Cynthia, your website looks fantastic! It looks great on my monitor and my phone (much better looking than my site – I’ve got some work to do).
Thank you so much for suggesting that I watermark the photos on my site. When the photos are shared or pinned, readers will know where they came from and, maybe, check out my site. Great advice!
Thanks so much Mitch! Please let me know if there is anything I can to to help you with your site. I’ll be sure to Pin your images and videos to my Nerds United group board and my Yes, I’m a geek board. http://pinterest.com/CynthiaPins/ Are you on Pinterest?
Thanks, Jim! I use a theme called iFeature 4. You can find it at http://cyberchimps.com/. It’s really easy to customize and move around in and the support forums are really active. Another thing I really like about it is how great it looks on mobile devices.
I used the free version for a long time and the paid one is a one time payment of $40. They are up to version 5 now but I haven’t made the upgrade yet.
Hi – I can not seem to find an answer to a very simple question – To be more searchable for the inspirational quote area should I put # before words such as # inspirational or #inspiration, #quote or just inspirational quotes, for example? I am starting a community group account – can the name of the Community group have a # before inspirational quotes to get more traffic? Does the # help? THanks!
Hi Judy, thank you for your question and congratulations on your Pinterest success!
From what I’ve seen and tried, #’s don’t seem to make much of a difference when it comes to board’s names. What seems to matter most to make the board more searchable, is that the board’s name and the words used in the description contain the keywords you want to be found for. For example, the name of the board should include ‘inspirational quotes’ and the same phrase repeated in the board’s description.
In Pinterest #’s are really powerful when you can create one that is unique and use it in a pin’s description and use it repeatedly. For example, in contests done on Pinterest there is often a requirement to include a unique hashtag in the entry pin’s description so the entries can be tracked.
The # is clickable within the pin’s description and when clicked, it pulls up the other pins that use the the same # in their description. If you could come up with one unique to your community and encourage the members to use it in their pin descriptions, that would probably be your best bet.
I hope this makes sense and if I can answer any other Pinterest questions, please, just ask.
Wow, Cynthia! I just set down, and while I was “Pinteresting” (aka surfing pinterest;-) I was listening to your podcast. What an amazing job you’re doing!
I was almost “dragged” to using pinterest (long story) back in April-May of last year. Back then I already had my blog but still barely used pinterest. But as I was getting more and more addicted to it I got to realize how much power it can have in attracting traffic to your site – even to a non-niche personal blog like mine. And then a few weeks ago I just set down, laid out a plan of how I’m going to use pinterest effectively for my blog and then went ahead and followed that plan for about four days and my traffic jumped within that week from a few hundred daily pageviews to about 2.5 – 4K (and keep growing)!!! And that’s given I’ve never made ANY promotion efforts outside of my blog before and that I ONLY pin posts from my blog, because I have a separate pinterest account that I set up for all of my personal random inspirations (I honestly thought people would start unfollowing me if I pin that to my “official” pinterest;-)! And then I thought “there must be people who are already teaching that!”. I remembered listening to Social Media Examiner podcast and you called with a question and I had that site name – Oh So Pinteresting – in my head ever since. I’m really glad there are people like you, Cynthia, that are talking about all the power that pinterest has. It’s a truly phenomenal tool, and I can see your site getting REALLY huge very soon;-)))
Maria.
Congratulations on your Pinterest success!!! Hearing about it is music to my ears.
It looks like your use of group board participation and your blog specific boards is a strategy that’s working rally well for you. I’d love to hear more about your blogging and pinning adventures. Your blog has such a unique look to it. I’d love to feature your story here.
Thank you for such a prompt and lovely reply, Cynthia! It would most certainly be my honor to be featured on your site (are you kidding me?!;-) Well, I’m not “professional” though and haven’t taken advantage of everything pinterest has to offer, but I’ll be happy to share a few things that I have implemented – both on my site as well as on pinterest (yes, group boards are a big part of it;-) that seem to have worked pretty well for me and I know they can work for your audience also.
Again, thank you so incredibly much, Cynthia!
I read your reply about your theme and that it comes from cyberchimps. I clicked the link in the comment but it states this site no longer exists or is moved. Is this correct? Love your theme and wanted to check into it. By the way, I got here through Google +. Somebody mentioned you are an expert on Pinterest and I have been reading some of your posts about it. You have a great website. Kudos!
Hi, thanks so much for coming by and asking. It looks like CyberChimps has made some changes recently and that may be why the link is broken. The theme I use is called iFeature.
