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new marketing via pinterest…. (15 posts)

Ann at greenoak said
8 months, 2 weeks ago:
today i got 2 email invitations from big companies to follow their pinterest post…. that was new for me..anyone else getting this?
… i dont think i would do that…kind of outside the exploratory experience of pinterest….
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Joan Muschamp (Fagnani) said
8 months, 2 weeks ago:
@annfurnivall I think it would be all in motivation. I don’t see myself following a big company, or anyone other than a client or close friend UNLESS I have a specific interest in what they might pin.
For example, as I get ready to look at remodeling my kitchen in about a year, I will start looking at pictures for ideas. A bride-to-be or mother of the bride might follow bridal companies, etc.
It’s all in a frame of reference.
But will I follow Target or Home Depot? No.
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Ann at greenoak said
8 months, 2 weeks ago:
@joanmuschampfagnani thats how i feel too..im really not on pinterest to be marketed to….
..p.s… i just got 2 more , these were from regular people….. im guessing pinterest has some new THING going on….. anybody know about this?
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Robin Carlisle said
8 months, 2 weeks ago:
@annfurnivall @joanmuschampfagnani
Ann and Joan, would yall mind sharing what your “invites” say? I’m curious. I know there’s a lot of marketing materials being pushed right now showing marketers how to market on Pinterest… so I was just wondering how they’re doing this.
Personally, I’m not opposed to it… not wanting it either… but I guess I’m just curious to see what the future holds if suddenly it gets all “markety” over there, lol.
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Robin Carlisle said
8 months, 2 weeks ago:
@annfurnivall
Let’s face it, Ann. If you are online, you are someone’s target market, lol. Eeeeck! There’s no escaping!
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Ann at greenoak said
8 months, 2 weeks ago:
@atlantarobinit looks like its thru pinterest…. just a simple invite
Hi, Ann at!
California Home + Design Magazine just created Designing Tips and DIY. You already follow some of California Home + Design’s boards; you might like this one too.
See board
@atlantarobin im so interested in pinterest…and how they will grow and evolve….i dont realy like this tho….feels against the CULTURE of the place to me…i accept to being marketed to….
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Kristy C. Cartier said
8 months, 2 weeks ago:
@annfurnivall I have gotten the emails too. I would like to know how they determine which ones to send to me. I guess since I link via Twitter that they can view connections that way. I usually ignore them unless it’s an account of interest.
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Ann at greenoak said
8 months, 2 weeks ago:
@kc_kreative yea, i just got a lot more .something is different…
..yesterday i put a pinterest app on my ipad…. maybe that did something…
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Kristy C. Cartier said
8 months, 2 weeks ago:
@annfurnivall Hmm…I just took it off my phone but they might’ve grabbed info before I deleted the app…
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Amy Hall, Virtual Assistant for WordPress and MailChimp Help said
8 months, 2 weeks ago:
@annfurnivall Thanks for sharing! I followed those boards.Really when all is said and done the object is that these boards go viral so that the readership goes up so that people purchase from them and they make more money. We are feeding into their plan. Which I don’t mind because I like the boards. So they’ve targeted well with this email. I love how the Internet can read ones mind. (not!)
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Amy Hall, Virtual Assistant for WordPress and MailChimp Help said
8 months, 2 weeks ago:
@annfurnivall Thanks for sharing! I followed those boards.Really when all is said and done the object is that these boards go viral so that the readership goes up so that people purchase from them and they make more money. We are feeding into their plan. Which I don’t mind because I like the boards. So they’ve targeted well with this email. I love how the Internet can read ones mind. (not!)
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Ann at greenoak said
8 months, 2 weeks ago:
but i have connected with hundreds of people on ppinterest!! lol…. i dont want them in my email folder and also dont want t o ban all pinterest, since i would want to hear a real message f rom   them…. so im hoping for a work around.???? most of these arent trying to sell me anything….its other users like me…some were commercial but not all…..
…   hoping its my ipad   app… havent   disconnected it yet…..totally hoping facebook and  SME do not start doing this about every one of my    connection’s new post……lol
@amyhallbiz if    you get any official info on this i would love to hear,,,
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Rich Brooks said
8 months, 2 weeks ago:
@annfurnivall
It seems like this is similar to Twitter sending me weekly emails on “Tweets I may have missed” or whatever they’re calling it. (As opposed to some giant corp inviting you to follow their boards, which I thought you originally were saying.)
Social media’s dirty little secret? Email is still extremely effective. It’s easy to miss tweets, FB updates and pins…not so easy to miss emails that appear in your inbox.
And, if these are spot on–pins from a person who always finds the best grilling recipes or inside scoop on comic books–well, then it serves it’s purpose.
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Ann at greenoak said
8 months, 2 weeks ago:
@rich-brooks the first 2 were from companies….. now im flooded with others also….these emails arent effective on me, just irritating, im not opening them….
i hope someone out there figures this out and reports……. i want to get rid of these emails if possible…
p.s. i think i have figured this out, or heres my guess anyway…… i just went in and to check and adjusted my email preferences on pinterest….i was allowing these emails to come….. APPARANTLY pinterest has just started emailing all the connections i had okayed a long time ago…….. before this week i never got ANY of these emails…. so now i think i have solved this by just changing my preferences…i should know by tomorrow…pinterest is so new and evolving….
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8 months, 1 week ago:
@rich-brooks I completely agree with you, one important marketing tool are emails, and if its coming from Pinterest and not a small business that doesn’t have a lot of followers it will get the confidence and extra attention from the reader.
I think Pinterest can be very interesting, but what would be a good way to use your personal Pinterest account to promote your products/services? How could you get to be a spot-on pin to be included in a mail? Could you pin your own website and promote it in a way that it doesn’t feel you’re pushing to buy or promote like @annfurnivall mentioned the companies she’s receiving emails from?
I hope my message is clear, as english is my second language and is kind of odd to communicate my thoughts sometimes hehehe
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