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Does anyone watch videos on Pintrest? (12 posts)

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Jason Wiser said
1 year ago:
Seems like the video feature never gets repinned. I think this is not the place for videos. What are your thoughts? Have you gotten good results from pinning videos?
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Dea Irby said
1 year ago:
I didn’t even know that you could watch video on Pinterest???? @jasonwiser
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Hilda Alanis said
1 year ago:
I put my videos, I have the same in two versions, with English music (the old classic Coca Cola song of the 75′s), and other with a song in Spanish, and just the English version was repinned. If you already have the videos, then use them, but don’t make extra work to do something special for your Pinterest account, probably they are still not very popular.
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Ann at greenoak said
1 year ago:
no, but im a lot better with reading than watching a video….im on opinterest a lot and havent noticed hardly any in my areas……
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Rich Brooks said
1 year ago:
@jasonwiser
In your opinion, is that the most important metric, the repin? Or is it traffic? Or something else?
I’m not being facetious, I am just trying to understand how you use it for your business.
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Ann at greenoak said
1 year ago:
you dont really know about traffic…. if someone looks and does nothing you dont know….as far as i understand….pinreach says they count who pins you way more than how many you pin….. when they rate you….
@rich-brooks im also trying to figure out the best ways to use this platform…
my customers aae loving it and going crazy on pinterest, thats general but a big reason for me…and so many connect with me on there….i have a big following but not quite sure what to do with it…
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Jason Wiser said
1 year ago:
Actually @rich-brooks , I refuse to use Videos on Pintrest. I think what makes Pintrest so unique is the “Sears Catalog” look. If I want Videos I go to youtube, where they belong. I think videos will cheapen Pintrest and it is a poor choice to allow them.
So my question was more about what others think about them? and wanting to know if any of you watch them, re-pin them, or engage with them? I think Pintrest will soon see that the trade off of allowing them and the amount of interaction does not warrant having them clutter up the site.
Repin is very important, but comments and likes drive it to the front page. And front page means people see the pin and click the link to your site. Repins work only if they preserve your URL information, either watermarked in the pic, or on the description. Quick tip, kind of like LinkedIn and Youtube (even more than the other Networks), the more people you are connected with the more walls you will appear on, the better chance you have of being discovered and having someone like your pin and find your link. Because hey, to a marketer, its all about getting people to my clients website.
Be sure to monitor your Google analytic’s, and watch which pins are driving traffic. @annfurnivall
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Ann at greenoak said
1 year ago:
@jasonwiser i feel the same way on the videos…and also on lots of the information pins….
… i aim for spreading   thru   my followers , kindred spirits, and reaching their followers, instead of aiming for the front page….when i look at the front page it seems not quite my   target audience…. more younger and single,with tons of clothes and make up…. im more about homes and gardens and   family people..
.with millions on there already i think hitting the f ront page would be pretty tough….
have you looked at pinreach? its pretty neat..i get   enough info there for now…
btw…love your attitude on accepting friends…if i sold online i would  probably be that way too…. im sending a favorite church worker your way….
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Jason Wiser said
1 year ago:
@annfurnivall Thanks Ann, this is such a pleasant way to start my day! Particularly in light of a previous discussion where we were dramatically polarized. I have a lot of respect for you Ann and wish you all the best! Blessings…
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Ann at greenoak said
1 year ago:
ditto jason….we are probably kind of polarized on some topics….. lol…
i think you have a good niche and hope you do great….my dil does lots of media work for her church and the elders had little idea about the world of social media and connecting by computer…which their young members were all ready for…….so hopefully you are filling a big need out there…
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Jason Wiser said
1 year ago:
@annfurnivall thanks Ann
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Daniel McKean said
1 year ago:
@jasonwiser Pinterest should be viewed as a unique community and opportunity to share an assortment of visual content. Whether videos are part of that mix and whether videos will be accepted on the platform will ultimately be determined by the individual host community. As a video host destination, Pinterest isn’t architected to compete against video networks such as YouTube. But I can see how videos could fit into the overall theme of sharing a Brand’s visual content via Pinterest as another outlet and opportunity to reach a different set of unique community members.
In the end, it’s about stimulating engagement. Time will tell if video can be an engagement mechanism on Pinterest.
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