e-commerce & social media

Since Pinterest exploded on the social media scene, the user base has only grown. In the beginning, it was the social platform for women. Crafts, fashion, food and more flooded the screen with attractive pictures and an easy-to-use sharing model. Now all different types of people and companies use Pinterest.

Have you checked out the Daily Infographic Pinterest board? Pinterest is creeping into my Google searches more and more lately. Whether I’m researching new pants or Internet marketing, I keep getting Pinterest in the results. Then I end up spending two hours scrolling down and learn way too much about carrot cake....

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Pinterest has 70 million active users worldwide.

The social network also generates more traffic than YouTube, Google+ and LinkedIn combined. And when it comes to money per click, Pinterest generates 27 percent more money than Facebook and 400 percent more than Twitter. Because of these numbers, you have no choice but to leverage Pinterest.

And to show you how can you use Pinterest to promote your business, the folks at Emerchantbroker have created a nifty infographic called "How To Become a Pinterest Warrior" that breaks down everything you need to know about the visual based social network - Pinterest.v

Here are some key takeaways:...

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You might be surprised to hear that Pinterest is one of the fastest growing social media sites and is the third largest behind Facebook and Twitter...

...I talked with David Smooke who is director of SmartRecruiters, an online workspace to find and hire people. David is in charge of content marketing & social media for SmartRecruiters. They also have an awesome  Pinterest page. He gave me insight into how to initiate a Pinterest strategy, what works best for B2B and the burning question we all want to know – how do you get more followers!? Please listen to my podcast to hear my interview with David and be sure to follow the Link Humans Pinterest page!

Here are my top tips for creating a great Pinterest page...

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Do you know how to create the perfect Pinterest brand page?

Before someone follows you on Pinterest the first thing they will do is to briefly observe your Pinterest brand page. They will glance at your bio, your profile image, your boards and various other components. If your Pinterest brand page is well set up, you will gather board followers or even better, complete page followers and all the time you spent pinning, optimizing your website for Pinterest and running time consuming campaigns will be worthwhile.

So today you will learn how to create the perfect Pinterest brand page, the requisite for Pinterest success. I will first run you through the registration steps and you can then view the infographic which contains the ingredients for a perfect Pinterest brand page. If you have already got a brand page and don’t require registering you can scroll down and skip right ahead to the infographic….

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