World of Social Media is quite elaborated. But, Pinterest has been mistakenly considered as Social Media platform whereas it is an independent concept that has very little to do with social networking. You can call it a collector of images and visuals.
How people erroneously believe that it is a Social Media channel is because of its tendency to display images shared by the users. The world of e-commerce is all about imagery. Though Pinterest was not commenced with an idea to help online entrepreneurs but today, it has readily become one of those sky-kissing channels that assist your businesses in flourishing.
Earlier, Facebook and Twitter were doing the deed for e-commerce business holders in spreading their offerings to the world. But considering the affection that Pinterest has received, it has also attested itself to be a right route towards success.
What Is Right and Wrong on Pinterest?
Few days back I came across an article on Pinterest. It said something about right pins and wrong pins. Let me tell you pal, there is no such thing. Any pin created by you is right. Although, you might have to be very careful on the quality of picture uploaded. If it is happening for business purpose then you have to read the terms and conditions of Pinterest for effective imagery.
Advertisement on Pinterest
You must be wondering that what does advertisement has to do with Pinterest. Well, to your great surprise, Pinterest has launched Promoted Pins which is also known as a paid advertisement option for the promoters. With the help of this option, business owners will be able to bring their business forth and relish a chance to be seen by more and more people.
As said before, this will be a paid service and in order to avail it, you will have to sign up for the wait list. You can find all kind of related information on Pinterest business page.
Pinterest Fundamentals
Well, while describing about Pinterest, it is best to pioneer with the fundamentals-
- It is incredible that you can very simplistically connect your Pinterest account with other Social Media networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, Gmail, Google+, etc. Also, to have a Pinterest account, you don’t necessarily have to Sign Up. You can simply log in with any of the above mentioned accounts. When you connect the Pinterest page with other accounts, you allow your contacts that are already on Pinterest to see your latest updated pins. It also becomes convenient for your contact members to locate your pins.
- In order to show your visitors that you are pretty active on Pinterest, you will need Pinterest board widget to your website. You just have to select a board where you wish to share your stuff, paste the URL in the widget maker, select the size that you wish and press “Click It” button. After that you need to embed the code on your website.
- Just like other icons you put on your website for user sharing purposes, it has become imperative to place “Pin it” tab on your website. People like sharing what they like on Pinterest as well. Make it simple for them to do the sharing. Also, whatever you share at Pinterest must redirect user to your website in order to boost your selling.
Allow Pinterest to help you with your business and within no time, you will see your great revenue drawn to your web venture as well.
