'White Hat' Pinterest Group

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Hey guys... I want to propose an idea.

With all of the talk of Pinterest spam and robots out there, I wanted to come up with a way to generate some success in Pinterest without purchasing a program and looking 'spammy' in the process.

Just like with any other social media out there, the more 'Pins and Likes' you get, the more visible your shares become.

My idea is to start a pseudo 'warrior Pinterest club', where we Like, Share, and Follow each other so everyone gets some success. My goal is to create a group of like-minded people looking to establish some authority in Pinterest.

We don't have to repin and like everything that each other shares, but we can be more generous with helping each other out...I think this is a great way to help each other.

If anyone has a way of organizing this effectively, I think we should start right away. I'll think of some more stuff later tonight, but I think opening this idea to the community is the best way to get started.

To get the Ball Rolling...
For starters, I think each warrior should select 5 niches to pin stuff from. That way we all have a variety and can share and repin within on our own pin boards.

If we stay smart and post good content we will always win (i.e. don't post a pleathora of affiliate links...say 1 affiliate link for every 10-15 pins)

What do you all think?


p.s. this might not be totally white hat...grey hat perhaps...but I still think its cool
#search engine optimization #group #hat #pinterest #white
  • Sounds interesting, and could be useful. Is Pinterest still invite only? I was talking to a buddy that does a lot with pinterest and he mostly deals with weight loss on there since it's easy to post images of food and then link to a relevant low-calorie meal or something along those lines.
  • It's still invite only...but I have an account and can send as many invites as needed.

    I almost want to build a list off names/niches that I can send to everyone that's part of the club....unless we setup some kind of shared google document that is password protected
  • i'd be interested in this - total pinterest noob here but willing to give it a go.
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    • Alright, then you should start with the basics of Pinterest. Check out the article I wrote about it. It will explain you how the basic terms + how to set up the ''Pin-it'' button too, which is really useful

      And yes I'd like to be part of this!
  • Excellent.

    I'm still brainstorming (Damn the caffeine from this Rockstar)...

    Keep the group limited to 50-100 people....feature 1-5 users from the group each day....we all re-pin/like that users stuff....they go viral for that day.

    Wash...Rinse...Repeat.

    As we all go viral our followers will increase, and the group will just get stronger.

    Before you know it....each of us is dominating the site.
  • I'm in, I'm already over on pinterest - username Jon Bradley
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    • Banned
      I'm game, and I'm already in as of wednesday lol
      user - Devon Dudeman (who else would it be?)

      Let's make it happen!
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  • I'm game as well. My user name is Steve Eason on Pinterest. You can find my profile by going to pinterest.com/steveeason
  • Thanks for the response...

    Vastidious I just followed you...

    Jon Bradley, I did a search and found like 5 of you....

    pinterest.com/adammackattack/
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  • I'm pretty interested in checking out this new social network but I don't have an invite. Can someone send me an invite out? Would definitely help out with whatever group as well.
  • I'm in too. What do we have to do?

    Designitecture (designitecture) on Pinterest
  • please send out an invite to art(at)tonermax.com , i would like to join this group!
  • Great idea as win - win, my pinterest is Asia King Travels (asiakingtravel) on Pinterest
  • I got registered , as soon as I have 15 posts I will post my link , or you can go to www . pinterest . com / artorange (without spaces) , I will start following all you guys
  • Hey guys....I put together a 'Create Space' to keep track of everything...

    Warrior Forum Pinterest : GroupSpaces

    That we we can know who is apart of this. I've kept it private for now so I have to approve all invites. On there will be a directory available to everyone of all Pinterest profiles along with their warrior forum name.

    I'll keep improving/updating everything as the day moves on.
  • Ok, I've followed everyone so far in this thread I think. I've also joined the spaces group.
  • I just confirmed your spaces group, and have also followed everyone.

    Once we hit 25 in the spaces group, we can start targeting specific pins for everybody...i.e. feature say 3-5 pins for a day, so we can all repost/like them.

