5 Ways to Get More Traffic from Pinterest
If you have a blog, you have surely felt the positive effects of Pinterest in recent months. Pinterest has completely revolutionized the way that bloggers promote their posts and the way that readers find ideas and articles!
Pinterest is currently my biggest traffic source…some months the traffic I receive from Pinterest might even be double the next highest traffic source! I am, by no means, an expert when it comes to Pinterest, but I have found a few “Pinterest strategies” that have helped me get more traffic from Pinterest.
1. Take GREAT pictures (or purchase stock photos). Because Pinterest is a visual catalog, it is absolutely imperative that you learn to take quality pictures if you want to get the most out of this awesome resource (or purchase professional stock photos)! Invest in a good camera, turn off the flash, and use natural light. I am obviously NOT a professional photographer, but I have learned some strategies to use my camera more effectively. You can read a few of my photography tips here. I would also highly recommend the DVD series Learn & Master Photography!
2. When possible, use a vertically-oriented picture or a collage for the top picture of your post. With the way that Pinterest boards are formatted, vertically-oriented pictures or collages stand out MUCH more than horizontally-oriented photos.
What strategies have you found for using Pinterest to drive more traffic to your blog/website???
Not really a marketing tip, but I love that I can see what people are pinning from my site. It helps me understand what interests others. And I can also leave thank you comments on people’s pins.
Just go to http://pinterest.com/source/your URL here/
What a great set of ideas Jenae! Well done!
Thanks for sharing! We love finding great things on pinterest and sharing with our followers. Thanks for providing your viewers with so many pinnable things! I’ll never forget how many repins your post received about Getting Ready for Kindergarten. http://pinterest.com/pin/79798224617459484/
Thanks for the ideas! I never thought about using vertical photos instead of horizontal ones. Since picnik closed, I’ve been searching for a photo editing site where I can do collages and write on the photos. I will be sure to check out the two you recommended. Thanks again. This blog is helping me stay sane while raising my two year old and anticipating another little one soon!
I’m a recent convert to pinterest, partly because I wanted to use it to get more traffic for my blog. The renaming picture thing seems VERY helpful! I will have to do that, and add pictures with text that describes what the post is about. Plus… I need better pictures sometimes.
Thanks for the advice – I’m new to blogging and pinterest and loving doing both – I found your site through pinterest.
Thank you so much for sharing these great ideas. I’m finding them very useful and am excited to try picmonkey. Thank you! Thank you!
I think having great content helps, too :) I’m always pinning your stuff to my boards so I can go back in and easily find it. It never fails: I pin one of your ideas and I get a zillion re-pins of it. Thanks for your blog!
Thanks for posting these wonderful ideas!! This is probably silly, but I hadn’t really thought about using images from my blog on Pinterest… it’s definitely a great idea for helping get more people over to a blog :) Thanks so much!
These are great tips thanks for sharing. I have to start using vertical photos most of my photos are horizontal. Going to start renaming my pictures too
Thanks for the idea about the vertical photos, Jenae. I hadn’t thought of that. The other strategy that has been helpful to me are collaborative pinterest boards. I’ve joined several and started my own. A great way to share ideas. http://pinterest.com/creeksidelearn/
Your photos are always beautiful, by the way. :-)
Didn’t know to rename my pics! Thanks!
great tips! Are you a part of any groups on pinterest? Any that need a new member???? =)
Thanks for sharing your tips!
I have a relatively new Pinterest account and haven’t been able to make much of it so far. I agree with you on the importance of having great pictures to showcase your blog on Pinterest. Let’s get to work now :)
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Hi Thanks for sharing the great tips. I am recently studying the pinterest marketing and I can say you have pointed out most important parts of it in your post