Pinterest: Not Your Mother's Thumbtack
Does a Pinterest Anonymous exist? I need to sign up.
If you’re not on it, stop reading this post right now and
join. Although they are new in the social media realm (started in 2009), Pinterest has quickly
become one of the fastest growing social bookmarking sites and according to USA Today, it is now among the Top 10 Social Networking sites!
For the slightly OCD organizer, it is the ultimate way to
contain all your findings on the internet.
I started “pinning” as a way to keep all of my inspiration
photos together for redecorating my grandpa’s beach house in Surfside, CA. Pre-Pinterest, I would drag the images to my desktop and flip through them
whenever I wanted to show others my ideas. The problem was that I could never
remember where they were from, but then if I would bookmark them in my browser I
could never remember which image was which!
Although Pinterest solved this problem, it quickly grew to
become more than just an organization tool. It is an inspiration for any
crafty décor dream (my jewelry hanging shadow box), inspirational quotes that move you from the deepest funk,
try cooking something new, try dieting because of an insanely tan model in
workout clothes, style your Christmas dinner table (see my pin below), style an unexpected
outfit…. The list goes on and on!
Quick Tips:
- Start following your friends and more importantly make sure that you are following those who share the same pinning interests!
- I’m not planning a wedding or into all things Harry Potter, so I don’t follow those specific boards of my friends. Be selective.
- Make sure to label your pins... well. Although it’s tempting to label something “love” or “OMG”, that’s not a very descriptive pin (and not saying I haven’t done it a lot). “Love” could be for a dress, a color, a funny quote, a breathtaking view ... aka not descriptive! This helps the search pick it up and allows others to find your pins and get you more “repins”
- A label can use hashtags similar to Twitter for #anythingdescriptive or @ tags to alert a friend of a pin they should see. @Chelsea Van Arnam will tag me and alert me of the pin for something I should try or reminds my friend of me. $ signs will also add a stripe across the corner flagging it with how much it costs and thereby placing it in the gift search area by price.
- Have any other questions? Let me know! I'm working on getting our company, RipeOrange on Pinterest so I'll be back with more updates and tips for company/brand pinning very soon!
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