    Again, I want to keep this as clean as possible. Don't post direct affiliate links to Amazon, etc. just to pictures on your site so people click through.

    The more quality we push, the better response we will get.
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    • I read somewhere (maybe here on Warrior Forum) that Pinterest stips out affiliate links and replaces them with their own. I thought a straight affiliate link was not viable anymore? anyone else read that?
  • I'm in. My partner and I run a small SEO firm in Austin and think this is a very solid idea.

    Shoot me an invite to the space and let's get started.
  • AlphaMind....glad to have you on board!

    Join the group.

    Warrior Forum Pinterest : GroupSpaces
  • Very interested in learning more. Can I also get an invite. By the way, has anyone figured out how to make money with Pinterest?
  • emrom....PM me your email and I can send you a Pinterest invite

    I think just like with any other social networking, its all about posting good content and getting likes/follows. If you have a good post on your site/blog and share the image from that on Pinterest, your bound to get some people clicking through and seeing your site.

    I've noticed that visits to my money site from pinterest generally have more engagement, with users visiting many pages.
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    • I'm very interested to see how this works when paired with fb shares when it's your promo day.
  • We should also try to track who's 100% in and who's not. No sense in promoting group members who don't share the love. If we can get this to 20-25, it could be very powerful.
  • I agree alpha. We are currently at 4 members. We should cap at 25, and start launching campaigns once we have 10.

    I'm glad this is coming into fruition.
  • I've noticed some people posting their own affiliate links, but there was news yesterday that Pinterest changed their TOS to make them more fair to the user (i.e. removing their right to 'sell' your pins).
  • I'm interested shoot me over a PM.
  • Thanks for bringing some more value to this thread Tjalling.

    Join our group - Warrior Forum Pinterest : GroupSpaces
  • Sounds like a great idea - I've joined your group.

    Cheers,
    Suzanne
  • Thank you!

    I just approved your membership. We currently have 6 registered members....and I think we have more interest in this thread.

    I'm going to update the group space with some guidelines and outline details we discussed in this thread.

    I'm really excited about this idea, and I think together we can really have a special group here where everyone sees some success.

    Until we get more members..just keep pinning stuff and building up a nice profile.
  • I'd love to hear from someone on the thread who is actually making money on Pinterest right now. There are a lot of myths and rumors circulating around, and I'd like to hear what's working for people, even if you don't want to give away your whole strategy.
  • I know affiliate marketing can work really well on Pinterest, but I am still waiting for my invite to go through.

    Anyway, as soon as I do get my membership, I will be interested in joining this, too.
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    • Hey thanks for the invite! I just went and followed everyone on Pinterest in thread and requested to join the group. I am totally in for this. You can follow me at pinterest.com/lisaranjbar ... I'm still setting up my pins at the moment. I'm not planning on linking my own sites for a bit.. I want to try to get followers first.
    • Kimbo, I'd be happy to send you an invite! Shoot me an e-mail at market_t@hotmail.com with your own e-mail adress in it
  • I just approved everybody that signed up. I'm going to update the groupspace today, and we shall get started very soon!
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    • I've just submitted the my application to join warrior pinterest group and waiting for approval. :-)
  • Approved Good Sir.

    I think we have something fantastic on our hands here...we are up to 12 members currently.

    I'm going to cap at 21 for now, so we can feature 3 pins per day and have everyone get a shot at promotion for each week....we can increase/decrease depending on how this works.
  • I have already sign up in the group space and waiting for the approval.

    You guys can follow me here: Aakash Gupta (akki313) on Pinterest

    I'll follow you back.
  • akki313 just approved you.

    To the rest of the group, I just sent out an email detailing our plan of action, and how we are going to begin.... We are at 13 members and I'm capping at 21 to start.

