Want to make the best Pinterest boards to boost your business?
You should – Pinterest is a powerhouse to increase blog traffic – and sales!
That’s because Pinners are actively searching for ideas, information, and products.
Pinterest users are consumers and buyers!
If your business isn’t using Pinterest – or you haven’t optimized your Pinterest account for marketing your business – you’re missing out.
Set up the right boards now with this Ultimate Guide to Pinterest Boards!
We’ll cover:
- Which boards you need for your Pinterest business account.
- How to name and write descriptions for your boards.
- Step-by-step to add a Pinterest board.
- How to edit, hide, archive, or delete a board.
- How and why (or why not) to make board sections.
- Personal boards on your business account – yay or nay?
- How to organize your boards.
At the end of this article, you can sign up for my FREE e-course. It’ll take you from setting up your account correctly to making easy, pinnable images!
What Are Pinterest Boards?
Pinterest allows you to upload, save, sort, and manage images, photos, graphics, and videos (known as Pins) into collections known as boards.
As a user, you can browse other users’ “boards” for content that takes your interest – and “Pin it.”
Users can choose to follow individual boards that interest them, instead of an entire account. Pinterest stands out from Facebook and Instagram in this regard.
As a Pinterest user, it’s easy to be carried away by just how casual everything looks. If you do get carried away, you lose the opportunity to create boards that drive traffic and sales for your business.
Each board on your profile should have a specific theme or purpose.
Making boards that give information on your business, what you do, where you are located, what people should know about you, and how to choose the right products or services of the type you offer, will help interested Pinterest users find you easily.
Let’s dive into some specific ideas, once we learn how to find your Pinterest boards.
Where Are My Pinterest Boards?
Pinterest recently changed the layout of your profile. Your boards are no longer visible when you (or anyone) first clicks to your account.
Instead, your profile page now displays the “Create” tab, which shows your recently created Pins.
To see your Pinterest boards, you’ll need to click to the “Saved” tab.
The first spot is taken by “All Pins” with the rest being your boards.
The URL to go directly to this tab is https://pinterest.com/[username]/_saved/ For example: https://www.pinterest.com/louisemyers/_saved/
The Pinterest board “Showcase,” a carousel of your 5 favorite boards, has been retired.
What Pinterest Boards Should I Make?
What should you make Pinterest boards about? Your business!
Your business category
Set up one main board with your overarching topic. This one is NOT niched: it should encompass as much of your business topic as possible.
Mine is “Social Media Marketing Tips.” Virtually everything I write about can be filed under that topic – i.e. Pinned to that board.
Likewise, almost everything I Pin from others could go on this board. It encompasses the needs of the audience I wish to reach.
You can also create one board that is only for your own content. Mine is named LouiseM.com Visual Social Media Tips.
Some Pinners use this as a starting point for all their “Pins” – a feeder board. They then Repin or schedule Pins from this board.
I don’t recommend this however, due to the latest Pinterest best practices. Pinterest now says a Pin should be pinned to the most relevant board first. This gives the Pinterest algorithm context to help surface your Pins in the most appropriate user searches.
So, you will need more than one or two boards…
Your blog and/or product categories
Your goal should be to have a Pinterest board for each category that you’ll create Pins for. Start with:
- Your primary areas of expertise.
- Topics you’re currently blogging about.
- Products you sell.
- Services you offer.
When you’re ready to add more, check out these Pinterest board ideas for inspiration.
Below are my Pinterest boards to show you what I mean. And it works! I’ve had two of my boards featured by Hubspot in their “Top Ten Pinterest Boards for Marketing.” Social media guru Rebekah Radice has also recommended my account. Woohoo!
How many Pinterest boards should you have?
You can have a crazy amount of boards – the limit is 2,000, which includes secret boards as well as group boards you didn’t create.
This is probably way, way too many for any business!
Start with the topics you’ll be creating a lot of content or product for in the near future. The reason for this is twofold:
1 | You do want to have boards that you can keep active. It’s best if you’ll have a new Pin for each board weekly.
2 | You don’t want to come out of the gate with dozens of empty boards, or be in a rush to add a lot of content at once. This will avoid rate limit blocks, where Pinterest sees you as a possible spammer.
So take it easy – start with the most important boards first. Shoot for 6–10 to start.
You can always add more later:
- For current content that doesn’t quite fit on these first boards.
- For new content you’ll make based on what resonates most with Pinners.
Pinterest board names
What should you name your Pinterest boards? What people are searching for!
