Pinterest is hailed as the next big thing after Facebook and if this is the case, then you should do the best you can for being one of the pioneer online companies to become on Pinterest.
With this social networking site, it is important to understand that you can sink or swim with your photos. No matter how wonderfully worded your descriptions are, they will do no good if your photos are not worth repinning or if they are not eligible for a single type. To ensure that your images are optimized for sharing and for search engine marketing, then you may want the following tips.
PIN original photos as much as you can.
With the photos you took yourself, you will have to choose where to bind. Obviously, it is better to link it to your blog or your Web site, as this will increase your chances to promote your products or services. Original photos are also better than Repin because they have an increased likelihood of going viral so.
Don't forget keywords.
The question of keywords and they should also be used prominently as possible but without being too obvious on your main on search engine marketing. Here are several ideal locations for you to use your keywords in.
• Replace the generic filenames with names focused on the keyword, for example, IMG0014 to lemon_meringue.jpg
• Include keywords in the first and the last sentence of the description of your pin code
• Include at least one keyword in the comments you post on pins
• Include a keyword parent in the title or the name of your Favorites
Pay attention to the size of your photos.
More often than not, Internet users don’t really care about images that take too long to load – especially when they are accessing Pinterest using a mobile device. They don’t care much either for photos, which require them to scroll down, down, down to see it in its full size. Remember: they need to scroll back up just to repin or like your photo, and not all of them will have the time or interest to do so.
Images are not always photos.
At the end of the day, Pinterest is all about images – and these refer to not only the photos or pictures that you have taken with a camera. It can also be an artwork you’ve created with basic Microsoft Paint or Adobe Photoshop. It can be a full-fledged poster, a visual strategy – anything that can be saved as an image can still be pinned to Pinterest.
In fact, if you are targeting markets that aren’t exactly enamored by reading (such as teenagers currently busy with prom preparations) then you would have better chances of capturing their attention with images that serve as summarized versions of your articles. But of course, with such images you should also provide a link to the actual full-length text. If they like your image enough, they’ll probably be willing to give its accompanying article or blog post a fair shot.
Always begin and end your PIN description with one-liners.
Of course, those procedures must include your targeted keywords. Pinterest to give you 500 characters to describe your PIN and Repin Pinterest users will want to use some of your photos. In order to ensure that they are not completely erase everything you've written, they leave, they will find it difficult to resist sharing with others quip.
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