Thanks for letting me know about the broken link, I’ll get that fixed.
Hi Cynthia, I just wanted to let you know I’ve been enjoying listening to your podcast, and I heard about it by listening to Leslie Samuel’s podcast episode when you were a guest of his. Great job and I wish you continued success! I’m soooo glad I discovered Pinterest and the other online resources I’ve come across lately, as I’m pumped to enter the online business field! Thanks again for all you do!
Wow, Jason I’m s flattered by your kind words, thank you! Leslie is an incredible person, he’s got some great tips about blogging. I was thrilled to be on his podcast.
Thank you for the “hangout” last night! I was so lucky to be able to ask questions, you are very generous!
I found out about you only recently, through Leslie Samuel. I’m learning to hone down on who I follow and take advice from, you and Leslie are gems. You truly care about your followers.
Lucy, you are very welcome! I had a great time and hope to do it again soon. Hopefully, I figure out the Hangout scheduling process before the next one
Leslie is awesome, I was lucky enough to meet up with him a couple of times and he’s just as great in person as he sounds on his podcast.
I really think you can have some great success with Pinterest please let me know if you have any questions along the way.
Cynthia, thanks for your wonderful response to my comment earlier. I thought I’d offer a suggestion for your site. You can install a plugin from WordPress that will allow your readers to be notified when a response to their comment has been posted. The one I use is called “Subscribe To Comments” by Mark Jaquith. This will increase the interaction from your readers. I had to actually bookmark the page this morning in order to return and read your comment. Had I not bookmarked it…perhaps I would have never returned…juts an idea! Your doing an excellent job with this site.
ohsopinteresting(at)gmail(dot)com
@OSPInteresting
facebook.com/ospinteresting
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Love this new page layout.
Thanks, Lollie!
Cynthia, your website looks fantastic! It looks great on my monitor and my phone (much better looking than my site – I’ve got some work to do).
Thank you so much for suggesting that I watermark the photos on my site. When the photos are shared or pinned, readers will know where they came from and, maybe, check out my site. Great advice!
Thanks so much Mitch! Please let me know if there is anything I can to to help you with your site. I’ll be sure to Pin your images and videos to my Nerds United group board and my Yes, I’m a geek board. http://pinterest.com/CynthiaPins/ Are you on Pinterest?
Love your site. Can I ask what theme you used? Or, who developed this? I heard about you from a member of my PodCastMasterMind…
Thanks
Jim
Thanks, Jim! I use a theme called iFeature 4. You can find it at http://cyberchimps.com/. It’s really easy to customize and move around in and the support forums are really active. Another thing I really like about it is how great it looks on mobile devices.
I used the free version for a long time and the paid one is a one time payment of $40. They are up to version 5 now but I haven’t made the upgrade yet.
Might I ask who told you about me?
Let me know if I can help
Cynthia
Hi – I can not seem to find an answer to a very simple question – To be more searchable for the inspirational quote area should I put # before words such as # inspirational or #inspiration, #quote or just inspirational quotes, for example? I am starting a community group account – can the name of the Community group have a # before inspirational quotes to get more traffic? Does the # help? THanks!
Hi Judy, thank you for your question and congratulations on your Pinterest success!
From what I’ve seen and tried, #’s don’t seem to make much of a difference when it comes to board’s names. What seems to matter most to make the board more searchable, is that the board’s name and the words used in the description contain the keywords you want to be found for. For example, the name of the board should include ‘inspirational quotes’ and the same phrase repeated in the board’s description.
In Pinterest #’s are really powerful when you can create one that is unique and use it in a pin’s description and use it repeatedly. For example, in contests done on Pinterest there is often a requirement to include a unique hashtag in the entry pin’s description so the entries can be tracked.
I wrote about a contest on the blog and I had to use this # to enter: #lionesquestyle. http://www.ohsopinteresting.com/lionesque-style-and-bazaart-pinterest-contest/
The # is clickable within the pin’s description and when clicked, it pulls up the other pins that use the the same # in their description. If you could come up with one unique to your community and encourage the members to use it in their pin descriptions, that would probably be your best bet.
I hope this makes sense and if I can answer any other Pinterest questions, please, just ask.
THanks so much – great answer and very helpful!
A nice platform to know about pinterest.all of your post is fantastic.Thank you to give us such a great site.
Thank you! Your kind words really mean a lot.
This page looks wonderful! Love it!
Thanks Karen!