Don’t get clever with your board names
Use your best keyword phrases! That way, interested people can find your boards via search engines (on Pinterest, Google, and others).
Yes, your Pinterest boards can rank on search engines outside Pinterest! That’s because Pinterest has a high domain authority.
Here you can see that my “social media marketing tips” board is 4th on the 2nd page of Google results.
How long should a Pinterest board name be?
The maximum allowed characters is 50, but they might not all show on your profile.
While it’s nice to have neat, tidy names that fit in the display area, it’s not required. Go with what best describes the board.
For example, “Social Media Scheduling Tools & Tips” doesn’t all fit on the profile view of the board. But that “tips” keyword is still there for SEO purposes!
If someone should search “Social Media Scheduling Tips” this board would be more likely to surface due to that.
The Best Pinterest Board Name Generator is the Pinterest Search Bar
Don’t concoct a name that’s cute and unique. Use phrases Pinners are actually searching for!
Start typing a relevant keyword and Pinterest will suggest real search phrases.
From the top right bar, click the magnifying glass icon.
A search panel will pop up. Start typing! Take note of the phrases that appear.
Click on one of the phrases to check out Pins, boards, and accounts that use that keyword phrase. Plus, you’ll find lots more ideas in the colored tiles to niche down your board names, or include in your board description!
Write a good board description
Keywords matter here too! Include phrases your target audience is searching for.
Learn more about Pinterest search engine optimization here.
How long should a Pinterest board description be?
You can enter up to 500 characters. Pinterest recommends that you be conversational: use several sentences instead of a bunch of keywords.
But do incorporate your keywords into those sentences! In my Google SERPs example above, you can see how the keyword phrases are picked up and highlighted.
I would shoot for at least 200 characters of description.
Should I use hashtags in my board description?
Hashtags aren’t helpful in your board description. Hashtags on Pinterest are only intended for Pin descriptions.
Include a Pin with each page you publish on your website or store
And “Pin it” immediately after publishing! Here are some quick tips for pinnable images:
- At least 1 1/2 times as tall as wide.
- Bright, warm colors draw more attention.
- Simple design reads well on mobile.
For blog posts: You can pull a tip or valuable snippet of text from your blog post, and create a simple graphic. These can be text on a solid background, because simple graphics stand out even more against all the photos on Pinterest.
For products, recipes, etc: Use one image, or create a simple collage of 2 to 4 images with a few words of text to explain.
Making Pins doesn’t have to be difficult. Read some of my favorite ways to easily make Pinterest Pins.
How to Create a Pinterest Board
Got some boards names and descriptions ready? Let’s make boards!
You can create your boards from a desktop browser or on mobile. Either way, start by going to your “Saved” tab.
From here on desktop, just click the plus sign on the far right, and choose “Create board.”
On mobile, you’ll also find the plus sign at the top right of the Saved tab. (Sorry, the board cover display is an absolute disaster right now, and we have no control over Pinterest’s messing with them).
Now enter your well-keyworded board name and click “Create.”
Next you’ll edit the board to add the description. I recommend doing this right away to increase your chances of being found in search.
How to Edit Pinterest boards
On desktop, you can edit any board from the Saved tab by hovering the individual board and clicking the edit pencil that appears in the lower right.
Alternately, if you already have the board open, click the 3 dots at far left just above the Pins, and then click “Edit.”
On mobile, you need to open the board and then tap the 3 dots, which appear at top right. Then tap “Edit.”
Once you’re on the Edit pane, add your description and choose a category.
Some people like to make the board “Secret” until they get a number of Pins on it, but I don’t believe this is necessary. If you choose to do that, be aware that all Pins on the board will go out to your followers at the time you switch from Secret.
You can also Delete, Archive, or Merge the board, which we’ll discuss in a minute.
How to make Pinterest boards private
Want to Pin personal stuff on your business account? You can keep those Pins private by setting the boards you Pin them to as “secret.”
Open the Edit pane as noted above.
Under Settings > Keep this board secret, turn the toggle ON.
When you save Pins to a secret board, the person you saved the Pin from won’t get a notification, and the Pin’s repin count won’t increase.
When you save Pins from a secret board, Pinterest won’t show the name of the person you saved it from on your new Pin.
So using secret boards is not helpful if you’re trying to help a friend build their account by giving them repins and exposure – because it won’t.
If you want to share a secret board, you can invite friends to collaborate, or make the board public. To make a board public, toggle off “Secret” in the board settings. source
How to archive Pinterest boards
Got some boards you don’t use any more? Or group boards that you’re not quite ready to leave, but don’t want on your profile?
