today i had a customer in…shes a  decorator and party planner…she    loves pinterest and has  used  it    with a  couple of  big weddings…. she said  she  would make a pinterest  board  for  the  event  then  she and the  bride would  pin  pictures and ideas   they liked and work out the ideas  using  the  pinterest  board  as  a   major part of the  process.. …she  really likes it..

.also  she was like me and liked  how  easy it was to organize  your pictures  compared to the old  ways  with files…

@alexandrabriggs  thanks  …i  get his page  all the time.. that was a good link..

girls just want to have fun…thats how i look at it…. @jasonwiser lol…its  the millions of users that has  the  big  guys  so interested…

.how about searching out  and  seeeing if anyone in your  field is   piling up   followers AND  MAINLY getting  repinned……. it  really might not  be  for everybody…the parts i see are  very   visual, and  arty and  women babies fashion and  food…i wouldnt  go there for serious  info on  tekk or web  stuff.i would  come here  or  go to one of  the  great  blogs out there…..but maybe  some would.

@amyhallbiz  im  promoting   the store on pinterest…and  getting lots of hits to my website.its a  big  tool…im a retail store…..  and its part of the culture of my  customers….

so far i dont worry about the image issues…. its  so  rampant  i figure   if its a problem  pinterest  better telll  someone….  i do  dislike how  grey the promoting part is….pinterest says no   but they have a gift section   for things with  prices, big  brands   use it, and  pinterest   had a webinar  on how to sell on there within  their  rules…with a wink…so  i dont know  what they are really saying….

i dont put prices on my  items   but mainly   because i  thnk its against the  pinterest   mood and  atmosphere…. they can get to me easily if they  want to….

if  you are  serving   customers within the  big  pinterest  categories[women,shoppping,decorating,weddings  ,babies,food, art, diy,fashion,} etc etc  i think you   will  be missing  something huge  for them if  you dont  get  them involved…. its a  big   plus  for  our store and i can say for sure on   the minds of  my  customers, women…

just  guessing  but i doubt if  social media  businesses  will have big   success  being on pinterest…but that  doesnt mean  you   shouldnt   send  your  fashion boutique  owner customers to it….i go to  pinterest    for  eyecandy not   tekk info…i come here and other laces   for that….

@jasonwiser .lol….  pinterest is obvious  for my business…right…thats why  im so happy with it…

i do follow a couple of  guys….  one  builds  great  junk   chandeliers   the other   likes  tatoos and   is a great  photographer….

can you  explain the   copyright concerns?  is it about  people   claiming   work that isnt theirs…or  just  republishing  work?  seems like the latter  is happening all ofver the internet all the time…from utube jokes to   cute pictures… to etsy pictures…..

@jasonwiser thats  how i fee l too.and i  dont repin   with my   url…

..the issue  seems to  be  buzzing  around some right now….i would like to see s ome real  examples ….

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On Pinterest – Like it fine.  Do have new requests often (but don’t know exactly why) and repins too. 

I don’t spend time there as yet, just a few times. But I can see how it flows and how someone with big plans (wedding, baby, anniversary) might find ideas and what they need there. 

Photographers, artists and the like will have a great time and heyday at Pinterest.

I’m having a harder time seeing the benefit for my business but love perusing the boards of other people. SO, can see the benefit for them. I pinned the three clubs here on my hangout board too. 

I have to spend more time and catch on a little better. Heh.

its not  clear at all to me…i have  pinned   over  1500 items…