    Once we have established ourselves, we can increase to 42 (divisible by 7, so all can be featured within the week).
  • subscribed to all , ready for action
  • Can someone send me an invitation to xxx
    Then I will join the group and get things rolling. Thanks

    Edit:

    Got the invitation
  • I've decided not to take part in the group in the end because most pinned content is not similar to what I pin and don't really know where to put it.
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    • Ah that would be a huge miss, since you have a massive amount of followers compared to the others. Very nice.

      You might consider making a seperate board for this project. It won't affect the amount of followers you have I think. Might even get you more!
    • Yea....my suggestion would be to start another pinboard. Keep everything separate and categorized.

      Keep us posted on what you decide.
  • Registered to Pinterest - follow me at Nikolay Saev (bboyspyder) on Pinterest , joined the group and waiting for tomorrow when it starts
  • hahah going to be spamed to death! Sounds fun!
  • I'll pass this time, but good luck!
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    • Going to try an police it the best we can...keep the numbers low and do it right. If you have any useful input, we would greatly appreciate it.


      Thanks for the interest yarek37...good luck.
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  • Excellent Laubster....Join the group:

    Warrior Forum Pinterest : GroupSpaces
  • I love it when a Pin comes together.
  • Excellent. I see members are responding to today's featured pins. This is starting to come into fruition. I like it.

    Make sure you check your inbox.

    If you are selected for tomorrows featured pins, then PM your pin link here or reply back to the email.

    Also, when you make your pin boards, make sure you set their categories properly. This will increase exposure for everybody. If you need some help, just PM me.
  • Kindly send me an invite as well. My Pinterest link is here:
    James Logan (letsgoviral) on Pinterest
    I have tons of legit and interesting things to share, however nobody to show them to.

    Thank you in advance!
  • Thanks for the interest guys. I've sent PMs to everyone about signing up for the group and what not.

    I see we are getting good participation. Let's keep this up and build some momentum.
  • This is an excellent idea! Let me go get my sandals first.
  • Wow..really a great idea.Wanna involve....
  • Seems like we are definitely moving here. We have 15 members at the moment. Lots of good participation I'm loving it.

    Anyone who wants in...just send me a PM and we can discuss from there.
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    • I'm soo pumped! There is pretty good participation in this! It's pretty awesome.
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  • This sounds like a good idea Pinterest is going to be next big hit after twitter. But I do not have Pinterest account.
  • The group only has a few slots left if anyone is interested.
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    • Just saw the updates on this thread since I last posted. I just signed up to the group and hopefully there are still a few slots open for me. <Grin>

      Btw, I also added anyone on this thread who posted their profile. Great to see the excitement and looking forward to interacting.
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  • Hi I am intrested
  • I've joined but won't be able to start immediately. I'm going to work on setting up a profile just for this experiment. Thanks.
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    • hi i joined here for this topic, im interested what i have to do?
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  • Glad to hear everything is moving along for everybody. I've noticed a large push in traffic and followers to my site and pinterest account.
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  • I'm not really using Pinterest for work at this stage, apart from the odd plug, so I won't join the group, but if anyone is still short of an invite, drop me a PM and I'll be happy to invite you.
  • I have already started following a few of you:

    Elizabeth St. Clair

    because my forum count is low

    /lilibethflower
  • Thanks for joining carrotdogs. We have a lot of stuff in the works and are surveying the group to determine our next big step for growth. So far we have all seen positive results, and I think that this is the start of something really big.
  • Great idea. I'm already on Pinterest so if anyone needs an invitation, I can send it. Please PM me with the info I need to connect to the group.
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    • I would like to connect too. Pls advise how to connect
  • I just joined your group anxious to start repinning. This was a great idea!
  • Hey madison. I will approve you tonight once I reach a computer. Thanks for joining!

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    Hey guys... I want to propose an idea. With all of the talk of Pinterest spam and robots out there, I wanted to come up with a way to generate some success in Pinterest without purchasing a program and looking 'spammy' in the process.