How to get more and more traffic on your website with this pinterest traffic secrets

Introduction To Pinterest Traffic Secrets 

Social media is the darling of the Internet. For the past few years, online user 
activity has been shifting more and more toward social media of all types, but 
recently it has truly become an almost entirely visual format. Gone are the days 
where text-based communications dominated the social scene. These days, it’s 
all about visual stimulation and contact through engaging pictures and videos. 

No website has made this more evident than Pinterest. Pinterest allows users to 
share photos and other media by “pinning” them to virtual pin boards. Remember 
the former popularity of corkboards? Pinterest has brought that concept online in 
a big way! 

According to Alexa.com, Pinterest is currently 15th in the United States and 34th 
in the world for traffic volume. The site gets a tremendous amount of traffic, and 
those users are known to visit the site regularly and to purchase products and 
visit websites they see there. 

In fact, MediaBistro.com compiled a report about social networking tools and 
discovered that almost as many people use Pinterest as use Twitter! 

In this guide, you’re going to learn how to make the most of this social media 
powerhouse, and how to use it effectively as a marketing tool. 

So let’s get started. 


Quick & Easy Setup 

New websites are confusing and time-consuming for anyone. Even the most tech 
savvy user always has a learning curve when using a site for the first time. 
Unless you’ve been using Pinterest for a while, you’ll need a little help getting 
started. Even if you have been using Pinterest for a while, there are probably 
features you haven’t used or don’t know about that could really boost your efforts 
considerably! 

Before you get started, take a moment to familiarize yourself with the Pinterest 
interface so you will know where you need to go in order to perform the basic 
functions associated with managing your Pinterest account. 

First, take a look at the menu that drops down when you hover over your name at 
the top right of the Pinterest website: 



As you can see, this menu contains several options: 

• Your Pins – This takes you to a page that shows you everything you have 
already pinned. It will also allow you to add a new pin. 
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• Your Boards – This takes you to a page that shows you all of the boards 
you have created. It will also allow you to create a new board. 
• Add Pin – This will pop up a window that allows you to upload a new pin 
from your computer. 
• Settings – Be sure to familiarize yourself with this page, because this is 
where you will set up your profile! 
• Help Center – If you have questions or need help, see this page. 
• Find Friends – This will help you find other Pinterest users to connect with. 
• Log Out – Log out of your Pinterest account. 

Creating an Optimized Profile  

The first thing you need to do to get started on Pinterest is create your profile 
page. This page is a place for you to really grab users and get them interested. 
This page should contain the very best of your pins, as well as important 
information about yourself and your business. 

If you have a Facebook account, you can connect your Pinterest account to it for 
an additional boost. The catch? You can’t connect your Pinterest account to a 
business page, only a personal Facebook profile. 

You can also connect your Pinterest account to your Twitter account. When you 
do this, your pins will automatically be shared on your Twitter account. This is 
useful even if you don’t have many followers on Twitter. 

This automatic sharing on Twitter and Facebook is a huge part of what made 
Pinterest such an overnight success. About 75% of Pinterest users choose to 
integrate at least one other social platform, which greatly increases the number 
of people who see their pins. 

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The About Section 

The “About” section is another important part of your profile. It should contain a 
paragraph or two about you and your company, making sure to include vital 
information such as your website or blog URLs and some keywords for search 
engines. 
Adding Value to your Profile 

One of the most important things you can do to increase the power of your 
Pinterest profile is to use a headshot image of yourself instead of a logo or other 
image. If you don’t like the way you look, or you’re using a pseudonym, you can 
find a very realistic looking stock photo or use a picture of one very close-up 
feature of yourself such as an eye or your lips. Just make it very personal. 

Do not forget to include your important URLs on your profile, such as your blog or 
website, Facebook profile URL, Twitter profile URL and other relevant URLs. 





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Social Connect 
It cannot be expressed enough the importance of connecting your Pinterest 
account to a Facebook account and to a Twitter account and allowing Pinterest 
to automatically post to those sites. 

It will significantly improve your efforts if you take the time to do this, because 
you are likely to have a larger number of followers on Facebook or Twitter than 
you do on the Pinterest site itself, and this will get your content more views. 