Archive ’em!
Once again from the Edit pane, at the bottom click Archive.
Then you’ll need to verify by clicking Archive again.
If you archive a board, you won’t be able to save Pins to it. Pinterest will hide it from your profile and stop using it for recommendations.
However, Pins on the board are still in circulation on Pinterest and can surface in search.
Don’t worry: You can unarchive your board to undo this. Not so with deleting…
How to delete Pinterest boards
If you’re sure you never want to see a board again, you can delete it.
At the bottom of the Edit pane, click Delete.
Confirm by clicking “Delete forever” if you’re really sure.
Pinterest can’t restore deleted Pins or boards. When you delete a board, all the Pins on the board are deleted, too.
Be sure that you’re sure!
How to add sections to Pinterest boards
To add sections to your boards, click the plus sign “+” at the far right of your board, just above the Pins.
Name your section and click Add. That’s it! Repeat for more sections if desired.
Pinterest sections vs. boards
Note that sections will not help your Pinterest SEO. Their organization is intended solely for the ease of the board admin (that’s you!).
If you have too many subtopics on one Pinterest board, I recommend adding more boards that are more niched, rather than creating sections.
Separate boards offer 3 huge advantages for Search Engine Optimization:
- Keywords in board title and URL.
- More keywords in the board description.
- Plus the influence of the keywords in the Pins on the board.
So for SEO, think boards, not sections.
Should You Have Personal Boards on your Business Account?
There’s some controversy about this. Some people say yes. They even recommend going into your Pinterest analytics and making boards on other interests of your audience – even if they’re not your interests.
Please, don’t do that. Do you really want to keep pinning to a board of things you’re not interested in?
Feel free to use Audience Insights to create more boards that are relevant to your business though – particularly if you have your own content to save there. Even Pinterest now tells us to “focus on saving your own content.”
I think people who recommend personal boards so your audience can “get to know you” are confusing Pinterest with a social site. Pinterest tells us they’re a search engine. It’s really not a place people go to connect and get to know you.
There is a slight chance you’ll attract some members of your target market this way – but much more likely, if you attract anyone, they’ll be people who aren’t.
As a Pinner who’s had a somewhat-business-related Pin go viral (favorite colors), I can tell you it caused me a huge waste of time and money.
Even though that Pin was vaguely related to my business (I do talk about colors for branding), I probably got fewer than 5 people on my business email list from that viral Pin.
I spent a ton of time making a content upgrade for that blog post, set up an email list for it, tried to figure out a way to monetize…
I did get thousands of people to sign up to that list (I think 7K). So that cost me plenty.
I eventually closed that list because I was wasting too much time on it, and making no money.
Now imagine if I’d made a board about “knitting”? Which was recommended to me.
If you really want to have public boards about things you love, that’s up to you. Just know that SEO experts say it lessens your account’s likelihood of being found in search results.
Remember, Pinterest is a search engine. Best practice is to keep your public boards as on-point as your blog posts, or product line.
If you make baby clothes, and you suddenly came out with a line of adult hair care products, that’s diluting your brand.
Same with your Pinterest account!
Keep your boards on point. Make personal boards secret. If you delete them, your follower count may go down.
How to Organize your Pinterest Boards
To organize the Pins on a board, you can use sections, as described above. But you can also organize the order boards appear on your profile.
On mobile, you can choose to “Auto-sort boards.”
To set this, go to your profile on mobile and tap the gear icon at top right.
Tap Edit profile at the top, then scroll down to Organize and tap Auto-sort boards.
Now you can pick:
- Last saved to.
- A to Z order.
- Drag and drop.
- Oldest or…
- Newest.
Did you choose “Drag and drop”? Go back and choose “Reorder boards” to reorder your boards on mobile with a handy list view.
Or, you can drag and drop on desktop and that order will be carried over to mobile as well.
To move a board on desktop, simply click on it and drag it to where you’d like it to appear.
What order should you put your Pinterest boards in?
When Google crawls a web page, it helps them to see the most relevant keywords at the beginning of your article.
I think we can apply this principle to your Pinterest profile. Late’s make sure your best keywords are at the top of the page.
- Put your core business boards with your best keywords at the top.
- Next, more of your business boards.
- Next, carefully-chosen group boards you’ve joined.
- Last, any personal boards you might have that aren’t secret.
Some people like to move seasonal boards to the top of the page when they’re in season, and down when they’re not. You can do this too if you like.
