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5 Pinterest Mistakes To Avoid (Part 2)

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A while ago, I wrote a blog post about 5 Pinterest Mistakes To Avoid. After learning more about Pinterest and using it more often, I decided to come up with a second part for this post. Pinterest is a powerful social network, but it is important to avoid these mistakes:

  1. Not following others. I made the mistake of not following others back when I wrote Part 1. I decided to follow people on Pinterest in an attempt to get more followers. Before I followed people on Pinterest, I was gaining around 5-10 followers every day. Now that I am following back on Pinterest, I am gaining over 100 followers every day. More people know about following others on Twitter, but I encourage you to also follow people on Pinterest.
  2. Not commenting on other pins. By commenting on other people’s pins, more people will be able to see your account, and you may have a conversation with the pinner. Only 1% of an average pinner’s time is spent commenting on other people’s pins. By commenting on other people’s pins, your comment will appear on the top. If you are the only person who left a comment on a pin that went viral, a lot of people are going to see your Pinterest account.
  3. Not utilizing Pinterest’s search feature. When I follow people, I make sure to follow people who would be interested in what I have to say. I use Pinterest’s search engine to find popular boards about social media. I follow that board and a lot of that board’s followers. Then, I get more followers, and all of those new followers are also interested in what I pin about.
  4. Not making money on Pinterest with advertised pins. I am not a big fan of advertising on a blog, but Pinterest is different. You can create a board with all of the advertisements. You will be able to receive a commission for each of those ads. You can make money with advertised pins on Pinterest by using Pinbooster or by allowing advertisers to contact you on your blog.
  5. Not pinning infographics. It is possible to be successful on Pinterest without infographics, but they are very helpful. Mix some infographics with the other things that you pin.

Those are the 5 mistakes to avoid on Pinterest. You can take a look at Part 1 here.

 

6 Advanced Twitter Tips

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6 Advanced #Twitter Tips.

Twitter is a simple social network. Tweets cannot go over 140 characters and your bio cannot go past 160 characters. However, there are some advanced ways to use Twitter. By using Twitter to its fullest capability, you will be able to get more followers and engagement on Twitter. Here are 6 advanced Twitter tips that will dramaticaly improve your results.

  1. Use Twitter’s search engine to find targeted followers. Your targeted followers are the ones who are in your niche or are interested in your niche. By following the people who are likely to follow back, your following will grow, and your followers will be your targeted audience.
  2. Have a background picture that tells people about you. Use the background picture to tell people about your other social networks, your products, a phone number, and anything else that you want your followers to know about.
  3. Tweet links to your blog posts for most of the day. This will lead your blog to getting the most traffic possible. When I started tweeting about my blog more often, my blog’s traffic increased by over 300%. Social networks are all about building an awareness for something. In order to make people aware of your blog, you need to tweet about your blog more often.
  4. Include “r/t” at the end of some of your tweets. Tweets with “r/t” at the end get more retweets. Include “r/t” at the end of the tweets that you want to get retweeted.
  5. Use HootSuite to schedule your tweets. This will allow you to tweet consistently throughout the entire day. In addition, you should tweet every hour so more of your followers can see your tweets.
  6. Embed tweets on your blog. By embedding tweets on your blog, people will be able to follow you, retweet your tweet, or favorite your tweet with the click of a button. In addition, you should only embed your best tweets. Here’s how to embed tweets on your blog.

Twitter is a simple social network, but taking Twitter to the advanced level will allow you to get better results. You will get more followers, retweets, favorites, and mentions by utilizing these methods over time.

 

Set The Bar (Even) Higher

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When most people think about giving themselves goals, they give themselves the easiest goals imaginable. The goals may be, “writing 1 blog post every week that is only 100 words,” or something similar. While it is good that progress is being made, it is easily possible to make more progress. In order to make more progress, you need to set the bar higher.

When people think of setting the bar higher, they quickly think of reasons why the bar is already set as high as possible. There is no limit to how high any bar can be set. If a bar is set at 14.6 feet, know that it can also go to 15 feet. The bar can keep on going higher and higher.

As you set the bar higher and higher for yourself, you will be giving yourself challenging goals. However, when those goals get accomplished, you will see the results. You will be able to do something far better than ever before. You will be able to break records, be very productive, and ultimately be better off.

Setting the bar high requires work on your part. After that work gets done, you will have the prize: a new record, incredible productivity, a big increase in traffic, a lot of sales for your new product, or something else.

 

How To Make Money On Pinterest With PinBooster

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The big problem with Pinterest is that pinners can’t make money with their affiliate links. Pinterest would be the ideal social network to use affiliate links because of the pictures, the ability to add the price to the corner, and the ability to write a long description about the product.

The reality is that affiliate links aren’t a way to make money on Pinterest. However, there is a way to make a lot of money on Pinterest. If you want to make money on Pinterest, then you need to take a look at PinBooster.

PinBooster is the Sponsored Tweets for Pinterest. Advertisers have offers, and by accepting those offers, you get paid. The advantage with PinBooster is that you get to choose which board the ad goes on. I have a Pinterest board called Advertisements which is where all of the ads go.

Another advantage of PinBooster is that the price per pin is greater than the price per tweet. Sponsored Tweets recommends that I charge over $25 with 24,000 followers. PinBooster recommends that I charge close to $10 based on my 3,303 Pinterest followers (I have over 4,000 followers, but the statistic isn’t updating on PinBooster). I decided to calculate how much I would be able to charge per pin if I had 24,000 Pinterest followers. With over 24,000 followers, PinBooster would recommend my price to be over $70 per pin.

The difference is how each of the social networks work. Twitter is a giant feed that is constantly getting updated. Tweets appear and then get pushed to the bottom of the timeline. Pinterest is more organized into boards which allows the advertisements to be seen by more people. As a result, the cost per pin is greater than the cost per tweet.

PinBooster is one of the best ways to make money on Pinterest. Once you start using PinBooster, all you have to do is wait for the offers to start rolling in.

 

UPDATE: Now PinBooster refers to themselves as Loop88. Here’s the link.

5 Ways To Gain An Edge On The Competition

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The competition is fierce. Competitors are trying to gain an edge in any way possible. Since the ways we can communicate have been dramatically enhanced, niches are getting more crowded than ever before in history. An entrepreneur from Canada has to compete with an entrepreneur from India since the entire world has been connected. Human interaction has never been as frequent as it is now, and people from Canada and India are able to talk and compete with each other.

There are ways to get an edge on the competition and lead the stampede. Here are 5 ways to do that:

  1. Create something remarkable. Be the person who stands out and leads the stampede. By standing out and leading the stampede, you will get more attention.
  2. Focus on quality, price, convenience, or a combination of two. They all have their benefits, but you need to decide which one works best for you.
  3. Have the right mindset and vision. Have the “I can” mindset that will allow you to accomplish goals beyond your wildest dreams. You need the right mind combined with the right vision to give yourself the motivation you need to pass your competition.
  4. Focus on what the competition does not focus on. By focusing on different things, you will attract clients who always wanted someone to focus on what you are focusing on now. If you focus on low prices while your competitors only focus on quality, you will get more clients because you are the only one who focuses on low prices.
  5. Experiment and learn from them. By experimenting with different marketing strategies and products, you will be able to learn faster than the competition. By learning faster than the competition, you will be able to create something remarkable in a faster amount of time.

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