Trade Tips: 7 Ways to Create Shareable Pinterest Posts Helpful hints for public relations and marketing professionals By Ronald W. Simms Jr.
May 12, 2015
Trade Tips: 7 Ways to Create Shareable Pinterest Posts
Helpful hints for public relations and marketing professionals
By Ronald W. Simms Jr.
Pinterest has demonstrated its traffic driving ability in a big way.
If you want to see yourblog posts get pinned
hundreds of times,consider these seven tips.
Write your post as a list1
People love lists because they are easy to read.
Consider writing your post in bullet or list format.
Use text on photos2
Write text on your photos to stimulate pins and repins.
Make photos easier for other Pinterest users to identify.
Add a “pin it” button 3
Pinterest users do not naturally pin posts.
Remind users with the pin button.
Write timely posts4
Be strategic about the timeliness of your post to increase pins and repins.
Ask people to pin 5
Ask colleagues and friends to pin and repin your posts.
Push the post out multiple times6
Post at different times of the day to maximize reach across time zones.
Remind people of posts7
Share an evergreen post to remind people that it exists and introduce it to new people.
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