Very few bloggers actually use Pinterest Video Pins – and that is a big mistake. As bloggers, we use social platforms like Pinterest and Twitter primarily to get more traffic to our websites. And there are hundreds of articles about getting more traffic from Pinterest. But Pinterest is still a relatively new platform – there are still new hacks and…
There is so much advice to be found about Pinterest and marketing on Pinterest that is hard to know which tips are still relevant and which are outdated – or even wrong. You have to figure out which advice to follow and which tips rather belong to the category Pinterest myths: Some of the outdated or wrong tips can seriously…
There is a lot of praise for Pinterest group boards. Some of it is a relic from older days and can be read with caution. But some of the praise is new. Even some (expensive) courses are building a strategy on the use of group boards. Yes, I have found success with group boards for a while, too. Until it…
Why is the Pinterest search of so much importance for marketing success and blog traffic when Pinterest is a social media platform? For many bloggers Pinterest has been the answer to all their traffic problems and the one traffic source that brought success. Most of these bloggers made exactly one traffic source work for them: Pinterest. On the other hand,…
Stolen pins become more and more of a problem. It is not only a bad feeling, seeing your carefully crafted images on Pinterest linking to shady websites and driving your hard-earned traffic to thieves. What is more: Stolen pins can seriously hurt your business. You lose traffic. You lose credibility. And you lose business! So, how the heck can you…
If you are trying to get traffic from Pinterest, you have probably read a ton of articles about what you absolutely have to do. One tip that keeps repeating popping up is that you need „beautifully designed“ images. Sounds good? Maybe. Is it helpful? Not to me! (Before you read on – did you know that you can use videos…
Pinterest the rising star of social networks for bloggers. It has an immense power to drive traffic to websites and blog content. And it is totally possible to get this traffic without paying for advertising and even without knowing much about social media marketing. But this currently leads to a big problem: hijacked pins. Whenever the word goes out that…
There seem to be mainly two types of Pinterest users. On the one hand, there are many bloggers who build their complete blog business on traffic from Pinterest. On the other side, is an endless number of marketers and bloggers who can’t seem to make Pinterest work for them. In most cases, the simple reason is that just posting on…
Pinterest can be awesome to drive traffic to content and even product pages. But to unlock the full power of Pinterest, you will need the help of some tools. The need for tools in your Pinterest marketing starts with creating images – because Pinterest is NOT just about beautiful photos, even if you don’t have any photos you can still…
Are you aware of Pinterest’s marketing superpowers? I sometimes get the feeling that far too many marketers fail to see the awesome options they get from Pinterest for their marketing strategy. Pinterest marketing case studies appear to be a well-hidden secret. And while Pinterest’s smart feed sometimes seems to make marketing success a little unpredictable, there are far too many…