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AMANDA HALL says
Hello Louise,
I’m enjoying your Pinterest for business help, very useful – thanks! I already have a Pinterest business account and want to build on it. I am a children’s writer/ illustrator. Most of my published children’s illustrations are landscape, not portrait format, so the proportions aren’t best for the Pinterest ‘At least 1 1/2 times as tall as wide’ format. Do you have any advice?
Thanks
Best
Amanda
Louise Myers says
If you can crop various portions of an illustration, you can get a lot more unique images for Pinterest. Another oft-used tactic is to add colored bars at the top and/or bottom.
in case you haven’t read it, here’s how to design Pinterest pins.
Faith says
Hi Louise!
I really love of your content on your website. It’s extremely helpful and has helped me a lot in my marketing efforts!
Louise Myers says
To answer your questions you asked me not to post:
1. Check to be sure to name your boards with phrases people are actually searching for.
2. I wouldn’t pin content that directly competes with your client.
Seana Rowell says
This is really amazing and useful information. Thank you so much for it! I run a marketing consultation company that does all manner of things for clients and one of my clients requested Pinterest management. I’ve been learning tricks all day and your blog was way more helpful and concise than any of the more “well-known” that I’ve read today. Much appreciated!
Louise Myers says
How nice to hear! Thanks 🙂
Ben says
Hello, thank you for this useful article!
I have one question: there used to be a choice of categories for boards, but it seems it have disappeared recently. Is this an evolution of Pinterest or just me?
Thank you!
Louise Myers says
Categories are going away.
Esra says
Hello Louise,
Thank you for all the clear and good explanations and guidance. I would like to ask you whether you have a paid Pinterest course and coaching? If so, could you send me some information about it?
Louise Myers says
Esra, thanks for you lovely comment. Made my day.
I have 2 options for you:
1. I’m a mentor in the Simple Pin Collective, which is a monthly membership with LOADS of training for those who really want to master Pinterest.
2. If you don’t want a membership, I recommend a course called Pinning Perfect from Blog Clarity. This one is also updated regularly, which is SO important as Pinterest changes often.
Best of luck.
Joe says
Very informative post! We are working diligently to learn as much as we can about Pinterest at the moment. We have 12 boards (one for each of our blog categories), and we publish 1 new blog post each week. With this, we might go a few weeks without publishing a new post in our “parenting” category, so the multiple “fresh” pins for a post might end up right nest to each other on the same board even after spacing the posts pins out over a couple weeks. They would likely have the same title wording, but be “fresh” with differing colors, backgrounds, and fonts. Would this be viewed as spammy? Hopefully this makes sense. This one has been hard for me to explain.
Louise Myers says
I don’t think the placement on the board is very important… especially if you’re spacing them out time-wise.
It would likely help your pins to change up the titles to fit the different designs and approaches though. But this wouldn’t be to avoid looking spammy, just to reach different pinners.
Rayla says
This may have already been asked, but how did you create the title photos on each of your Pinterest boards? Is it just a pinned post? Do you recommend doing that?
Louise Myers says
You can select any pin on the board to set as the cover when you edit the board.
It’s not necessary. Right now it seems Pinterest is making boards hard to find anyway, so it’s not worth much effort to create special covers.
Lori says
Hi Louise, Thank you for your advice, I am totally new to Pinterest and your blog has helped a lot.
I really like how your page header goes all the way across the screen. I used the cover page size according to Pinterest, but it has a lot of white space on either side, and is taller than yours. Would you mind sharing the size of your header? I see many people have images like yours, but I can’t find the size when I do a search.
Second, is there any reason not to use a scheduler like Tailwind for a newbie? I am an astrologer with lots of content. I don’t want to be flagged as a spammer, so I thought I would load up a scheduler and pin around 4 a day for a while. I am starting with a blank page right now. Thanks!
Louise Myers says
Hi Lori, Re cover image, when you click the Edit pencil, select “choose a board.” The pins from that board will make up the profile banner.
Tailwind is great if you have the content! Do start slowly as you mentioned to avoid raising any flags with the Pinterest algorithm.
If you haven’t signed up for Tailwind yet you can use my link (I’ll get a referral fee): Join Tailwind here.
Geri says
Thank you for the articles. Very useful. Do you have a suggestion for an optimal number of pins for any particular board?
Also, I sell products (jewellery) – I have been told that I should limit pins of my own products to about 40% of a board’s content. Would you agree with that?
Louise Myers says
Number of pins per board: any. Keep on Pinning!
