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Guest Expert Melanie Duncan Talks Pinterest (16 posts)

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Rich Brooks said
8 months ago:
You asked for it! A Pinterest expert!
@melanieduncan is passionate about online business, and shares her knowledge at Entrepreneuress Academy.
She uses Pinterest to help promote her business, and has written posts here at SME about Pinterest, as well as putting on webinars and being a go-to Pinterest expert for Amy Porterfield.
So, welcome Melanie! And for everyone else…ask away!
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Joan Crocker said
8 months ago:
Hi Melanie,
What’s the best way to incorporate pinnable images onto your site if you are in the service business and not a product biz?
- Joan
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Dea Irby said
8 months ago:
Welcome, Melanie,Is there ANY business that would not benefit from using Pinterest? If so, what and why?Dea:)
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Amy Hall, Virtual Assistant for WordPress and MailChimp Help said
8 months ago:
Hi Melanie,I’m a virtual assistant. How can I use Pinterest in my business? Thanks in advance for your help.
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Diane Bianchi said
8 months ago:
I have a similar question to @joancrocker. I am a small business consultant and would like some ideas on how I can promote this business on Pinterest.
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melanieduncan said
8 months ago:
@joancrocker try featuring pinnable videos that are hosted on YouTube or Vimeo to provide positioning and relationship building for your services.
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melanieduncan said
8 months ago:
Great question @dea irby. I haven’t come across any, but those who have a female audience are at a tremendous advantage.
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Claudia Poeckl said
8 months ago:
Melanie, is it possible to create an account for a business with multiple administrators? If so, how to go about this?
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Preston Odenbrett said
8 months ago:
@melanieduncan - Welcome- Does it work for B2B business services? I have posted both personal and business pictures, some to evoke emotion, but it seems like I don’t have too many followers? I follow people that are in the same industry, some follow back others don’t. I heard you can put keyword in your description and when commenting on your own photo’s or videos you can put hastag so that the search will find it? I am still learning about this and how it can help bring in awareness to what I do.
Thanks
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melanieduncan said
8 months ago:
@claudiapoeckl You can add contributors to any board you please, but the account can only be listed to one person.
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melanieduncan said
8 months ago:
@prestonodenbrett Absolutely! I would recommend engaging with your current audience and letting them know why they should follow you on Pinterest. Email them, put a post on your Facebook page and then let your growth stem organically from there.
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melanieduncan said
8 months ago:
@amyhallbiz Go through my training course and then offer your “Pinterest marketing trained” services to your clients.
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Hilda Alanis said
8 months ago:
Hi Melanie, is it possible to know how far your pin has gone, that means how many repins from the direct repins and how many likes on the repins your pin has gotten? Also, what is a good number of pins that you recommend on a board?, is it better to have several medium size boards than a big one?…… Thanks!!!
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Ann at greenoak said
8 months ago:
hi melanie….so glad to hear from you on pinterest….im in the best category …women and their homes, and a heavy pinner with about 2000 followers … .#1 question…. how commercial should i get?   i hesitate to use hash tags and too many   prices….many of my   facebook fans   follow me on there…..im broad and general in my field with lotsof pins around our   main interests…… and put   our website on   OUR pictures……
my # 2 question…whats going on on pinreach?    it doesnt seem to be working anymore….
#3 question….i joined under my name…thru my facebook i think……and   not the store…. any   problems on this?
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Preston Odenbrett said
8 months ago:
Good, point- never thought of doing that was looking for new people, but I guess I should go to my network already.. duh…
@melanieduncan
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Amanda Marks said
8 months ago:
Melanie, do you have any stats on Pinterest Contest results as far as garnering new followers, number of entrants, etc for smaller businesses? I’m seeing a lot of large corporation Pinterest numbers but wondering about small business or regional businesses success stories.
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