Magic Of Pinterest

13 years ago

Hmmm, I don't know if pinterest will get you sales regardless. Maybe it's like stumbleupon traffic, which is essentially useless if you goal is sales.

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blillard

13 years ago

I would use it to drve traffic to an LP with an optin. Just a an idea insted of trying to get direct sales from the site.

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Paul Gram

13 years ago

Sounds like you are spamming Pinterest to me.

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stevenalowe

13 years ago

pinterest got some negative press a couple of weeks ago, turned out they were replacing links with their own affiliate links behind the scenes!

so, definitely pin things to your own site/landing page, not directly, if they're still doing this

EDIT/CORRECTION: pinterest was only replacing non-affiliate links with their own affiliate links

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robyna

13 years ago

I wrote up a report on Pinterest today that I'm going to sell and stumbled across a few places that said one benefit of Pinterest is that Internet marketers don't use it so there's no one trying to sell to you. I had to laugh out loud at that one!

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13 years ago

Originally Posted by robyna

I wrote up a report on Pinterest today that I'm going to sell and stumbled across a few places that said one benefit of Pinterest is that Internet marketers don't use it so there's no one trying to sell to you. I had to laugh out loud at that one!

Is there any place on the Interent that drives traffic that IMers do not use? LOL

Actually Pinterest allows selling products. You can post a product with a price and Pinterest will automatically put a price banner on the corner of the image.

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atwellpub

13 years ago

Originally Posted by stevenalowe

pinterest got some negative press a couple of weeks ago, turned out they were replacing links with their own affiliate links behind the scenes!

so, definitely pin things to your own site/landing page, not directly, if they're still doing this

EDIT/CORRECTION: pinterest was only replacing non-affiliate links with their own affiliate links

They are stripping my afflinks by ignoring the aff link and using the final landing page link. I'll have to use a landing page to get around this it seems. What a hassle! ...wait... could have been user error. will report back. Was a user error! They honored my aff link =)

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Alexis Wilke

13 years ago

From what I've seen not too many people actually follow the links. They just look at the pretty pictures... This being said, I guess it will depend on what you have to sell (travel packages showing island, hotels, etc.)

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SocialMediaOwls

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexis Wilke

From what I've seen not too many people actually follow the links. They just look at the pretty pictures... This being said, I guess it will depend on what you have to sell (travel packages showing island, hotels, etc.)

This is wrong.

I have had a pinterest account now for 2 weeks. I have 1500 followers.

The interaction to my posts by FAR blow fb/twitter/gplus out of the water.

I know get 1000 hits daily to my sites, new followers, repins daily and have made over $500 in sales from Pinterest alone

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Eleanor

13 years ago

Originally Posted by SocialMediaOwls

This is wrong.

I have had a pinterest account now for 2 weeks. I have 1500 followers.

The interaction to my posts by FAR blow fb/twitter/gplus out of the water.

I know get 1000 hits daily to my sites, new followers, repins daily and have made over $500 in sales from Pinterest alone

Wow... That is very interesting... Are you pinning just images or products? What does your pinterest traffic convert like? Is it a case of volume as opposed to targeting?

Might have to get me an account

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SocialMediaOwls

13 years ago

Originally Posted by bubbins1987

Wow... That is very interesting... Are you pinning just images or products? What does your pinterest traffic convert like? Is it a case of volume as opposed to targeting?

Might have to get me an account

I have NEVER seen a more attentive, smarter social media group. I imagine it is because the platform right now is 90%+ women....we'lll see what happens when men pile into this thing.

I mostly post images of funny things or cute animals.....but I also post products. The conversion is fantastic. The engagement is fantastic. The viral factor is better than anything I have ever seen. I get hundreds to thousands of REPINS daily....whether I post something new or not.

Here is my account so you can look at it and see what I do:

Oscar Jones (badgehelp) on Pinterest

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Eleanor

13 years ago

Originally Posted by SocialMediaOwls

I have NEVER seen a more attentive, smarter social media group. I imagine it is because the platform right now is 90%+ women....we'lll see what happens when men pile into this thing.

I mostly post images of funny things or cute animals.....but I also post products. The conversion is fantastic. The engagement is fantastic. The viral factor is better than anything I have ever seen. I get hundreds to thousands of REPINS daily....whether I post something new or not.

Here is my account so you can look at it and see what I do:

Oscar Jones (badgehelp) on Pinterest

Thanks for this! I'll definitely take a look. Been hearing an seeing so much about it.. Think I might finally set aside some time to dig into this and see what all the fuss is about. If its as good as you are saying then it'll definitely become part of my personal business model as well as my upcoming product launches!

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Alexis Wilke

13 years ago

Originally Posted by SocialMediaOwls

I have NEVER seen a more attentive, smarter social media group. I imagine it is because the platform right now is 90%+ women....we'lll see what happens when men pile into this thing.

Note that the first link I followed from one of your Pins gave me a 404... At least you should send people to the front page?

