GETTING TRAFFIC WITH PINTEREST

AMY’S CONTENT TIPS: GETTING TRAFFIC WITH PINTEREST

PINTEREST  Don’t

neglect this powerful way to reach certain demographics  More than 1/5 of U.S. adults use Pinterest  71% of Pinterest users are female  Stats from Pew Research

TOP 3 CATEGORIES  DIY

and Crafts

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Hair and Beauty

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Design

5 BEST PRACTICES From Curalate after examining over 500,000 pins:  Be

colorful

 Don’t

show human faces. Among images shared by brands, those without human faces are repinned 23 percent more often.

 Go

with a spare background.

5 BEST PRACTICES  Choose

red, orange, and brown instead of blue. These three colors outperform blue nearly 2:1 in repins.

 Maintain

moderate light and color. Very light and very dark images are not repinned as often. example images

EXAMPLES OF GOOD PINS Beautiful colors and a simple recipe. This pin’s popularity grew because people said the recipe was so simple and delicious.

EXAMPLES OF GOOD PINS

This vibrantly colored photo demonstrates a very unique idea. As a result, it was repinned over 64,000 times.

TAKEAWAYS From Hubspot’s Dan Zarella :  Taller images work best   

800 pixels high 200 word descriptions

Infographics work well.  

Compelling headlines Must click through to read

GET INFOGRAPHICS MADE  Create

your own with templates http://www.freeinfographicte mplates.com/  http://blog.hubspot.com/mar keting/free-ppt-infographictemplates-designs-ht  http://www.creativebloq.com/ infographic/tools-2131971 

 Fiverr  link

back to your content

CREATE TALL/THIN ADS – LOOK LIKE INFOGRAPHICS

Lots of text and graphics.  You can control how traffic responds by making a specific call to action on your pin’s landing page.

Tell them what to do. 

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