In order to connect your Pinterest account to your Facebook and/or Twitter 
account, simply visit your Settings page and use the sliders to turn on logging 
into Facebook and Twitter and publishing activity to your Facebook Timeline. 
Then click the “Save Profile” button. 

Pinning Content 
There are three main ways to pin content to your boards: 

1. You can upload an image from your computer.  
2. You can use the “Pin it” button. 
3. You can re-pin content other people have pinned. 

Each of these methods has its uses, and we’ll talk about those now. 
Uploading an Image or Pinning from a URL 

In order to upload an image from your computer, you can click the “Add Pin” link 
from the dropdown box at the top right. This will bring up a menu that looks like 
this: 



To upload from your hard drive, click “Choose File” and select the image. To find 
an image on a web page, enter the page’s URL and click “Find images”. 

Here is the result of entering a URL: 





Each of these images can be pinned by simply hovering over the image and 
clicking the “Pin it” button. 

Pinning with a Browser Add-On 

You can also pin content directly using a browser add-on. For example, Chrome 
has an extension that will let you pin content by putting a “Pin It” button in your 
bookmarks bar at the top of the page under the URL window. 

If you install the add-on, all you have to do is visit any web page, click the “Pin It” 
button in your bookmarks bar, and it will give you a choice of images you can 
then pin.  

Here is an example: 




Re-Pinning Content 

Whenever you find something you would like to share that someone else has 
posted on Pinterest, just click the “Pin it” button to re-pin it to your own board. 
Just look for the button that appears when you hover over an image or when you 
click the image the button appears at the top left. 



Pinning Tips 

Here are some important things to keep in mind as you pin items: 
1. Activity on Pinterest peaks around 5-7 AM and again from 5-7 PM Eastern 
time. Plan most of your pinning for those time periods in order to maximize 
how many people view your content. 
2. Try to pin unique content that is relevant to your business. You can also 
pin funny or interesting items that will grab attention, but keep most of your 
pins focused on your area of marketing. 
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3. Be sure to include keywords in all of your pin and board descriptions to 
attract search engine traffic. 
4. Choose the most attractive images possible. If there are several different 
shots of the same item, choose the one that is most visually appealing, as 
people are naturally drawn to aesthetically pleasing images. 
5. Focus on lifestyle, not products. Don’t just show a package of potato 
chips. Show a family eating potato chips at a family picnic.  





Engage For Maximum Traffic 
There are many ways to fully engage your audience in order to make your efforts 
more effective. By engaging your Pinterest followers with direct contact from you, 
they will see you more as an individual rather than a company, which will 
increase your trust level considerably. 

We’re going to take a look at some of the ways you can engage your audience to 
boost your traffic and sales. 

Contests 

There are many types of contests you can hold to increase loyalty and also gain 
more followers in the process. For example, you can hold a contest for the most 
referrals, the most re-pins of your content, one random person who re-pins one 
of your pins, give additional entries to people who also post your pins on 
Facebook and Twitter, etc. 

Get creative with your contests. And remember, the ultimate goal is to get your 
pins seen by more people and to gain more followers. So focus your contest 
rules on getting people to help you achieve that. 

Commenting on your Own Pins 

Interaction is important, especially on highly social sites like Pinterest. When 
people comment on your pins, be sure to communicate back. Keep an open line 
of dialog with your followers. Once they see you as a real person, they’ll begin to 
like you as a person and will re-pin your content more often and respond better to 
the things you pin. 


Cross Promoting on Facebook and Twitter 

Even if you don’t want to hook your Pinterest account directly up to your 
Facebook or Twitter account and have your pins shared automatically, you can 
still take advantage of these sites to cross-promote. 

Just be sure you share your most important pins to your Facebook, Twitter, and 
other social media accounts for maximum exposure. 

Follow Relevant Users 

Another great way to get more views of your pins as well as more followers is to 
follow other people who post content similar to yours. Don’t worry about the 
“competition” factor. There’s plenty of room for everyone.  

