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The 3 Characteristics Of A Perfect Pin

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In order to get the best from Pinterest, you need to send out pins that people will want to repin. The pin that people would want to repin, the perfect pin, has several characteristics. However, when all of these characteristics are put into 1 pin, you will see more repins. These are the three characteristics of a perfect pin.

  1. Pin a picture that grabs our attention. Small pictures get little attention while big pictures get a lot of attention. In addition, the color yellow grabs our attention quicker than any other color.
  2. The picture needs to be cool or have a powerful message. Now that you have our attention, we need a reason to repin your pin. This is when either being cool or motivational will result in more repins. 3D printing is cool because it is an innovation. That’s why most of my repinned pins are 3D printed creations. Motivation comes in the forms of inspirational “go get ‘em” quotes.
  3. Have a description that explains your picture. In 1-2 sentences, briefly describe the picture you pinned. Tell people what the picture is even if the picture is of something that we all know. If you pin a picture of a rabbit, be sure to tell us that it is a rabbit. We know what rabbits look like, but on Pinterest, you need to tell them what your picture is.

The next time you send out a pin on Pinterest, be sure that you are sending out the perfect pin. These kinds of pins get repinned more often than the average pin. Some perfect pins even go viral. What are your thoughts on the perfect pin? Do you have any additional tips or thoughts? Please share them below.

 

How To Keep The Momentum Going On Your Social Networks

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The growth of a social network is a slow process. However, when a social network starts to see a big pick-up in growth, you want that growth to either last as long as possible or for that growth to not stop at all. I remember when I went from gaining 50 followers every day to gaining 300 followers every day, I wanted that growth to last.

I ended up implementing the same tactics that resulted in me gaining 300 followers on a consistent basis. As a result, I was consistently gaining 300 followers every day. My following count rose dramatically.

After you get a momentum, you want to keep that momentum going. In fact, you want to get better results as well. Ever since I decided to tweet every 30 minutes, I have been getting more engagement for my tweets. My retweets, favorites, and Klout score have all gone up ever since I decided to tweet every 30 minutes.

In order to get better results after you master keeping the momentum, you need to dig deep into the facts, statistics, and articles on the web. The method I used to get 300 followers every day was following a highly regarded person’s followers in my niche. This person was also gaining 300 followers a day. However, my results became dependent on that person. When this person gained 150 followers for the day, I usually gained something close to that (this does not apply for famous people who gain thousands of followers every day). This 300 followers a day increase suddenly went down to a 150-200 follower increase every day.

I did some research and found the #1 most influential social media expert. This person gains over 500 followers every day. I decided to follow this person’s followers instead. Now, I am gaining over 500 followers every day as well. Now I have a stronger momentum which will most likely catapult me onto Forbes’ next Top 50 Social Media Power Users List.

How could I keep the momentum going? I could tweet every 15 minutes. Although that would require a colossal amount of time, I am considering pursuing the task. In addition, I am deeply considering buying access to HootSuite Pro to make scheduling tweets much faster. I could send out more tweets at the moment with pictures to get more retweets and favorites. Building strong presences on Vine and Pinterest will allow me to get even more followers on Twitter.

In order to keep the momentum going, you need to have a big goal in mind. For me, that goal is to be gaining 1,000 followers on Twitter every day before 2014 comes to a close.

 

How To Retain Knowledge

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Knowledge is powerful. With the right knowledge, we can change the world. With the bad knowledge, we can harm others. In order to get the full power of knowledge, we need to put it all together.

Learning certain facts and letting them get scattered in our minds is not putting all of our knowledge together. If you put all of the knowledge together that you learned in all of the science classes you took, you would have enough knowledge to become a scientist. However, that is not what everyone wants to do in life, and as a result, some of those knowledge gets scattered.

Although you may not want to become a scientist, there is something that you want to do. In addition, you could already have a job that you love. The job you are in or the niche you want to pursue is the area where you need to put all of your knowledge together. It is possible that you work at the same or similar jobs (or stay in your niche) for the rest of your life. You do not want the knowledge you learn to go away. Once you choose what you want to become, you need to focus a good portion of time and energy into what you decide.

In order to become the best in the world at what you do, you need to retain knowledge. By retaining knowledge, you will be able to obtain more knowledge with ease. In school, flash cards are a commonly used resource to remember material. However, writing definitions on flash cards and testing yourself seems beneath the real world. The best way to remember certain things about your niche and retaining your knowledge is by writing things down that you want to remember. I have a notebook with notes about my niche. I occasionally look back at the notebook and look at I wrote down. As a result, I am able to remember all of the important things about my niche that I need to remember. Instead of forgetting about a tactic to get an extra 100 followers every day, I have it written down in my notebook.