Now, as I was paying a little more attention today as I have quite a few people active in the ones I follow, I noticed that a certain number of images were indeed marketing to women (nail polish, lose weight, ...) That's really not my market though. I guess I'll have to spend a little more time to see how I could capitalize on my own offerings.

Thank you for putting me back in place!

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GarrieWilson

13 years ago

I think pinterest would be better to advertise your products.

Example: Got a cooking site? Add pins of your food or videos showing it being made.

The entire "spam affiliate links" can be killed quickly.

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Arroway

13 years ago

Strange, I've tried it and never got any repins or likes. And what I pinned was actually nice to look at.

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seobro

13 years ago

I see a lot of B&W nudes on pin. This website had a lot of promise. Sadly, a lot of content is NSFW - not safe for work as you can imagine. Still, it does bring in a lot of traffic and it might in the future be run different than now. That said, I am not very happy with what I am seeing. Photographers are not getting credit for their work, and a web site is making a lot of money. Well, this is the perfect disaster recipe.

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AlwaysAwa

13 years ago

That I thinking, direct to my landing page. Love this forum.

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Avy Smith

13 years ago

Originally Posted by AlwaysAwa

Last night I give a go using pinterest. Boy I was so surprised with the result.

I pin The help from amazon with my amazon affiliate link. And up to this post I got 34 repin and 9 like.

However, there no sales yet because I didn't place any call to action. And I didn't plan my attack.

How I see pinterest is like doing pay per click.

You need a picture and copy ads. The traffic is already there but how you engage play a key role.

I notice a simple way work with pinterest, is having a snipper site.

All the affiliate link at the snipper site and you just pin them.

Another thing I learn is, pinterest a good place to find niche.

Hope this help

The people at Pinterest prefer pictures. It is hard to get your Text Noticed. However, there is a similar site with same format and quite good activity flow "chimein" where you can post pictures and create any kind of "Text Posts".

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Elluminati

13 years ago

Pinterest seems to work for some. I believe there are a few WSOs about it you can perhaps look into.

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TColling

13 years ago

Pinterest seems to be very popular with people in the midwest. I have tried to get interested in it, but I just don't see how it's going to work as an online marketing tactic for our company.

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PhilippaWrites

13 years ago

Pinterest strips affiliate links out of pins, and replaces them with their own. That could be why you didn't see any amazon sales!

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Rashell 13 years ago

Originally Posted by PhilippaWrites

Pinterest strips affiliate links out of pins, and replaces them with their own. That could be why you didn't see any amazon sales!

No they don't.

What they were doing was adding affiliate links through skimlinks to pins of products without affiliate links.

Do your research.

Rashell
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- PhilippaWrites 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Rashell
  
  No they don't.
  
  What they were doing was adding affiliate links through skimlinks to pins of products without affiliate links.
  
  Do your research.
  
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  A normally very reliable source did a test which suggested otherwise to him, but I can accept he may have made a mistake. There's no need to shout.
  
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  SlicedGenius 13 years ago
  
  Just like with any social network, you can get traffic if you target people and offer them good quality well thought out, relevant content.
  
  If you build followers smartly (with similar interests) and get a good profile going before you flood it with products, you can forge a loyal audience.
  
  Plus if you make your blog or website 'pin-friendly' you could get some users sharing your content for you!
  
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  rs2228 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by SlicedGenius
  
  Plus if you make your blog or website 'pin-friendly' you could get some users sharing your content for you!
  
  Can you elaborate on "pin friendly"?
  
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  PhilippaWrites 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by rs2228
  
  Can you elaborate on "pin friendly"?
  
  Great, shareable images
  
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  SlicedGenius 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by rs2228
  
  Can you elaborate on "pin friendly"?
  
  Sorry if I was a little vague on that with my made up lingo! Although I see that Rashell has already given you a pretty great answer to this!
  
  If you're on WordPress there is a free plug-in available that will let you also specify the default image to use if someone pins from your page (and even the description too - although they can still choose to edit that).
  
  WordPress › Pin It On Pinterest « WordPress Plugins
  
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  Rashell 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by PhilippaWrites
  
  A normally very reliable source did a test which suggested otherwise to him, but I can accept he may have made a mistake. There's no need to shout.
  
  I didn't "shout". I highlighted important points in bold and enlarged the fonts so that it stood out to anyone else who may read that false statement. I felt this was necessary since you're accusing a company of theft, possibly muddying their reputation, based on an assumption and lack of research. That's both unfair to the company and the people reading your post, who might believe it as fact.
  
  BTW An online shout is "ALL CAPS"
  
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  GarrieWilson 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Rashell
  
  I felt this was necessary since you're accusing a company of theft, possibly muddying their reputation, based on an assumption and lack of research.
  
  Stripping affiliate links or replacing them on "my" site would not be theft.
  
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  Rashell 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by GarrieWilson
  
  Stripping affiliate links or replacing them on "my" site would not be theft.
  
