A Free Pinterest Scheduler

Wouldn’t it be great if you could schedule your pins in advance and not have to pay for Tailwind or another Pinterest scheduler? Now you can with the free Pinterest scheduler and you can find it right inside your Pinterest account.

The biggest thing I see people struggling with (when it comes to their Pinterest marketing) is they’re not staying consistent. They’re not pinning consistently because they don’t have an easy plan to follow and let’s face it… sometimes, life happens. 

A lot of people don’t want to pay for Tailwind or another Pinterest scheduler and I don’t blame you. I use Tailwind in addition to my manual pinning routine. but I personally like to upload my new pins directly to Pinterest first (for the following two reasons). 

1. For Pinterest SEO – I’m able to choose my own title so I can add my targeted keywords (Tailwind would automatically pull the post title).
2. For brownie points – I like to think that Pinterest rewards me for logging in and using their platform.

I mean why else would Pinterest introduce their own native scheduler? Content creators have been asking for this feature for years and although it lacks certain “bells and whistles” it’s still a great alternative for those starting out on Pinterest or those that want to continue with manual pinning but need a little help staying consistent.

Features of the Pinterest scheduler:  

• Schedule up to 30 pins (can only schedule one pin at a time)
• Schedule pins up to 2 weeks in advance

Cons of the Pinterest scheduler:

• You can only pin one pin to one board at a time. And you can not send the same pin to multiple boards like on Tailwind.
• You can’t schedule your pins the same day. Your scheduled time must be at least 24 hours later than when you’re scheduling from.

How to schedule a pin inside Pinterest:

1. Go to your profile and tap the + on the top navigation bar (in desktop)

2. Select the pin image for your pin and add the destination URL

3. Select the board you would like to pin to

4. Add your keyword-rich title, description, and edit your Pin as you normally would

5. Select Publish at a later date and choose the day and time for the pin to be pinned to your board

Your scheduled pins will show up under a tab in your profile called “scheduled pins.” You will still be able to edit these pins and/or delete them before they are published. This can make our lives just a little bit easier by saving us our precious time. And as a single mom of three busy kids, I need all the extra time I can get. 

Since Pinterest is favoring new or “fresh” pins you could create a bunch of new pins and upload them into the Pinterest scheduler all at once. You could have ONE new pin go out every day over the next 2 weeks. I guarantee you’ll see an increase in traffic to your site if you start implementing this. You could see even more growth if you saved 2 new pins every day.

Batch Your Pin Images

So you could batch once a week on a Sunday evening. Sit down for an hour and create 7-14 pins for the week (or two weeks). Set up a Trello board or Airtable spreadsheet to help you gather all the info you need in one convenient place. That way you can open a bunch of tabs and just copy and paste the info over into the Pinterest scheduler.

Auto publish pins from your RSS feed 

I don’t really see a huge need for this feature and the fact that it takes 24-hours to publish is a little annoying. But if you want to hook it up, here’s what Pinterest says about it on the Pinterest business website:

“Connect RSS feeds to your Pinterest business account and automatically create Pins from the content on your website. When you update your RSS feed, your content will be added to your boards as Pins within 24 hours. You can add as many RSS feeds as you want, as long as they match your claimed website. Each feed can publish Pins to a different board. If you don’t see the option to connect your RSS feed, stay tuned! This feature will be available to more business accounts soon.”

If you want to see if you have this feature available on your account, go to your settings and look for “Auto-Publish” under your claimed account. You’ll then see the option “Connect RSS feed” 

There you have it, two new ways to schedule your pins on Pinterest. I’d love to hear what you think of this new ability to schedule your pins on Pinterest. Have you taken advantage of it yet?