pinterest – a beginners guide for business manningham
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The slides from a live presentation given at Manningham Council on Monday October 20 as a resource to delegates.TRANSCRIPT
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Pinterest – a beginners guide for business
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Who am I?
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“There’s not enough social media”
....Said no one, ever
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Fear drove you here
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What is it?
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What are Pins?• Pins are visual bookmarks. Each Pin you see on Pinterest links back to the site it came from, so you can learn more—like how to make it or where to buy it.
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• Collect your Pins on boards• Boards are where you collect your Pins. You
can make boards for anything and everything
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Your home feed is just for you• When you first log in to Pinterest, you’ll see
your home feed—it’s a collection of Pins from the people and boards you follow, and related Pins. It updates every time there’s a new Pin.
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What can you do with it?
Discover, dream,aspire
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Curate and Collate a Collection that Lasts
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Connect to people... just like you
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A virtual high five
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Spread the Share .....further than you can reach
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BUT...WHY BOTHER?
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Who is using it
• 11.5 million unique visitors per month• 70 million users worldwide• Over half a million in Aus• 1.5 million unique visitors per day• 80% female• 15 minutes per visit• Over 80% aged 25 to 54• 70% earn less than $75K• Pinterest drives over 40% of ecommerce
traffic
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Who is using it
• Average sales order for visitors referred by pinterest $58
• Percentage of US online shoppers who bought something as a result of a Pinterest recommendation 47%
• Percentage of daily Pinterest users who consult it while in-store 52%
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Referral Traffic
40% of traffic to online shops
That has increased a further 67% since last year
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Engagement and positioning
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Direct sales
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Awareness
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Word of mouse
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4,000,000 Plus Followers!!!
Drives traffic to their blog – and positioning of their brand as leaders in travel advice
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Pinterest followers spend 15 times more than the Facebook followers
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Pinned over 375,000 times
www.effecientlifeskills.com
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How to get started• Sign up at www.pinterest.com• Once you have “person” account, sign up a
business account (access analytics)• Perfect your “About”/ “Profile”• Find boards and people to follow (check your
‘friends’ recommendations from Facebook)• Visit the “Goodies” page on Pinterest &
install “Pin It’” button to your browser• Create your boards
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Find Pinners, Boards or Pins to follow
Use #Tags
Search on people or businesses you know – competitors, clients, suppliers, industry media
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HOW TO CREATE GREAT PINS• Highly visual• Colourful (Red pinned more than blue)• Text on image• No faces• Vertical – 2:3 aspect ratio• No packaging• Break rules to standout
• Where to get images:– Your own– Dreamstime– CompFight– Getty
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What to pin?• The tangible benefits of your business product
or service (Not just the product)
• Communicate the essence of your brand – values, colours, interests, beliefs, features
• Acknowledge the lifestyle of your customers
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Think like a publisher
• White papers• Articles• Blog posts• Infographics• Videos• Reviews• Testimonials• Competitions
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“The trick to succeeding on Pinterest isn't necessarily about showing off your products or services directly. It's about finding creative ways to show how those products and services fit into the lifestyles of your target audience.” Hubspot
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Connect your other social media accountsCross promote between them
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consistent
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Be super specific
Super specific
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Creative nameCreative names
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Integrate into your site
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• More is best – be regular• Pick the right time of day• Engage with other Pins• Put links in your descriptions• Be highly visual• Delete old pins• Check Analytics regularly
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You can connect your Pinterest account to your Facebook account. This will give you the option to post your pin automatically to Facebook. You have the option to select this for each Pin (Just tick the box).
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• You can’t pin your Facebook posts to Pinterest. You need to go into Pinterest and upload your Image as a new pin.
• You can’t pin other people’s Facebook posts to Pinterest. You have to right click their image, save the image, and Upload as a new pin.
• There are services that can help with this: http://www.pinvolve.co/pricing
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A Pin keeps giving over and over again
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Sold out products???
• You Pin a product you have for sale, the product sells, but the Pin is still out there?
• Delete the Pin so you don’t drive any more traffic OR update the page that you have Pinned from to tell visitors “Sorry – this product has sold out...but here is one just like it”.
• If this is a one-off product or you have little stock make note of that in the original pin – perhaps even noting the date.
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To pin or not to pin?
• Are your customers there?• Does it suit your objectives
(traffic, branding)?• Do you have the time?
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