{"id":10627,"date":"2012-03-06T15:40:29","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T15:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/blog\/?p=10627"},"modified":"2012-03-06T15:40:29","modified_gmt":"2012-03-06T15:40:29","slug":"pinterest-more-than-just-brides-dresses-and-cupcakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/social-media\/pinterest-more-than-just-brides-dresses-and-cupcakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinterest: More than just bride&#8217;s dresses and cupcakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pinterestphotos.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10628\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;margin-top: 6px;margin-bottom: 6px\" title=\"pinterestphotos\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/pinterestphotos.png\" alt=\"pintereset photos\" width=\"575\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2012\/03\/pinterestphotos.png 575w, https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2012\/03\/pinterestphotos-300x79.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been around for two years. But in the last few months, interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest<\/a>, the social media site that lets you &#8220;pin&#8221; images onto a virtual corkboard, is off the charts.<\/p>\n<p>Before you start groaning because it&#8217;s one more thing to learn, check out these stats that prove the site, which appeals mostly to women, is more than just frivolous photos of bride&#8217;s dresses and cupcakes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From December 2011 to January 2012, unique visitors to Pinterest.com increased by <strong>155 percent<\/strong>.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>More than one in four users make <strong>more than $100,000 a year.<\/strong><br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The site registered more than <strong>7 million<\/strong> unique visitors in December, up from 1.6 million in September.<br \/>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s pulling more traffic to company websites and blogs than <strong>YouTube, Google+ and LinkedIn combined<\/strong>, according to one study.<br \/>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Research shows that many people are spending more time &#8220;pinning&#8221; than they are connecting with their friends on the almighty Facebook.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Why do Publicity Hounds need to know about Pinterest?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>By putting the &#8220;Pin It&#8221; button on your pages, all of your pins will include a link back to the source such as your website or blog, a great way to revive interest in old content.<br \/>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>You can connect Pinterest to your Twitter and Facebook accounts, which means you don&#8217;t need a huge number of followers on Pinterest initially to start picking up steam.<br \/>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>You can create boards around topics that tie into your products and services, being careful not to overtly promote.<br \/>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Users admit that Pinterest is absolutely addictive. That&#8217;s because unlike other social media sites, it&#8217;s filled with millions of colorful, capitivating photos and a clean design that pulls you in.<br \/>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve see far more excitement and chatter about Pinterest than I have for Google+, which suddenly seems like a dinosaur.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How-to Webinar March 15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;ve gotten so many questions, including &#8220;How do I get an invitation for Pinterest?,&#8221; that I&#8217;m hosting a 90-minute webinar at<strong> 3 p.m. Easten Time on Thursday, March 15<\/strong>, on <strong>&#8220;How to Use Pinterest to Generate Clicks, Traffic, Links, Leads and Sales.<\/strong>&#8221; This is for beginners as well as pinners who have been on the site for awhile.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Register here, <\/a>even if the time is inconvenient because I&#8217;ll be recording it and making the downloads available.<\/p>\n<p>For an invitation to join Pinterest, <a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">go here<\/a> and click on the red button &#8220;Request an Invite.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve done something really cool on Pinterest that ties into your business or hobby, explain the Comments section, <a href=\"mailto:jstewart@publicityhound.com\" target=\"_blank\">email me.<\/a> I might feature your board in my webinar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been around for two years. But in the last few months, interest in Pinterest, the social media site that lets you &#8220;pin&#8221; images onto a virtual corkboard, is off the charts. Before you start groaning because it&#8217;s one more thing to learn, check out these stats that prove the site, which appeals mostly to\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/social-media\/pinterest-more-than-just-brides-dresses-and-cupcakes\/\" class=\"rmlink\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":3,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[638],"tags":[619,661],"class_list":{"0":"post-10627","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-social-media","7":"tag-photos-graphics","8":"tag-pinterest-2","9":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}