  Good Point. You are correct. It is their site to do with as they please.
  
  Still, they did not strip affiliate links and add their own.
  
  Which, perhaps, is something they should do. Would keep a lot of the spammers away.
  
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  coops223 13 years ago
  
  Marktingchad has it right. That's exactly what they do. Read up on how they monetize; it's out there.
  
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  Aw never mind.
  
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rangga_ryuuzaki

13 years ago

I would love to try Pinterest as one of my business startegy

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marketwarrior06

Banned 13 years ago

crazy way to make money

actually you will get the sells when you will start optimizing the call for action page.
i read some other threads about this and most of them were happy with it so you don't have to worry.

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Colin Palfrey

13 years ago

I looked at the site as I've heard people talking about it. To me it looked like a very poor excuse for a bookmarking site, targeted at people who dislike having to read. I've never found that sort of traffic to be worthwhile.

Has anyone had success with Pinterest? (Not counting people that have a WSO out about it.)

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MarketingChad

13 years ago

I just want to confirm above that they do NOT strip affiliate links if you include them, they only add to links that don't have affiliate codes. I believe they have even come out and confirmed this publicly once the press "exposed" them (even though they weren't being secretive.

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Rashell

13 years ago

Originally Posted by rs2228

Can you elaborate on "pin friendly"?

At the least to make your site pin-friendly you'd want to add quality properly licensed or copyright owned images to each of your posts.

Next, add the pin button to make it easy for user to pin your content.

And depending on whether you make your livelihood (ie if you're a photographer or artist) from the images people will likely pin you'll want to watermark or have some way to track your images to ensure you get proper credit and back links.

That's just the basics, IMO.

Originally Posted by Colin Palfrey

I looked at the site as I've heard people talking about it. To me it looked like a very poor excuse for a bookmarking site, targeted at people who dislike having to read. I've never found that sort of traffic to be worthwhile.

Has anyone had success with Pinterest? (Not counting people that have a WSO out about it.)

It's not so much that Pinterest users don't like to read. It's just a way to give visual compartmentalization to things they want to reference and share quickly without having to read.

Interestingly in the post, The Viral Guide to Pinterest Marketing | Colby Almond SEO and Marketing under Step 2, Option 2 suggests

... the average user spent a total of TWO MINUTES and TEN SECONDS on the site. ...What can we conclude from this? Pinterest users actually read the content and click around. ... Why is this? ... females have a much longer attention span than their male counterparts. After studying the analytics, I can 100% confirm that this is the case.

Of course test the veracity of this statement on your own. But as a Pinterest user I can tell you, I like to read. And I like "bookmarking" and discovering things on Pinterest. For me it's like having a magazine where I get to choose who can edit/curate the internet's content.

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Colin Y

13 years ago

James Penn recently did a very informative post on to generate traffic from Pinterest.

It adds a few wrinkles to some proven ways of generating traffic.

An Unusual Way To Get Crazy Traffic With Pinterest

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rangga_ryuuzaki 13 years ago

Originally Posted by ChrisDeals

James Penn recently did a very informative post on to generate traffic from Pinterest.

It adds a few wrinkles to some proven ways of generating traffic.

Just read in your forwarding link. getting more subscribers are always an essential step.
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Eleanor

13 years ago

Pinterest is definitely an up and coming traffic resource but no doubt it will soon be bombarded with marketers and the novelty will wear off... Although I said that about Twitter! Haha!

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SocialMediaOwls

13 years ago

For the time being...if you are:

1. A woman
2. Sell ANYTHING that women buy

You need to be on this platform.

And to all the posts I've seen over the last week about Pinterest:

In the past I have spent hours arguing with people about marketing on certain platforms (mainly twitter)

And I'm not going to spend anytime arguing on this one. If you don't believe in it, don't do it. The less competition I have on this one, the better.

'Nuff said

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stevenalowe

13 years ago

Rashell is correct. My apologies for the misinformation. That's what happens when you only read the headlines that other people write instead of reading the entire source material!

Stick It To Pinterest: Move Fast To Cash In On Your Own Pins - Forbes

Pinterest may or may not be in violation of the FTC's affiliate disclosure requirements

http://www.ftc.gov/os/2009/10/091005...esfnnotice.pdf

But as long as they don't replace your affiliate links with theirs, I don't have a problem with it.

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SocialMediaOwls

13 years ago

Alexis...Pinterest had issues today...none of my pins go to dead links

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Usmile

13 years ago

Not all people find Pinterest helpful especially in terms of sale, good for you buddy that you've got good response from this site. On my end, I don't rely on this site however it is a good alternative.

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13 years ago

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roadywreck

13 years ago

i found Pinterest so interesting! good for your business and promoting and marketing strategies.

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Chris Chicas

13 years ago

Being on pinterest and all the interaction is fun and what not, but if any of you kids are able to make any real money from pinning with affiliate products then please let me know. =D

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