When it comes to getting started on Pinterest, people tend to fall into one of these three categories: 1. I’ve heard of Pinterest, don’t know what it is, and would like to learn more… 2. I understand what Pinterest is, but don’t know how to get started… 3. I joined Pinterest because someone told me [...]
What’s in this episode? 26 minutes of social media awesome! Special guest this week: Tamsin Fox-Davies, senior development manager at Constant Contact U.K. 1. This week’s topic: How social media use differs in the U.K. vs. the U.S. / We answer your Pinterest questions 2. Questions/topics we discuss: Who is using social media in the [...]
Do you have questions about Pinterest? It seems like a lot of people do these days. In a recent poll on our Facebook Page we asked: Which social media platform would you like to know more about for your business? The answer—Pinterest. In fact, 43% of the votes came from customers with burning questions about [...]
Let’s be honest, LinkedIn isn’t the most exciting looking social network. If LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter all lived on the same street – we all know who would be the favorite to win an extreme home makeover. But that’s all about to change … and with a new redesign you could start rethinking how you [...]
In this interview, I talk with Keren Lerner, owner of Top Left Design, about Pinterest, and how you can use the growing network to promote your small business. Things we discuss: What is Pinterest? How would you use Pinterest to market your small business? What’s the worst example of Pinterest marketing? What’s a really great [...]
What a difference a year makes! According to Kate Swanson, customer relations manager of Art Impressions Inc., 2011 was a lackluster year of marketing for the family-owned company that has been designing, manufacturing, and selling handcrafted rubber stamps to craft stores and individuals for the past 25 years. “We were one of the businesses that [...]
Having trouble turning all that social media activity into more sales? Then maybe Pinterest can help. A new study found that Pinterest users are more likely to buy than their social peers on Facebook and Twitter and they’re spending twice as much. Plus, Facebook is trying to give you a reason to smile … and [...]
Pinterest is the newest site in the growing army of social networks – in fact, it’s the third most popular network, behind the old-timers (i.e. created before 2010), Facebook and Twitter. Of course, knowing that doesn’t really help anyone looking for more information about how to use this place of personal pinning. That’s why we [...]
$38. That’s the price that Facebook has set for each of the 421,233,615 shares it plans to sell as part of the company’s initial public offering today. Normally, we would have teased the number in the intro, but after a rollercoaster four months of hype and speculation, we thought you had suffered through enough. But [...]
Despite Pinterest’s rapid great success over the last few months, there are still many people and businesses that don’t know what it is or what it can do for them. As the site gains even more momentum, there are a lot of benefits to getting on the bandwagon early. Here’s a breakdown of Pinterest for [...]