Businesses and individuals are excited about the open playing field that blogs and Pinterest provide. Marketing trends on social media suggest that it is a vital traffic generation method for corporations large and small.
Why not trade here? This social media giant is more established in the eyes of the big search engines. If you have a blog; Read on to find out why you should consider promoting your business on this pinning phenomenon.
Why market on Pinterest?
Not only is this visually inclined social network growing daily, its membership has skyrocketed to 20,000 users. This achievement allows them to claim one of the top 3 social networking sites globally. Users spend an average of 15 minutes a day browsing. Credit: copyblogger[dot]com
Is Pinterest good for marketing?
So what does this mean for you? Well, Pinterest is an online bulletin board for people and businesses to post photos, videos, blog posts, contests, infographics, and more! This is gold, if you don’t have a million dollar marketing budget.
Because with Pinterest you can leverage its popularity to drive referral traffic directly to your website, blog, YouTube channel, or ezine article.
Why are you pinning on Pinterest?
Don’t be fooled by the silly task of fixing photos and videos. A picture is worth more than a million words and videos usually last forever. In 2012 alone, Pinterest recorded generating more traffic than LinkedIn, Google+, Reddit, and YouTube. set!
Lately, I have been observing the industry leaders who generate all their wealth through business models and systems; Master this marketing beast known as Pinterest. So, I decided to take a closer look. First of all, due to popularity, here are 3 reasons why you should syndicate your blog with Pinterest.
3 Reasons Savvy Marketers Love Pinning Pinterest?
- High page rank and domain authority (SEO nerds)
- Zero stress registration process, minimal promotion restrictions
- Users buy more than any other digital channel (FB incl.)
So, do you think pinning is vital for bloggers?
The blogging niche is huge. In fact, it is a super niche! Bloggers rely heavily on generating traffic for their content. Then, monetize that traffic with services, products, or both. Organic search traffic is your main source of traffic, if you are not aware of how powerful social media can be.
Most bloggers have a basic understanding of how SEO works. On page, off page and the importance of back links. With the new updates from Google like Panda and Hummingbird; What was taught in the SEO world just 1 year ago is completely out of date.
Let me tell you my story. Before the last Google update, I lost 90% of all my traffic. Which came mainly from Google search. With my traffic disappearing, my income dropped instantly!
My income went down because I depend on traffic like any other business. Once I earn income from this traffic, I use little known psychology to convert my traffic into leads or leads.
Next, I have a series of automated upsells. So, due to the disappearance of the traffic, I had to adapt. So I started marketing my business on ‘Pinterest’ and other social bookmarking networks to serve as a level 1 site. I will explain more about levels later to create secure Google backlinks without penalty flags.
For now, I want you to understand that in Google’s eyes, Pinterest is gold. Want my formula for instant search engine rankings?
You sure do! Take something to write: after posting new content on your personal blog, EzineArticles or any site that makes you money. By the way, SEO experts refer to this as the (Money Site).
How to use Pinterest for business marketing Vol 1:
Power Pinning for Non-SEO Geeks!
So immediately after posting your article, you will use social networks to syndicate and start creating backlinks. This social media layer will be your level 1 site. It serves as an intermediate link building site. If I don’t have the main social networks listed in my author account. Google it!
Semi-automated marketing software and tools
Take those top sites and register full profiles with your bio and image. N’oubliez pas Pinterest. After posting your blog post. Use simple software like onlywire or hootsuite to blast simultaneously. You can also go to fiverr[dot]com and search social bookmarking to find someone who will do it for $ 5.
Now that you know how to start building a social media backlink profile. Wait until I tell you what you can do on the second and third level links to shoot your blog posts to the moon!
Pinterest Marketing Just without the knowledge of backlinks, you can drive more traffic and sales based on the market research I conducted on Quancast[dot]com. Which is a site where you can get demographic data, which is vital for targeted marketing.
In conclusion, Pinterest Marketing it is more complex and powerful than you think. Add me to EzineArticles to be the first to know when I publish the second volume of How to use Pinterest as a marketing tool!