Month: October 2013

Oh So Pinteresting

How’s your Pinterest Bounce Rate?

Believe it or not, some people complain about the traffic that comes to their site from Pinterest. They complain that it’s not the “right” kind of traffic because it has a high bounce rate when they look at their analytics.

Not sure what bounce rate is?

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Pinterest-ing Q and A for Online Marketing OSP Episode 037

Are you unsure if there’s a place for your business on Pinterest? Not sure how to get Pinterest followers or get traffic to your blog from Pinterest?

Recently, at FinCon 13, the financial bloggers conference, I was invited to present a session called “Ask Me Anything About Pinterest” This was a live Q&A session where audience members could ask me anything they wanted to know about Pinterest.

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How SparkPeople Gets HUGE Traffic From Pinterest OSP Episode 36

For some businesses, it makes perfect sense to include Pinterest in their social media marketing. Those in the fashion, beauty and DIY industries have proven to be some of the most popular on the site. Another popular niche on Pinterest is fitness. SparkPeople, a weight-loss and fitness site that provides free recipes, resources and support has built a very successful Pinterest account.

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Myth Busting Online Marketing

We’ve all fallen victim to common myths. Despite what you may have heard, a watermelon will not grow in your stomach if you swallow a seed,

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How to Repin on Pinterest Strategically

Do you have a strategy for repinning on Pinterest? No? You could be missing some key opportunities. It has been reported that up to 80% of the pins you see on Pinterest are repins. Given all of the beautiful images and useful information that can be found on Pinterest its easy to see why the percentage is so high.

For business owners, Pinterest recommends “Instead of just showing off your products, show what inspires them. Create boards for the ideas, places, people and moods behind your brand.” This can be accomplished through repinning and repinning can also have added business benefits.

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Canva – Your Key to Great Pin Design OSP Episode 034

Are you a graphic design master that can create amazing images to pin to Pinterest in the blink of an eye? No? Me neither but I have been introduced to a tool that can help.

Canva is a sleek and easy to use online graphic design platform that can help you create those eye catching images that we’re all after to use on our sites and to pin to Pinterest.

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