Introduction
It is a fact that we are living in a modern world and we get a lot of advantages and
disadvantages for it. One advantage that we shouldn’t take for granted at all is the use
of social media. It allows us to reach people from all places.
It is very important that
you have to know the facts about certain social media because there are things that
might get you in trouble in the long run, especially if you don’t know the things about it.
With all the social media application that is coming out for our betterment, we actually
find it hard to distinguish which is better. The thing is, it will be all up to us to choose
on which application we are most comfortable with.
In this book entitled “Discovering
The World Of Pinterestâ€, we will learn more about Pinterest. It will teach us on what the
social media is all about. It will guide us on how we should start using the application
and we will get the most benefit out of it.
Now, just sit back and relax as you read each chapter of the book. May you find all the
learning that will be most beneficial for you.
What Is Pinterest?
We are now living in a modern world and we are now making use of computers,
internet and social media for our own advantage. Before anything else, it would be
better if we get to know one social media application at the base level.
It will provide us
with all the necessary background that will help us as we go further. Pinterest is actually
one social media that allows you to express your thoughts and desires through pictures
and images. It’s essentially an image sharing platform where members 'pin' images to
their own 'pin board'.
This can be anything you want - it can be random things that you
just have an interest in and want to share or it can be multiple images relating to a
passion you have. For example you could have a passion for 1960s British roadsters, old
company logo's, classic men’s watches or even a holiday home you really need to hire
out.
As a member you are able to browse subjects and if you discover a board that
you're interested in you then 'follow' it in the same way you do on Twitter and you will
be notified whenever any new photos are uploaded to the board. You can also leave
comments and join in discussions on each of the images that appear on the site.
Well if you run a business which is selling or producing items which will benefit from
good images such as clothes, photography, accommodation, artwork, this looks like it's
a terrific opportunity to create some boards to advertise your services because your
photos are able to have links back to your own websites product pages.
The most
beneficial long-term approach from a sales perspective would be to be a part of the
community spirit for a little while prior to 'hard-selling' your products, for example 'pin'
some non-business pictures and then over time add your items.
If we take the holiday cottage letting example I mentioned earlier, it might be
somebody owns a cottage they want to let in Wales for the eight or nine months of the
year it’s not being used by them.
They have a problem on Google because the first 4 or
5 pages of results are dominated by the large letting agents & so they get a board on
Pinterest and fill it with pictures of the cottage itself.
They also upload images of the
surrounding country side; local places of interest and then wait for other Pinterest
subscribers to come across the board follow them and, ultimately, rent the cottage.
Much like Facebook & Twitter before them though if they keep going at this pace of
growth it’s only a matter time before everyone’s talking about Pinterest.
You would
probably ask yourself whether we have time to log onto another social media site but
this one’s definitely different & it’s very simple to use so it may possibly fill a gap we
weren’t aware we had.
From a business perspective it’s another no-brainer - if you have
a service which will potentially benefit from a lot of visitors seeing images of what you
are selling you need to be on Pinterest.