Limit pins of my own products to about 40% of a board’s content: Why? There are no optimal % of anything for Pinterest. Pin your own stuff. Pin more of what resonates and less of what doesn’t. Don’t pin other people’s stuff without a compelling reason.
Saranya says
Hi Louise,
Thanks a mill for this to the point write up on pinterest for business.. Very helpful and actionable tips !
I would like to know what ‘category’ in pinterest to choose for boards for etsy products ? If I make arts and crafts for gifts , I dont see a pinterest category for gifts. But I see a category called “products ” and another for “crafts and diy ” … So should board category be “products ” as we are pointing pins to etsy ? I am not sure if I keep them for ‘ crafts and diy ‘ as that will be for people to show or learn crafts …Can you please provide some suggestions ?
Louise Myers says
You are correct, Products is the category and Crafts/DIY is for tutorials.
Best of luck!
Brenda Pruitt says
I love your down to earth writing. Very understandable. I had a personal account and turned it into a business account and also changed the name to my Shopify store, LookersEyewear.
My personal account boards I think fits into my niche. People interested in my designer, creative eyeglasses will also have an interest in designer clothing, art, gardening, interior design etc. But I could be wrong and not thinking straight!
I have added other boards to my account like designer eyewear, creative eyewear, Eyeglasses, Eyeglass frames and etc. Trying to use keywords.
Do I follow other eyeglasses company or people that follow them?
I will be signing up for your course. You are the best!
Louise Myers says
When you take the course you’ll see that followers don’t matter. So follow who you want to follow without expecting a follow-back.
Brittany says
I have been using Pinterest for several years, but only for personal interests. I do have a lot of followers. (Fandoms)I created a board for a shop I have (Design), but not really had anything luck with it getting me any sales. I just changed my Pinterest to Business, but I guess I didn’t understand what it meant? Should I just create another account for my business only, and create boards based off it? I really don’t want lose or upset my current followers with my personal boards, by hiding them.
Louise Myers says
There are really too many variables to give you a definitive answer.
First, pins could take months to take off so new product pins may take a while to catch on.
Second, it’s hard to get sales direct from Pinterest. People may save things they like and come back months later (or not at all). Lots of sellers drive leads to their blog posts and email list so they can sell more later.
Third, if this is really different from your current content and you don’t think your followers will be interested, then it might be best to start a new one. Just remember that on Pinterest, people aren’t necessarily seeing stuff from accounts they follow. It works very differently than other platforms.
Kate Benzin says
Your tips on all your posts are wonderful. Thanks.
One question re the board for your over-arching topic – you wrote that everything you pin, including repins as I understand it, ‘could’ go on that board. Do you actually put repins on that board? Or just your own pins?
Thanks again for sharing your knowledge with everyone.
Louise Myers says
You can put others’ content on it if you like.
Casper says
Hi Louise,
Great post. I would appreciate it if you could clarify one thing for me.
Do or can you post the same pin to “Social Media Marketing Tips”, “LouiseM.com Visual Social Media Tips” and another niche board?
In other words, can you have the same pin in more than one board? I was told this could get you banned?
Louise Myers says
A Pinterest course creator made a suggestion about spacing out the same pin to multiple boards, and it’s been taken wildly out of context.
Pinterest did NOT say that you couldn’t place the same pin on more than 1 board. my pins generally go to 10 to 15 relevant boards.
Casper says
Thank you for your fast response, much appreciated!
Leslie Ann Sartor says
I’ve had a “personal” account for years, but now want to concentrate on my books and my word art business (I’m a novelist and word art designer) so I signed up for your course. Thank you for offering it. I’m trying to come up with a name that will encompass both.
I envision boards relating to places my novels are set, character snippets, maybe short excerpts. For my word art business, boards for quotes, mugs, basically my Etsy shop??? And color boards. I want people to sign up for my mailing list, get BookBub followers and of course sales.
Thoughts?
Louise Myers says
Think about what someone who’d want to buy your products or books would look for on Pinterest.
I think you’re spot on with the Etsy shop ideas. I really don’t know anything about fiction buyers though. Is there anyone in this niche using Pinterest successfully? See what they do.
Best of luck!
Leslie Ann Sartor says
Thank you!
Sarah says
Hi Louise, I’ve recently started using Pinterest for my business. Only 4 weeks in, I am fairly pleased with the results so far but I’ve a long way to go. I’m tweaking and changing a lot and I’ve found your posts very useful – much better than a lot of Pinterest advice I come across. I’ve a question about boards. I think I’ve made too many similar ones :\. At the start, I created boards based on relevant keywords in my niche, broad and more specific but, the problem is, I’ve created multiple boards that share the same topic with only a slight variation in keyword. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Now I’ve pinned and scheduled a lot of my content (and others) to them. My gut’s telling me that this isn’t right. Now I want to get rid of some of the boards. What’s the best way to do that without upsetting Pinterest and harming my search appearance?
