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5 Ways To Get More Repins On Pinterest

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There are a lot of people who are ready to repin other people’s pins. In fact, 80% of pins are repins. The more repins you get, the more followers you will get on Pinterest. If people repin pins of your blog posts, you will get more traffic as well. On Pinterest, it is possible to spread rapidly if you get enough repins. Here are 5 ways to get more repins so your content spreads faster than the competition:

1. Pin pictures that are humorous, shocking, or inspirational. Almost all of my pins on my Inspirational Quotes board have repins. Some of the pins on that board have hundreds of repins.

2. Be active on Pinterest. People need to see your pins on their timeline in order to pin them. If someone repins one of your pins, chances are that same person will look at and repin other pins on that board. When I pin something about 3D printing, that pin gets repined, but as a result, other pins on that board get repined as well.

3. Comment on other people’s pins. Few people comment on other people’s pins. However, if you comment, you will get more exposure which will lead to more followers. If you comment on pins that are similar to what you pin, people will click on your name and repin some of your pins as well.

4. Use PinWoot to get quick repins. PinWoot is a free service that will allow you to get more repins. PinWoot is the Twiends for Pinterest, and some people have reported a doubling in blog traffic just by using PinWoot to increase the number of repins.

5. Have a group board with a lot of contributors. When you pin something to that group board, some of your contributors may repin your pin on some of their other boards. Having group boards will also allow you to systematize Pinterest.

Why Pinterest Is A Game Changer For Your Business

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With over 70 million users, Pinterest is growing at a rapid pace, and if you’re not on Pinterest at all, then now is the perfect time to create an account. People are more likely to share content on Pinterest than on any other social network. Over 80% of pins are repins while the other social networks are behind.

Since people are commonly repinning other pins, it’s easier to go viral on Pinterest. When I had less than 1,000 followers, one of my pins got repinned almost a thousand times. You can go from unknown to viral on Pinterest as long as you have a few hundred followers and a really good pin.

Pinterest allows you to organize your content differently. Information can be organized into boards which can be moved around at any time. If you have three boards about infographics, you can put all three of those boards next to each other. If you have boards with videos, you can put all of those boards next to each other as well. Pinterest allows you to organize your content in a way that allows your followers to easily browse through the content they want to look at.

With Pinterest, you don’t have to talk exclusively about your business. You can pin based on your business on some of your boards, and you can pin about your interests on other boards. I have boards about social media, but I also have boards about penguins, baseball players, books, and Legos.

Pinterest boards allow you to become more specific. If you want to create boards with YouTube videos, you can create boards with humorous, informative, and inspirational videos. When you create boards that are specific, you have the power to satisfy specific needs that your followers have. Instead of browsing the web for humorous YouTube videos, your followers will be able to look at the videos you pinned on your board.

While you pin pictures relating to your business and interests, you can also pin pictures of your products. If you have written any books, or you want to recommend a product with an affiliate link, Pinterest will help you get a dramatic increase in sales. Consumers on Pinterest spend an average of $180 per purchase. Facebook comes in second place at an average of $85 per consumer.

Consumers are also more enticed to buy a product if they see a picture of the product. With Pinterest, you will be able to show a picture of the product, and when people click on the product, they can be led directly to the sales page. Pinterest will also allow you to target people with specific interests. If you have a board for every social network, people who are only interested in Twitter will still follow you since you have a board about Twitter. More boards will lead to more options which will lead to more followers.

Pinterest is too powerful to be ignored.

Pinterest Etiquette: Follow Back

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Following back on Twitter has been established as a powerful method to get more followers. When I started following back on Twitter, my results changed dramatically. There are many people with over 100,000 followers who are also following that many people. Following people on Twitter also helps build quality connections that are made to stick.

Pinterest is the same story with a different tone. There are some people who say following back on Pinterest isn’t important since it’s a new social network. These people say that following back is not part of Pinterest etiquette. This past week, I decided to test that statement.

