Are you looking to grow your blog traffic with Pinterest? In this article, I reveal the best Pinterest strategies that will explode your click-throughs and increase traffic to your blog.
When I first learned the power of Pinterest I was hooked. I mean there is no other platform where your content lives forever.
But in order to be successful on Pinterest (and turn it into a traffic driving machine), there are a few strategies that you need to implement so you can grow your followers, repins, and traffic quickly and easily.
I have been testing these Pinterest strategies for about a year now. Ā I know what works, what doesn’t, and what is a waste of your time.
Today, I’m going to show you a couple of different strategies that I have used to grow my business with Pinterest.
I recommend that you implement them all or you can choose to do just a few and see what works best for you.
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1 // Use Keywords
Why should you care about optimizing your pins for Pinterest? Well, Pinterest is a search and discovery tool, not a social network. Without keywords in place then you won’t show up in the search, plain and simple.
I guarantee you that there are thousandsĀ of people searching for what you have toĀ offer and you absolutely need to get your pins in front of them.
Doing this one simple thing can drive tons of targeted traffic to your site every. single. day.
- Research targeted keywords and find out what people are actually searching for on Pinterest.
- Place these keywords in your pins description, board description, and profile.
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2 // Diversify Your Boards
Having multiple places on your own account to save your pin to will ensure your pin reaches the most amount of people.
The key to gaining leverage when saving to multiple boards is having a strategy.
- Pin Daily – Your pins PLUS other pins that have a high repin rate on your boards
- Repin other people’s pins frequently to help maintain a high-ranking board
- The more times you can pin in a day the better. Spread them out and always sandwich in other pins.
3 // Pin Daily
Do you ever notice that when you pin something Pinterest will recommend a board or pin you might like as well?
Pinterest is constantly rewarding active pinners by recommending their pins and boards to other interested users.
The more active you are the better but we both know there are only so many hours in the day. So, how can you maintain an active presence on Pinterest without the daily pinning chore?
You automate it!
The only automation software I recommend is Tailwind. I use and LOVE Tailwind for all of its amazing features.
Just look at what you can do…
- The looping feature – it repins your older pins from a specific board! Set it and forget it!
- Schedule pin while on vacationĀ – automatically pin and keep traffic coming while you’re away.
- Analytics – Tailwind gives you some great insight into the performance of your pins.
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Thanks for the tips! I am currently working on growing my Pinterest audience. It was intimidating at first but this post definitely makes it more simple.
You’re welcome, I’m so glad you found it useful!
This week I decided to focus on Pinterest. Thanks for the tips.
Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed the post Mary!
Awesome post! I have actually had a lot of luck with Pingroupie.
Thanks Emma! That’s great that you’ve had luck with Pingroupie.com. I know a lot of people that have so that is why I always list it as a resource.
I think my niche is generally hard to find group boards in because there is no blogger category on Pinterest.
Thanks! I had no idea that I could use pinterest for business in this way.
Thank you so much for these tips! I’m just starting up my blog and having to learn a lot on the technology end. (I’m a little behind most) I would LOVE any tips and info to help kick start my blogging journey and get the most out of the social media end of it!
Hi LeeAnn! I’m so glad you found these tips useful. Wishing you much success on your blogging journey.
Hi Kyla,
Can you help me understand, how can I research targeted/ popular keywords. I seem to struggle a lot with keywords. It’s hard to find out what’s popular on pinterest now after the got rid of chronological feed and introduced this smart feed.
Thanks!
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Hi Kay! I’m so sorry it took me so long to respond to your comment, for some reason I missed it. You can use the Pinterest search to research your keywords or you can use a tool like pinterest keyword tool to see what’s popular. Hope this helps!
amazing article, I was facing the issue too, wasn’t getting much engagement on Pinterest!
thanks for sharing article
Thanks for posting this! I’ve been struggling with gathering a Pinterest following, despite posting every day and a couple other things you mentioned. I definitely struggle with keywords, though, so that’s something to look into. You’re also the second person I’ve come across to mention Board Booster, so I’ll be checking that out tomorrow! Thanks again xx
Great tips! I love joining group boards on Pinterest, especially ones with lots of contributors/followers! I’m obsessed with tailwind for scheduling my pins but I may try out boardbooster now as well! Thanks for the article š
Thanks Kyla! this is very helpful article for beginners like me š
Nice article with lots of good information.
Amazing article! Thanks for sharing the tips.
Great, while am about to launch my blog. Just brushing up my Pinterest skills by reviewing what Kyla has to say about it. Awesome work there!
Thanks for these tips. I have been trying to get more page views from Pinterest so I will implement these. https://kaynuli.com/things-to-do-with-your-boyfriend/
Thanks for this great information. I am a new blogger and this is very helpful
Thanks for the insightful tips! I actually applied these tips to my Pinterest account and the outbound clicks to my site – https://afrochicbeauty.com/ – exploded.