What is Pinterest?

What is Pinterest? A Virtual Pinboard. It let's users organize & share all the beautiful things they find on the web. Users can browse pinboards created by other people. It connects everyone in the world through the 'things' they find interesting. Pin Etiquette Credit Your Sources Avoid Self Promotion Tell Us How to Make Pinteres Better Be Nice Report Objectionable Content User Age - Age Groups 5% 0-17 45-54 2% 65 & over 18-24 5% 80% 55-64 35-44 25-34 20% User Gender Brief history of Pinterest 17M 10M Pinterest Ranked #9 in the U.S. on the Hitwise Social Networking, & Forums DEC 7.2M 1.2M 17 category while Google Plus ranked #10 launched The 24th most popular website in the US It has grown from 10 million total visits to 17 million since the start of 2012 Pinterest grew to 7.2 I Į2012- million from 1.2 million users in 4 months iPhone app available - Named to Time Magazine's Top 50 websites of 2011 -Won the Crunchie award for Best New Startup of 2011 (TechCrunch Awards) MAR MAY AUG DEC END 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 Pinterest Slang Pin it Pin Repin Board Pin it button An image added to Pinterest Sharing a Pin with the user's followers A set of pins usually organized by themes (Travel, Fashion, etc.) Grabs an image from a website and adds it to one of your "pinboards" Pinterest's Global Community Countries and Percentage of Pinterest Users CANADA 3.3% UK 2.9% NETHERLANDS 0.6% USA 68.6% SOUTH KOREA 0.6% GERMANY 1.7% FRANCE 1.1% JAPAN 2.4% SPAIN CHINA MEXICO 0.6% 0.9% 1.5% ITALY | 2.2% BRAZIL 1.0% AUSTRALIA 1.6% INDIA 2.0% SOUTH AFRICA 0.7% January 2012 Referral Traffic Referral Source and Percentage of Total Referral Traffic f GOOGLE 3.62% YOUTUBE 1.05% • GLE PLUS BEREDIT EACEBOOK 26.4% G n - TWITTER HNEDIN 3.61% • 8YFRACE ) STUMBLEUPON O 5.07% PINTEREST 3.6% Pinterest for Personal Enjoyment/Use Pintere utler How To Follow: Building a list of people to follow will impact what appears on your home- page, & linking to Facebook, you can see which friends are on this social network Invite Your Friends to Pinterest Add personal note (optionaly How To Get An Account: It is open to invited users only, but you can request an invite at www.pinterest.com Send Invites dmade MILLE e gu nt 1 Tweet Adding The Prices Or Comments: Browser Bookmark: Pinning images from retail sites can bookmark that image, so someone can find out more Adding the item's price in the description will automatically place a banner over the image Green Pink Reversbie Open Back Dress with by 2mamestees on Etsy. 35.00 search resi Pins · Boards People Use The Search Bar: Go One Step Deeper: Find new people to follow, & more ideas from digging one page deeper CLOTHES-BRT Searching something specific pulls up limitless ideas on the theme BIRTHERS L Me + Cont Working Together: A great way to plan something witha team of other people is to allow friends on Pinterest to contribute to one of your boards 1 Just Me Mary Add Don't Forget Videos: If a video link is pinned, Pinterest embeds that video inside the pin Design hold on-tave laweetpea oto music cures --late Board Instead Of Explaining: Paint a clearer picture of what you have in mind by creating a collection of images on your pinboard Be Careful: Each page of pins on Pinterest is designed to be seemingly never-ending of good ideas, & images Edit Driving Referral Traffic for Retail Brands Broaden Exposure On Pinterest By: Pinterest Unted tates Contact Shop Dwner Favorites Create Pinterest Account Cirdes: 19 Feedback 15, 100% pos. Username tem V Add tem to favorites See who favortes this tem Get Ou d Go Pa Email Tweet e u sand Password 297 views Setting up several pinboards by categorical interests Setting up an account to upload product photos by embedding the"Pin it" button next to products in the online catalogs Creating an account on Pinterest Sources: http://castleford.com.au/blog/2012/pinterest-grabs-interest-of-users-across-the-globe http://buzzworthysocialmedia.com/2012/02/01/pinterest-how-its-driving-referral-traffic-for-brands/ http://www.appappeal.com/maps/pinterest/ http://planningaholicwordpress.com/tag/pinterest-statistics/ http://blogshareaholiccom/2012/01/pinterest-referral-traffic/ http://www.timetoembark.com/blog/pinterest-statistics/ http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-01-17/how-to-pinterest-mark-smith/52615856/1 nfographic LABS %0% 7% 25% %0%