If you do not have a notebook, then you need to get one. Although flash cards are not the best study methods for people in the real world (because flash cards are easy to lose and scatter knowledge), keeping all of your knowledge in one notebook will allow you to look back and remind yourself of important facts and methods revolving around your niche.

 

How To Get People To Repin Your Older Pins

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An important way to get more followers on Pinterest is to be an active user on Pinterest. However, as your activity increases, new pins will push your older pins towards the bottom of your boards. This results in less people seeing your older pins, and also, less repins. There is a way to solve this problem, and I am going to show you exactly how to do that.

The first thing you need to do is create irresistible boards. Quality boards are not enough in a world that couldn’t stress quality more than it already has. In order to get more repins for your older pins, your boards need to be about something that people will not want to leave. My most repinned boards are 3D Printed Creations and Inspirational Quotes. Since 3D Printing is the big innovation and inspirational quotes make people feel good about themselves, those are the two boards where my followers view my older pins. Some of my followers pin more than 100 pins on those two boards because these boards are irresistible. These two boards have exactly what my followers wanted to see.

Another way to get people to repin your older pins is by embedding pins on your blog. Even if you start off by pinning your new pins, those new pins are going to get old. A pin I sent out in November 2013 was at one point a new pin. Now it is an old pin, and just like this pin, all new pins will eventually become old. By embedding these pins on your blog, more people will be able to see the pins. When more people see your older pins, that will also result in more repins.

Create boards that are irresistible so your followers are scrolling down until they get to the end of the board. Write compelling blog posts with embedded pins that grab attention and lead your visitors to your irresistible boards. Once you do these two things, your older pins will get repinned more often.

 

How To Keep The Momentum Going On Your Blog

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Everyone is focused on getting more traffic to their blogs. However, few people focus on keeping the momentum going. This results in a big spike, and then traffic continues as if the big spike had never happened. In order to keep the traffic that you gain, you need to keep the momentum going on your blog.

There is no better way to keep the momentum going than by getting more subscribers. By getting people to subscribe to your blog, they will be constantly notified every time you come out with a new blog post. As these people read several blog posts on your blog, some of them will decide to buy your products. In addition, they will visit your blog frequently. Having a subscription box that is easy to see is one of the many ways to get more subscribers on your blog.

Getting people to subscribe to your blog is not enough. Once a subscriber visits your blog for a second time, or when you get a first time visitor, you want those people to stay on your blog for as long as possible. In order to get more people to stay on your blog, you need to reduce your blog’s bounce rate. Reducing your blog’s bounce rate will increase the amount of time a visitors stays on your blog.

In addition, you need to make it easy for people to share your blog posts on their social networks. I have social sharing buttons at the end of all of my blog posts. This allows people to easily share my content across multiple platforms. Do not forget to add pictures to your blog posts so people can share your blog posts on Pinterest.

By keeping the momentum on your blog, you will be able to keep most of the traffic that you gain when you see a spike in traffic. It is possible to have 50 daily visitors and suddenly encounter a spike where you get 200 visitors for the day. By implementing these tactics and having your blog battle-ready, you will be able to keep most of the people from the spike in traffic. Instead of falling back to 50 daily visitors, you may be able to get 75-100 daily visitors after the spike is over.

 

The People Want Quality

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That’s what a recent poll said. According to the poll, 85% of people said they would pay more money for a more expensive product that gets the job done better. Although that does not apply to the fast food restaurant behemoths out there, it does apply to most entrepreneurs. People are willing to pay more money for a better product.

Instead of focusing on having a low price, focus on having a quality product. The low price does help get a volume of sales, but the product you sell still needs to be good. A quality product at a low price will result in a gradual pick-up in sales. A bad product sold at a low price will get nailed and then lose sales.

That’s why some renowned trainers are able to charge thousands of dollars every hour for a coaching session. Brendon Burchard charges $10,000 for a coaching session. These renowned trainers are able to charge high prices because people are willing to pay a higher price for a higher quality product. Although most people are not willing to pay an extra $5,000 for a coaching session, they are more willing to pay an extra $100 for a coaching session with the better expert.

Having low prices does result in a volume of sales. I am a big supporter of putting the prices low to get more sales. However, once someone buys your product, they need to be “wowed” away by your expertise. Don’t put your customer in a state of woe. Put them in a state of wow.