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02-20-2012, 02:13 PM
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Top 5 Tips To Use Pinterest For Promoting Your Online Business
Pinterest
is the latest social media trend that has gained lot of popularity among
a vast number of users in the online community. In a matter of few
months, it has grown phenomenally from 1.2 million users to almost 5
million users who access this site for sharing their different
interests. The main objective of Pinterest is to share some interesting
images that people may often find at the time of surfing the web. It is
similar to the pin board that we all find in the offices, where people
post some interesting things with the other people.




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Now, apart from sharing personal interests, Pinterest can be an
excellent way of advertising your online business and improve your
branding efforts. With the help of Pinterest, you can get more number of
backlinks
for your website that can help in providing greater visibility to your
products among the customers. In addition, you can also share relevant
images that have a close association with your products including your
company's brand logo and interesting pictures. Based on that, you can
create a catalogue of different products and items offered by your
company.



Besides, you can get free sales promotion for your online products
using word of mouth advertising that is possible using Pinterest. Using
the widgets provided by this tool, you can invite the users to share
interesting information on their personal pinboard. In this way, you can
attract a greater number of audience to your website and increase your
customer base. Using SEO techniques in Pinterest also allows you to improve traffic to your website and can boost your branding efforts.





Try some of these Pinterest strategies to get the best results in online advertising:



Engage your online audience

Now you can use Pinterest to build a solid network of users
from different online communities. One of the best ways is to utilize
this medium to the best possible extent to develop an ongoing
relationship with your potential customers. It is a good idea to post
comments on items posted by other users and also thank them, if they
have liked something interesting that you have shared. Besides, you can
also encourage customers to repin some of the products that they may
have liked from your products list.



Create greater value for the users

There are higher chances of more number of users visiting your
website, if you can offer them something interesting with substantial
value. In addition to featuring your products and services, you can also
pin interesting information about associated products that can benefit
your target audience. In short, users are likely to stay away from a
Pinterest profile that relies solely on promoting the company's products
and services.



Generate curiosity among the users

Pinterest is one of the best ways of engaging people by
providing them a great opportunity to know more about your products and
services. One way of grabbing the attention of the audience is by
evoking greater curiosity in them and encouraging them to participate in
various contests. You can also offer discounts and special offers on
different products.



Categorize your products

It is important to remember to pin your interests by using the
right category that can make browsing through your products much easier
for the users. Besides, it can help you to target a specific audience,
who may be keen to know more about your products and make a final
purchase. For example: If you are focused on selling clothes, then you
can choose different categories such as men's fashion, women's fashion,
kids clothing etc. In addition, you can also feature some of the popular
products in a different category in this manner.



Make the best use of SEO techniques

With Pinterest, you can use SEO strategies to the best possible extent to drive targeted traffic to your website.
It may be a good idea to provide some interesting description about
your products and also use the most popular and relevant keywords to
encourage more number of visitors to your website. This can also help
you to generate good backlinks for your product and provide greater
visibility to your products in the market. In addition, it is a good
idea to share your pin among social ntworking sites to gain access to a
larger target audience.



Provide high value content to the users

Now, it is important to share high quality and interesting
content to the users to capture their attention. You can provide some
excellent ideas or share interesting tips using Pinterest so that the
users may be keen to repin your content. Apart from pinning images, it
makes good sense to share interesting videos that are informative and
helps in educating your potential customers. Rather than focusing on
selling, your content must be able to provide valuable information about
your products and create a lasting impression on the minds of the
target audience.



Increase your brand exposure

You can share some inspiring photos, images, websites, and
logos and re-invent something new to provide to your target audience.
Besides, you can also pin photos of your company and the team members by
providing a short and interesting description. Inspiration boards and
Pin-tutorials may be a great idea to provide greater credibility to your
brand and create more hype about your products in the market.





Piinterest offers some promising business opportunities for rising
entrepreneurs in creative professions such as interior design, fashion
photography including graphic designers. They can use the bulletin board
to share some of their samples and portfolios with the users. At the
same time, both small and medium enterprises can benefit a lot by using
Pinterest to promote their online products. It is a great tool to engage
more customers and increase popularity for your online products and
services.



In addition, it can help in creating some valuable job opportunities
for people in the creative field, where their talent may be recognized
by some of the well known clients in the industry. Hence, Pinterest is a
great platform for sharing some of your interests and providing a
valuable source of information to the online users. It can help in
building a huge network of online community and enable online
enterprises to get high recognition in the industry and get access to a
wide base of customers.



Use Pinterest to re-create, innovate, educate and share fascinating
ideas to provide information in an interesting manner. Build rapport
with your customers and use this popular network to promote your online
business and create your list of followers. Thus, Pinterest can be a
vital social media tool that can be integrated as part of your
advertising efforts and get some amazing results.









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