If you are not on Pinterest, you need to get there… now!

Unlike Twitter or Facebook, having a lot of Pinterest followers isn’t really necessary for getting some exposure. And at present, the links are do-follow.

But there are plenty of good reasons to get there and start pinning.

  • When creating your boards create some that are keyword rich and some that are fun.
  • Pin some of your own content that has great images
  • Pin other peoples content with great images
  • Describe your boards… you have up to 500 characters.
  • Describe accurately and not keyword stuff
  • “Like” other peoples pins if they are interesting but not your topics
  • Comment on other peoples pins
  • Make sure your comment is something other than nice pin
  • Follow boards that interest you as a person
  • Follow boards that interest you as a business person
  • Follow a funny board
  • Find your Facebook Friends on Pinterest
  • Invite your Facebook friends to join you on Pinterest
  • Unfollow boards that don’t interest you
  • Create a hacked up board used PicSlice
  • Share other peoples pins… like the Pin via Facebook
  • Check out what videos are being pinned
  • Re-pin some of the those videos to your boards
  • Install a WordPress plugin for Pinterest
  • Add your boards to your blog
  • Remember there is an etiquette to Pinterest
  • Be respectful of that etiquette
  • Add a board for your books, ebooks and books you adore
  • Tweet your pins
  • Don’t tweet every pin
  • Thank people for re-pinning… it starts a conversation
  • Re-pin your clients
  • Re-pin your friends
  • Re-pin really good things
  • Tell people what you like about the things you have pinned
  • Fill in the descriptions on your pins
  • Have themed boards
  • Plan something using a board… an event, a holiday, a wedding
  • Collaborate on a board
  • Invite others to pin on a similar topic to build a great resource
  • “Like” boards
  • Add $ to your description and make your pin a gift
  • See what pins are getting re-pinned the most
  • Write a blog post and embed your pin images into it
  • Add the Pin bookmarklet to your browser
  • Add the Pinterest app to your iPhone
  • Talk back to people when they interact with you
  • Help others use Pinterest