OK, so I’m finally taking Pinterest seriously. 

I’ve got a Pinterest account set up for my new venture, The Marketing Agents.

I added a pinterest share button at the top of my blog posts. I made sure I have at least one REALLY pinnable image on each post.

I did find a place where I could see who had pinned my stuff, but now I can’t seem to find that page again. I thought I might start following, repinning and liking their pins. How do I find it again?

I know I need to have pins that aren’t from my biz. That’s what I’m going to work on later today.

What else can I be doing? What’s the etiquette when you see someone has pinned your stuff?

HI  @rich-brooks

I don’t know if this will be any help as it is not detailed and you have probably already viewed it but — Pinterest Etiquette
To see who has pinned you use this —   http://pinterest.com/source/YourWebsite.com/
And finally, Mashable had this one that I found to be very informative —How to Track Your Website’s Content on Pinterest

Hope this helps.

Eileen

@rich-brooks, I too have been trying to work on the etiquette end of Pinterest.  I have three Pinterest pages – two formal business pages (one for my antiques biz, one for the jewelry side) and one personal page. 

I’m still getting my antiques page set up and migrated from what was originally set up as a personal page, and am working toward having my business pages focus on the things I sell or related subjects; my personal page reflects more about me, my personal interests, etc.

What I’ve been doing with the jewelry page (and intend to do with the other business page, once I get it more together) is:  Anytime someone follows my page or a board, or likes or repins one of my pins, I go to their page in search of their jewelry- or fashion-related board and browse there.  Once I find something that is eye-catching, I will repin one of their pins to either my “For the love of old jewels” or one of the fashion-related boards.  So far, I’ve been able to find something that fits in.  This way, I can sorta keep track of who’s given us a little bit of love, and let them know that I noticed. 

I’ve also, on a couple of occasions, added a “Thanks!”-type comment to an item that was pinned on someone else’s board.  In one instance, the person apparently removed the comment; guess it felt a bit too much like a peeping tom or something. 

One of my followers has a board devoted to their favorite pinners.  I thought that was a cool idea, but … well, I’m afraid I’d look too much like a copycat if I were to do the same. 

…. 1.rich,  you  can  check this  way…..if  someone has repinned  something from  you  their name  should appear   under the pinned  picture    on  your  board…..

. i never   thank anyone for  pinning  my stuff….no one has ever   thanked me for  pinning their stuff….i dont see that  done in my part of the pinterest world…it  doesnt  seem  to  be a place where people  post  to  each other on the  boards….

2.or  you  can  check this way…..when i  get on pinterest  i  can   hit the pinterest logo at the  top and a new  page appears showing  pins  from  who i follow….  …also   a  list appears on the left hand side  where i can see  the most  recent people  who have  pinned   my  stuff..or  are  following one of  my  boards…… i  think hitting  the logo  at the  top  will get  you to the right page…

to me  nothing is  absurd  including  turquoise boards!!!  that  color is huge and ilmportant  to many…lol ….as are  high heels, kittens,  tatoos, fonts, cupcakes   etc etc etc….   pinterest is pretty  freewheeling where you  can do  your own thing…

.i  feel like my  boards are  half and half ….personal and   business…and i  do like it together…..but  i do refrain  from   putting  a bunch of   extreme  stuff on  …like my  view of the tea party  other  political  stuff…. but my  customers who  follow my  boards    see a lot of  my  views of the world…its  not all business….  they can pick and choose which  boards to follow..they  probably  mostly pick  my  recycling  boards and   ignore my  favorite   men  boards…

i put some hash tags and prices on  a few months ago and got  nothing..it  just  felt   commercial  to me   even tho i tried it……  but i  get  good  feedback   in the store all the time  from  my  boards….

Good stuff here, Just wanted to add that I found pingraphy.com a few months ago and that has been a real time saver for me, spreading out pins through out the week. 

Don’t overload someones board that is following you

Later,Karl S

@rich-brooks

I’m glad you started this thread, Rich. I know I should be doing more on Pinterest than I am, but I hoping to apply myself a little more over the next few months.

One of things that has helped me is my wife is a Pinterest Queen. Although she doesn’t get directly involved in anything on my side of the business, when she lets me know when she thinks I might find something pinteresting as well as keeping me apprised of all things facial (I need to do more with FB than I do also).

One thing that has helped for in a few situations that developed into additional networking opportunities, and you probably already do this, since my Twitter and FB account is connected to Pinterest, I get emails of Twitter followers and FB friends that have joined Pinterest. When I get the email, I follow them, and so far, everyone of them has followed back… and on at least two occasions has led to some additional business.

I’m looking to read all the comments much more closer, especially as I hope to leverage Pinterest a little more substantially in the next month or two.

Thanks again.

@atlantarobin

Robin, you must be a Pinterest Queen, too, just like my wife… because that sounds like what she would say about pinterest. She loves the pink and purple boards. “Pin what you like; comment if you must; but as for me, I’m building my dream home,” says she.

That primarily, coupled with a couple of other things, allows me to view pinterest as a good, but non-intrusive way to connect to others.

At any rate, enjoyed your post this morning.  Made me smile and think of my sweetheart.  Thanks. Hope you have a blessed day.

Add some friends over pinterset. ask them to add back. both work for each others like share each other updates, pins etc.

I know a number of people who sell vintage and either pin / repin other sellers’ items and/or pin to community boards.  The extended reach occasionally turns into a sale, which is the ultimate goal, so all is good.

As for commenting, I have found that it can be good to reach out a bit and interact.  Just yesterday, someone pinned a vintage pin I have.  I wandered over to their boards to browse (I often find some really cool stuff!), and this time I found that they had a board devoted to a highly collected sterling jewelry designer.  I went back to one of my boards and added a comment to a pin I had (the pinned piece was created by that designer).  In the comment, I tagged that person, saying that I’d be honored to have them add my pin to their board.  This morning, I see that they have.   Again, all is good. 

This thread is why I love SME clubs sooo much. I learn so much from everyone.

not sure what you are talking about….putting cards around the store? why? everybody knows we have a website…we have had one for over 10 years…or do you mean putting our website on our pinterest boards? we do put a link to our website on all of OUR pictures…. ..im so glad i found pinterest….its been so interesting and a big deal to most of our customers… @supereb