Let’s say you are in the golf niche. Follow other people who are avid golfers and 
have a significant number of followers. Not only might they re-pin your content, 
especially if they see you re-pin theirs sometimes, but you can comment on their 
pins and potentially get more followers that way as well. 

Post Pins to Blogs, Forums, Newsletters, Etc. 

Make sure to post links to your most important pins to places like relevant blogs 
(in the comments and on your own blog), relevant forums, email newsletters, as 
your email signature, and other locations. 

Use Video for More Exposure 



Video sites like YouTube are extremely effective traffic sources, and they can 
easily help you get more views to your pins. Simply post a video relevant to your 
pin and link to your pin in the description of your video. 

Not only that, but you could post a link to your pin in the comments of other 
relevant videos that have a significant number of views. This way, you can get 
some traffic from other people as well. Just be sure your pin is useful and 
relevant or it will be seen as spam. 

Ask for Re-pins on Important Pins 

Sales people have heard the old adage, “To get the sale, you have to ask for the 
sale.” The same goes for re-pins. Sure, you’ll get the occasional re-pin without 
asking, but when you post something really important, just ask people to re-pin it 
for you. You’ll be surprised how many people will oblige, especially if you’ve 
engaged them prior to asking and they like you. 

Just remember not to abuse the privilege. If you ask people to re-pin every post, 
people will eventually get tired of it and won’t do it anymore. Save this technique 
for your most important pins and for those with the most potential to go viral. 
Re-pin For Others 

Don’t forget to re-pin content for your followers. If they see you re-pinning their 
content, they will be much more likely to reciprocate and pin yours. Additionally, 
they may even feel obligated to do so, because they’ve seen you re-pin theirs. 

Pinterest Tools 



While you can certainly use Pinterest without any additional tools, there are a few 
things you might want to consider that will make using Pinterest easier and more 
effective. 

Graphics Programs 

One thing you will almost certainly want to have if you’re going to use Pinterest 
regularly is a good image editing program. You can download a few trial of 
Adobe Photoshop, but the software is very expensive to buy beyond the trial. 
However, if you like it, you can use Adobe Creative Cloud to access Photoshop 
and other software for a lower monthly fee instead of having to pay for it upfront 
and spending hundreds of dollars at once. 

If you’d rather not spend any money at all, you can try GIMP, which stands for 
GNU Image Manipulation Program. This software isn’t quite as full-featured as 
Photoshop, nor does it have as many free add-ons available, but it is free and 
works very well. 

>> http://www.adobe.com/products/creativecloud.html 
>> http://www.gimp.org 

Pinpuff 

Pinpuff is a service that will give you some simple analytics about your Pinterest 
account, such as an approximate value of each pin, your potential CPC, your 
reach score (how many followers you have compared to others), your virality 
score (how well people re-pin your content) and other data. 

This can be especially useful for determining the effectiveness of your Pinterest 
campaigns, allowing you to make changes, if needed. 



>> http://www.pinpuff.com  

PinReach 

PinReach is quite similar to Pinpuff, except it offers a lot more data. You’ll find 
pages for general analytics, as well as an analysis of your boards, a collection of 
your post popular pins, your most influential followers (great for finding out who 
has the most potential to re-pin your content to great effect), and more! 


Pinterest Right-Click for Firefox 

If you have the Firefox web browser, you can get an extension that will add an 
additional menu item to your right-click menu. That way, if you run across an 
interesting image online, you can simply right click it and immediately select “Pin 
Image” to pin the image without having to visit Pinterest first.  

Pinterest Pro for Chrome 

If you use Chrome, you can download the Pinterest Pro extension that will give 
you the right-click feature available in Pinterest Right-Click for Firefox, plus also 
gives you image zooming and a “Popular Pin Dropdown”. Once installed, it works 
the same way as Pinterest Right-Click. Just right click and image and click “Pin to 
Pinterest.” 


Pin Search for Chrome 

Another useful Chrome extension is Pin Search. This will let you quickly find 
more information about any photo you find on Pinterest. Simply install it and the 
whenever you hover over a pinned image using Chrome, you’ll see a new button 
that says “Search”. Click this and it will open Google’s search results page that 
will show you similar images, other sizes of that image online, and l inks where 
you might be able to find more information.