Social media tops the list of things that can engulf a blogger’s time.
However, social media is also inextricably linked to a blog’s success. If you want your blog to succeed, then Pinterest demands your attention.
Pinterest is my number one referrer to my website and it always commands my time each day.
And because I don’t have time to be analyzing algorithms constantly, sharing my pinterest secret of growing my Pinterest following to almost 34K followers, I hope will speed up your pinterst learning curve.
No-Fail Pinterest Tips
The first key tip growing your audience regularly is to be consistent. Wait. Don’t get discourage though if you think you have to squeeze one more thing into your day.
Consistent on Pinterest means a completely different thing than it does for blogging.
For example, you need to ask these questions:
■When are the majority of my followers pinning?
■Where are the majority of my followers located?
For example, I know that a majority of my followers are from the U.S. and a good amount of them are in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles is two hours behind me.
And knowing that one of the prime times for followers on my blog are between the hours of 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., I know that I can start pinning from about 9:00 my time onward.
This is information I found out from my analytics after I made my blog a business account. Look at my tips on my article, 11 Amazing Tips to Grow Pinterest That You Need to Know Now.
That is just one way I have of gauging the amount of time I need to be on Pinterest.
Of course, if you are using schedulers like Buffer or TailWind, you can schedule those pins.
In addition, because I know I want to grow my followers from other places, I choose other times of the day that I think my followers would be on.
Knowing that a good amount of my followers are homeschool moms like me, I know that sharing a few pins before I start school always garners new followers for me each day.
So that is an are of the day I am expanding on.
As you can see, consistency gets very doable once you have a handle on when a majority of your followers are pinning.
That is a good starting point.
The Three Cs To a Smart Pin
The second tip is for your pins to be creative.
And no, I am not an artist or professional graphic designer. I just learned a few things the hard way about what makes a pin captivating.
Bright, clean and big photos work best.
But, also you can use:
■free dingbats
■free fonts
■free clip art
■and color to make your pins live.
Look at this pin that has received thousands of pin and where I have tastefully combined all the above elements.
I started off with my bright photo, added fonts with color and added free dingbat (fish).
Now, it’s not necessary to add all of these elements and you want to be sure to not overcrowd a pin and take away from the photo.
However, because this pin was about sea levels, labeling with text added to the appeal of this pin.
This last tip took longer to learn, but it’s just as important. Sharing constructive and helpful tips on your pins is another must do.
Ban These Saying From Your Pins
I am still going back to some of my earlier pins and correct things I did like this on my pins:
:), yum, okey dokey, yes, give me some, ok, must have and awesome.
None of those things are constructive, descriptive for your followers or worst yet they can’t be found when followers search potential pins.
When describing your pins, give your followers helpful and pertinent information and a reason why they should pin your image.
The area where you describe your pins is like a second chance for your pin. Your image and text on your image is your first chance to make a good first impression and your description is your second chance.
This is not where you want to put some cool saying or smiley face, but a place to put key words that will propel your follower to not only follow you, but repin.
Be helpful and give your followers tips in the description.
Consistency, creativity and constructive pins are three small but very powerful tips on growing your audience quicker.
Have you implemented these tips yet?
Hugs and love ya,
I love these tips and I so appreciate that your advice is practical and doable! As a new blogger, the social media tips I come across are often overwhelming. Thanks for linking up at the Thoughtful Spot Blog Hop! 🙂
Thank you Alison. Some secrets shouldn’t be kept! lol
Awesome advice! It’s so hard to word my pins nicely if I’m stuck on using non-descriptive language. I’m starting to revamp some of my blog images, so I hope that will help me look more pinnable too! Thanks for the helpful reminders. 😀
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I hear ya Amanda.
I find that simple is best when it comes to descriptive language. Pinterest is not like our blogs when it comes to warm and fuzzy language.
Straight forward descriptions count for search engines..
Thank you for the great tips! I am still learning my way around Pinterest. I have about 300 or so followers, but it is still intimidating I think. Thank you for the advice and I hope to implement them and see some growth!
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Stay after it Rhiannon. Consistency is the key for sure.