Hi Jeremy, I have always loved Pinterest as USER, but when I started working on it, I found very difficult to create so many visual assets!

I really had headache trying to create many different pins a day.

I guess I found a more relaxing approach when I said to myself: "evenif gurus say to create 50 pins a day (impossible task for me), I will start and stick to 1 only"

The ease I felt help me to refine my CREATIVE process and now - after months creating just 1 pin a day- I clearly understood how to create 10 pins a day (which I don't post all together by the way)

So, it is a learning process!

Pinterest has so many advantages so even creating 1-2 pins a week for starting, in the long run will help you to develop a more refined process!

Hi Jeremy! This was a great read, and I honestly laughed out loud more than once. The “Etsy craft warzone with no map and a broken mouse” part was way too real, I’ve definitely been there.

I’ve been using Pinterest across three of my businesses right now, all with totally different results. I don’t work it the usual way though. I treat it more like a structured website, where my boards act like categories, and everything links back to either blog posts or my book landing pages. It’s slow and steady, but it does bring in real traffic over time.

That said, I feel the same way you do, but with LinkedIn and YouTube. I know they work and I see the value, but they just don’t feel like the right fit for me right now. I am in the works for my YouTube channel, but I’ve still got a few months to go before I make that move, trying to build it out properly.

You really nailed both sides of the conversation with this one. Super relatable, super helpful, and packed with truth. Appreciate you sharing it.
Shawn

I'm still not sure how I feel about Pinterest. I started with a bang with my most recent site, and was building up views, but they never resulted in visits to my site. So I stopped posting for a few weeks and the views plummeted. So it left me questioning why I was putting in so much effort for no clicks. I will probably revisit Pinterest in the future, but right now I'm finding Facebook is working better for the site, so that will be my focus until I find my Pinterest groove again.

This was really interesting.

I've just downloaded Pinterest and get about 4.5k views a month on my pins still! I've had a lay off from WA , I've just started again.

I Posted my first pin in months and linked my website on Friday morning and have received 8 visits through Pinterest.

I guess still getting those amounts of viewers on an account that has been dormant shows what you are saying about Pinterest pins is true.

Your post has some very useful tips for me and I'm happy I came across it

thank you for sharing

Had to laugh at the “caffeinated owl in a yarn shop” bit—pretty sure that’s exactly how I looked the first time I tried to organize my Pinterest boards. (Actually, who am I kidding… every time I log in, there’s at least a 50/50 chance I’ll end up reorganizing my life instead of actually pinning something useful.)

You nailed the power of Pinterest, though: it’s the long game. Pins stick around longer than that one mystery Tupperware in the back of the fridge. And yes, batching and keywording is the name of the game—plus, nothing makes you question your font choices quite like creating your tenth pin for the same post.

I totally get not loving the Pinterest “warzone,” but for anyone who likes their traffic passive and their pins evergreen, you spelled out the recipe. And for anyone who ever needs a nudge (or just a good Pinterest rant), you know where to find me.

Appreciate the honesty and the humor—now, excuse me while I go rearrange my boards… again.

Sonia (Pinterest Survivor’s Club, founding member)