Louise Myers says
I’m not sure if this is a problem – I’ve wondered too. But I don’t think it’s best practice and *might* seem spammy. You can archive boards you no longer want to pin to. I would recommend against archiving anything that’s getting a lot of saves or clicks.
Sarah says
Thanks Louise. I think will do that. I will see how they perform over next few weeks and then prioritise the best ones.
Louise Myers says
Great! Best of luck.
Jeff says
This information has been great. It’s exactly what I was looking for. Two questions: How do you feel about accepting collaborator invitations to unrelated boards? Does it help just to belong to them ? Second: I feel like I may have gone too broad with my profile. Is that ok as long as each board is specific? I have boards for nutritional supplements, pet supplements and natural baby care supplements all under one profile. Should they be different accounts? Thank you
Louise Myers says
Joining those boards is going to hurt you more than your variety of boards, which are all centered on nutritional supplements. I personally would not separate into different accounts.
Read more about bad group boards here.
Maureen says
Hi Louise,
I was wondering if there would be any harm if I had 2-3 pin images for one post. I was thinking Pinterest might see this as spam.
Louise Myers says
Not at all, it’s a great idea! I tend to wait a week or 2 before bringing another image from the same post into my pinning rotation, but I’ve heard others who only wait a day.
claudia r says
Hi Louise, do you have a tip where to find some board templates or collage boards for Pinterest? 🙂
Louise Myers says
Do you mean for images? I don’t think there’s such a thing as templates for boards. If you mean images, you might want to read: https://louisem.com/2642/pinterest-image-best-pins
freddie Ross says
Thanks Louise for sharing these awesome tips for growing Pinterest found it very helpful.
Louise Myers says
Great to hear, Freddie!
Katica J Lachapelle says
Fantastic idea.. I’ve been using my pintrest as a more personal account. I’ll definitely have to start using it for business.
Louise Myers says
It should be great for your niche, Katica! Some people are doing amazing things with mini beauty tutorials on a pin.
Meaghan says
I started getting more pins and likes after following the advice of another blogger but it’s still not driving much traffic to my blog. Maybe half a dozen hits a week. I’d love for you to take a look and let me know if I could make any changes for the better! You can also find me on pinterest /southernmeg. Thanks so much!
~Meaghan from DIYfaerie
Louise Myers says
Your pins look really great, so I don’t think that’s an issue. It does take time for traffic to build – the cool thing about Pinterest is your pins and links can hang around FOREVER.
Here’s something you might try – if you have other relevant boards, repin your own pins to them on a later day at a different time.
Also find group boards to contribute to. That gives you a ton of visibility.
Good luck!
kenzlady says
Just starting pinterest and a blog! should i just be patient with more followers? what can i do to make my pictures better?
Is what i put in my “description” on pinterest what will come up when poeple search those phrases? or is it somewhere else that i need to be putting the title and the link to my blog?
@kenzlady
Louise Myers says
Hi kenzlady!
Yes, put a good description with keywords. I like to include the link to my post in the description too, plus hashtags – the keywords and hashtags are important for searches both on Pinterest and Google!
Best of luck!
Leanne Rain says
Some great tips here… Im on the first step of the ladder with pinterest, I do try to take really good images, edit them, give them good titles, but im lucky to get 7 visits from pinterest a week! where am I going wrong? Im known as: rainleanne please check out my boards and let me know if they is anything I can do to make it better. thank you
Louise Myers says
Hi Leanne,
I looked at your blog, and your images are really nice! From a visual standpoint, you might try 2 things:
More contrast (tho I love your soft color scheme, your images might stand out better with more contrast).
Use tall images, which are more visible in the news feed.
There are tons of other things as to timing, shared boards, networking etc that you might find in an ebook or course.
Your work looks great though!
Rebecca Lutz says
Wonderful ideas! I’m excited to try them out on my new blog and see how it grows traffic to my blog. Thank you Louise!
Louise Myers says
You’re welcome Rebecca! Thanks for visiting.
Lynne says
I am ready to promote my blog using pinterest. Beautiful pinterest boards that make your site stand out. Thanks for the beautiful pictures.
Louise Myers says
You bet Lynne – good luck with it!