We’d like to thank everyone who took part, who asked questions, who replied to queries and who shared their knowledge.

1. How Do I Build My Pinterest Profile/Presence/Followers

A1 I would also say have a clear idea before you start pinning what marketing goals you want to achieve with #Pinterest #blogchatie

— Marie Ennis-O’Connor (@JBBC) February 28, 2013

Look at what’s popular in your industry,Quotes v popular-if you’re in tourism,are travel quotes popular? yes! A1 #blogchatie

— Lorna Sixsmith (@WriteOnTrack_L) February 28, 2013

 

A1 identify pinning goals/objectives, who will you reach, and know how u are already being Pinned#Blogchatie

— Kelly Lieberman (@Tribe2point0) February 28, 2013

 

@katzwizkaz Good tip A1 – pin little and often, don’t pin so much in half an hour that you almost spam your followers #blogchatie — Lorna Sixsmith (@WriteOnTrack_L) February 28, 2013

The main tips provided for growing your Pinterest presence included:

• Pinning Little and Often
• Using tools to aid your pinning
• Find what is popular  and appreciated by your target market (e.g. quotes)
• Pin images that are beautiful
• Pin blog posts and articles that are useful to others
• Infographics and instructographics are highly pinnable and repinnable
• Some infographics are becoming too long so be conscious of that – people lose interest if they go on ‘forever’
• Partaking in shared boards (discussed more later on – see below)
• Ensure the image is named appropriately on your website or your blog post – so the appropriate description comes up when someone else pins it.

 2. What Pinterest Tools Should I Avail Of? How Should I Use Them?

@writeontrack_l yes – PinGraphy is very helpful and @pinsterme – offers this as well#Blogchatie — Kelly Lieberman (@Tribe2point0) February 28, 2013

A2 Plugin ‘Pin It Button For Images’. I reviewed it on my blog: spiderworking.com/blog/2013/02/1… I love it! #blogchatie

— Amanda Webb (@Spiderworking) February 28, 2013

Pinalerts is a handy way of getting email alerts re people pinning your website – can get it as it happens, daily, weekly #blogchatie

— Lorna Sixsmith (@WriteOnTrack_L) February 28, 2013

3. How Can Shared Boards Help My Business Profile?

@writeontrack_l A3: Shared/collaborative boards are great but they only make sense if there’s a mutual interest in the subject. #blogchatie

— Aida of Nubia (@AidaofNubia) February 28, 2013

@writeontrack_l: @spiderworking @thesmarttrain #pinterest isnt about self promotion, gotta show personality & share by repinning #blogchatIE — Kristin Kane (@waterclosetsoap) February 28, 2013

@writeontrack_l @michellebouse secret boards good way to collaborate on ideas with others if shared or to save your own ideas #blogchatie — Marie Ennis-O’Connor (@JBBC) February 28, 2013

@kellypaull @michellebouse excellent tool for collaboration but remember one person can make a secret board public at any stage #blogchatie — Lorna Sixsmith (@WriteOnTrack_L) February 28, 2013

4. Tips for Making Images/Pins More Successful on Pinterest

A4 I have some pretty bland text images with the title of my blog post on them. I think they work better for click throughs #blogchatie — Amanda Webb (@Spiderworking) February 28, 2013

A4 copy matters – so use key words and a creative description for the Pins#Blogchatie — Kelly Lieberman (@Tribe2point0) February 28, 2013

@writeontrack_l I use hashtags only if they make sense. They categorize pins for quick search. #Oscars was popular this week. #blogchatie

— Aida of Nubia (@AidaofNubia) February 28, 2013

the # is clickable within pin’s description – when clicked, it searches and pulls up other pins that use the the same #blogchatie #pinterest

— Marie Ennis-O’Connor (@JBBC) February 28, 2013

5. Sharing Tips For Running A Competition On Pinterest

@spiderworking Yes, and hashtags are used in competitions a lot too #blogchatie – helps with campaigns and publicity

— Lorna Sixsmith (@WriteOnTrack_L) February 28, 2013

@writeontrack Yes there are a lot of competitions that do not have terms well defined #blogchatie

— Krishna De (@KrishnaDe) February 28, 2013

You can see all the other pinterest #blogchatie tweets here. There’s a weekly #pinchat too – run by Kelly Liebermann at 9pm EST on Wednesday.

The next #blogchatie is on Thursday 14th – we’ll be posting details on our facebook page.

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