I was stuck at around 2,300 Pinterest followers, and I was relying on PinWoot and YouLikeHits to get more followers. They are good places to get more Pinterest followers, but I wanted to find a way to mimic my Twitter results on Pinterest. So, I started a following frenzy. I went from following only 100 people to following well over 1,000 people. I learned about Pinterest’s maximum rate of times you can follow people as well.

I focused on following people who I believed would follow me back on Pinterest. There are people on Pinterest with over 10,000 followers who are following twice as many people. I followed those people and others, and sure enough, I got follow backs.

On the first day I used this plan, I got around 20 followers. When I woke up the next day, I got a notice saying I got 37 extra followers. One of those followers even left a comment on one of my pins. I never gained that many followers in a single day on Pinterest without the use of PinWoot or YouLikeHits. I have been utilizing this plan ever since. In fact, while I was writing this blog post, I was still getting more followers on Pinterest.

Before I started following back on Pinterest, my goal was to get to 3,000 followers before the New Year. Now that I am following back on Pinterest, my goal is to get to 5,000 followers before the New Year. If you follow me on Pinterest, then I will gladly follow you back.

How To Master Pinterest Video Tutorial

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Subscribers to this blog have access to something called the How To Master Pinterest Video Tutorial where I share methods I have used to get thousands of followers on Pinterest.

The video will teach you the following:

1. Why commenting on Pinterest is essential

2. How to get more repins for your pins

3. Ways to boost your exposure on Pinterest

4. How to get more followers through a variety of methods

5. Very Pinteresting statistics

  1. And A LOT More

The video is over 20 minutes long, and in that video, I share with you everything you need to know about thriving on Pinterest. If you want instant access to this video, enter your email to the right and subscribe to this blog. The How To Master Pinterest Video Tutorial is the first free thing I am offering for subscribers, but other free products and services will be coming soon.

What To Do When You Go Viral

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I recently went viral on Pinterest. I average about 5-15 repins depending on what I pin. However, I got over a hundred repins for one of my pins. Many of those repins came in a matter of hours, and they continue to come (although not to that degree).

Luckily for me, I was on Pinterest exactly when the pin was getting a lot of repins. The pin was an inspirational quote from Henry Ford. Since that pin was getting a lot of repins, I knew that my newest pins from my board, Inspirational Quotes, would get more repins than normal. I decided to pin some inspirational quotes to that board, and all of the new pins got repinned multiple times. They haven’t been pinned hundreds of times, but they did get a considerable amount of repins.

When you go viral on Pinterest, it’s important to push out more pins on the board that the pin is on. When you go viral, tell people about something else that you have done. This allows you to as they say, “spread the wealth.”

If a blog goes from 100 visitors a day to 400 visitors every day for 2 days, many of those 400 visitors are going to find someone else since the blog is no longer viral. However, that blog will easily get 150-200 visitors every day just because it went viral for 2 days.

 

Why You Need Group Boards In Your Pinterest Strategy

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There are plenty of ways to schedule pins, but finding a free one is like enduring the Odyssey. On other social networks, there are multiple ways to schedule posts for free. I tweet every hour, but that doesn’t mean I’m on Twitter every hour.

You won’t be on Pinterest every hour, and when you aren’t on Pinterest, your boards aren’t getting updated. Group boards solves this problem. With a group board, you can have other people updating your boards for you. If you have 100 contributors for your group board, and each of those people pins on your board once a day, that’s 100 extra pins a day for that board. A board with a lot of pins is going to look better than a board that doesn’t have a lot of pins.

In addition, when another contributor joins your group board, your board gets put on someone else’s list of boards. This gives that particular board more exposure. If someone clicks “Follow All” on one of your contributor’s Pinterest account, your board also gets a follow which means you’ll get more followers as well.

Some group boards have millions of Pinterest followers because they are promoted on many Pinterest accounts, and they’re always getting updated since there are so many contributors. Since these boards are easily getting updated multiple times a day, the SEO value increases.

Not only will you gain an advantage, but your contributors will be able to share their content to a larger audience. Your contributors will be able to use your group board to get a bigger following and let more people know about something faster.

I am really excited to start my own group boards. If you are interested in becoming a contributor for one of my group boards, please go here and fill out the form.