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! Here is why I find the concept of „beautiful design“ for Pinterest totally…
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…
When I first started playing around with Pinterest years ago, what I saw in my feed was simply the pins from people I followed in chronological order. It is not that simple anymore. Today your home feed displays what Pinterest calls the „Smart Feed.“ When Pinterest became more and more popular, it became clear to the people behind Pinterest that…
Tools are what makes social media marketing a valuable marketing strategy that most entrepreneurs can use besides their day job. Most of us cannot afford to spend all day on social media to keep our accounts active and responsive. And while using tools for Twitter nowadays is already a very common method, using Pinterest tools for automation and marketing, seems…
The following post is a guest post by Sarah Landrum. After graduating from Penn State with degrees in Marketing and Public Relations, Sarah Landrum moved to Harrisburg to become a digital marketer. She is also a freelance writer and the founder of Punched Clocks, a career development blog that helps readers find happiness and success in life and at work. Follow…