Wow, Cynthia! I just set down, and while I was “Pinteresting” (aka surfing pinterest;-) I was listening to your podcast. What an amazing job you’re doing!
I was almost “dragged” to using pinterest (long story) back in April-May of last year. Back then I already had my blog but still barely used pinterest. But as I was getting more and more addicted to it I got to realize how much power it can have in attracting traffic to your site – even to a non-niche personal blog like mine. And then a few weeks ago I just set down, laid out a plan of how I’m going to use pinterest effectively for my blog and then went ahead and followed that plan for about four days and my traffic jumped within that week from a few hundred daily pageviews to about 2.5 – 4K (and keep growing)!!! And that’s given I’ve never made ANY promotion efforts outside of my blog before and that I ONLY pin posts from my blog, because I have a separate pinterest account that I set up for all of my personal random inspirations (I honestly thought people would start unfollowing me if I pin that to my “official” pinterest;-)! And then I thought “there must be people who are already teaching that!”. I remembered listening to Social Media Examiner podcast and you called with a question and I had that site name – Oh So Pinteresting – in my head ever since. I’m really glad there are people like you, Cynthia, that are talking about all the power that pinterest has. It’s a truly phenomenal tool, and I can see your site getting REALLY huge very soon;-)))
Maria.
Maria,
Congratulations on your Pinterest success!!! Hearing about it is music to my ears.
It looks like your use of group board participation and your blog specific boards is a strategy that’s working rally well for you. I’d love to hear more about your blogging and pinning adventures. Your blog has such a unique look to it. I’d love to feature your story here.
Let me know what you think.
Cynthia
Thank you for such a prompt and lovely reply, Cynthia! It would most certainly be my honor to be featured on your site (are you kidding me?!;-) Well, I’m not “professional” though and haven’t taken advantage of everything pinterest has to offer, but I’ll be happy to share a few things that I have implemented – both on my site as well as on pinterest (yes, group boards are a big part of it;-) that seem to have worked pretty well for me and I know they can work for your audience also.
Again, thank you so incredibly much, Cynthia!
Awesome, Maria! Send me an email at ohsopinteresting(at)gmail(dot)com and we can work out the details.
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Hi Cynthia,
I read your reply about your theme and that it comes from cyberchimps. I clicked the link in the comment but it states this site no longer exists or is moved. Is this correct? Love your theme and wanted to check into it. By the way, I got here through Google +. Somebody mentioned you are an expert on Pinterest and I have been reading some of your posts about it. You have a great website. Kudos!
Hi, thanks so much for coming by and asking. It looks like CyberChimps has made some changes recently and that may be why the link is broken. The theme I use is called iFeature.
Thanks for letting me know about the broken link, I’ll get that fixed.
You’re welcome!
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Finally we have a Pinterest expert who cares!
Please check your email Cyntia.
Hi Cynthia, I just wanted to let you know I’ve been enjoying listening to your podcast, and I heard about it by listening to Leslie Samuel’s podcast episode when you were a guest of his. Great job and I wish you continued success! I’m soooo glad I discovered Pinterest and the other online resources I’ve come across lately, as I’m pumped to enter the online business field! Thanks again for all you do!
Wow, Jason I’m s flattered by your kind words, thank you! Leslie is an incredible person, he’s got some great tips about blogging. I was thrilled to be on his podcast.
Congratulations on your launch!
Thank you for the “hangout” last night! I was so lucky to be able to ask questions, you are very generous!
I found out about you only recently, through Leslie Samuel. I’m learning to hone down on who I follow and take advice from, you and Leslie are gems. You truly care about your followers.
I’m lookig foward to learning more from you!
Thanks again,
Lucy Jennings
Lucy, you are very welcome! I had a great time and hope to do it again soon. Hopefully, I figure out the Hangout scheduling process before the next one
Leslie is awesome, I was lucky enough to meet up with him a couple of times and he’s just as great in person as he sounds on his podcast.
I really think you can have some great success with Pinterest please let me know if you have any questions along the way.
Cynthia, thanks for your wonderful response to my comment earlier. I thought I’d offer a suggestion for your site. You can install a plugin from WordPress that will allow your readers to be notified when a response to their comment has been posted. The one I use is called “Subscribe To Comments” by Mark Jaquith. This will increase the interaction from your readers. I had to actually bookmark the page this morning in order to return and read your comment. Had I not bookmarked it…perhaps I would have never returned…juts an idea! Your doing an excellent job with this site.
Jordy
Thanks Jordy, I thought that was a available feature of my theme. I will get that plugin installed soon!