash.
- gabemart 13y ago
  Pin something, get a couple of repins, then repin that to a very popular community board (it takes work to get invites to those with followings of 150,000+). I'm not intentionally being dismissive, but isn't this a little like saying "Pin something, get a couple of repins, [magic happens]"? I would imagine that if you can get content posted regularly to any platform with 150,000+ followers/readers/subscribers, the traffic rolls right in. Is there something particular to pinterest that makes it easier to get content posted to these community boards, vs. getting content posted on a popular blog or retweeted by a popular account?
  - austenallred 13y ago
    There's no secret there, there's just a gatekeeper you have to get past, and it's a little bit different for every one. Some will let you right on through, but usually you get to know the board owner really well, interact with them a bunch on Pinterest, and ask for an invite. You can also create generic Pinterest accounts and use a bot to load them up with very similar content to what they're looking for with a couple search functions, but that's probably not worth explaining on this forum. Also, getting on the community boards is only the beginning of the battle.
- meleva 13y ago
  when you write Adsense, do you mean Adwords ?
  - austenallred 13y ago
    No, I mean Adsense. Adwords is intent-driven search. Adsense is discovery. Pinterest is much more comparable to Adsense.
    - mkr-hn 13y ago
      I thought AdWords was the interface for making ads for AdSense. The logo even says "Google AdWords." And the ads I made look a lot like AdSense.
      - johnward 13y ago
        it sounds like they mean using AdWords but targeting the content network, which is effectively the AdSense network. That is different then search engine traffic that you can also buy through AdWords.
      - johnward 13y ago
        it sounds like they mean using AdWords but targeting the content network, which is effectively the AdSense network. That is different then search engine traffic that you can also buy through AdWords.
      - johnward 13y ago
        it sounds like they mean using AdWords but targeting the content network, which is effectively the AdSense network. That is different then search engine traffic that you can also buy through AdWords.
      - johnward 13y ago
        it sounds like they mean using AdWords but targeting the content network, which is effectively the AdSense network. That is different then search engine traffic that you can also buy through AdWords.

austenallred 13y ago

It's a long process that took me forever to figure out, but here are the basics. I'll probably write a blog post about it. Pin something, get a couple of repins, then repin that to a very popular community board (it takes work to get invites to those with followings of 150,000+). Follow, like, and comment (sincerely) on the pins of people who repinned your pin. Rinse and repeat. On the average day for a newer site/account I'll drive between 1,000 and 2,000 visits and get about 100-150 new followers. The average product I pin will get 20-50 repins on day 1. But the crazy part is, as you mentioned, that all compounds over time. The most important piece of information I'm willing to share is that if I could advertise on Pinterest I would switch all of my clients' ad spend from Adsense to Pinterest today. Promoted pins are going to be worth mad cash.

gabemart 13y ago
Pin something, get a couple of repins, then repin that to a very popular community board (it takes work to get invites to those with followings of 150,000+). I'm not intentionally being dismissive, but isn't this a little like saying "Pin something, get a couple of repins, [magic happens]"? I would imagine that if you can get content posted regularly to any platform with 150,000+ followers/readers/subscribers, the traffic rolls right in. Is there something particular to pinterest that makes it easier to get content posted to these community boards, vs. getting content posted on a popular blog or retweeted by a popular account?
- austenallred 13y ago
  There's no secret there, there's just a gatekeeper you have to get past, and it's a little bit different for every one. Some will let you right on through, but usually you get to know the board owner really well, interact with them a bunch on Pinterest, and ask for an invite. You can also create generic Pinterest accounts and use a bot to load them up with very similar content to what they're looking for with a couple search functions, but that's probably not worth explaining on this forum. Also, getting on the community boards is only the beginning of the battle.
meleva 13y ago
when you write Adsense, do you mean Adwords ?
- austenallred 13y ago
  No, I mean Adsense. Adwords is intent-driven search. Adsense is discovery. Pinterest is much more comparable to Adsense.
  - mkr-hn 13y ago
    I thought AdWords was the interface for making ads for AdSense. The logo even says "Google AdWords." And the ads I made look a lot like AdSense.
    - johnward 13y ago
      it sounds like they mean using AdWords but targeting the content network, which is effectively the AdSense network. That is different then search engine traffic that you can also buy through AdWords.
    - johnward 13y ago
      it sounds like they mean using AdWords but targeting the content network, which is effectively the AdSense network. That is different then search engine traffic that you can also buy through AdWords.
    - johnward 13y ago
      it sounds like they mean using AdWords but targeting the content network, which is effectively the AdSense network. That is different then search engine traffic that you can also buy through AdWords.
    - johnward 13y ago
      it sounds like they mean using AdWords but targeting the content network, which is effectively the AdSense network. That is different then search engine traffic that you can also buy through AdWords.