So that's the strategy I've been using recently, and I've grown my follower count from basically 0 to 1000 in 10 days.

Here are just a few last tips from me to improve your overall pinning performance and then a quick snapshot of my results.

Design Matters

Pinterest is driven by visuals. If your pin doesn't look good, it won't get traction.

Here is an excerpt from an infographic on Pinterest that shows what makes an effective Pin:

Original image location - http://www.bitrebels.com/social/how-to-create-effe...

You don't need to get too fancy. A simple colour wash over a background image with bold text overlay can work. Or an image with a coloured text box below it works fine. Here are some examples of mine:

One of my first attempts.

Something new I am testing.

My Results

It is genuinely worth your time to build a social media following. My website traffic is increasing and becoming more consistent as a result of concentrating some effort on Pinterest. Its still early days so I won't post any traffic graphs just yet, but stay tuned for the future! I've also noticed that my visitors from Pinterest are more engaged - they spend longer on my pages than my other traffic and generally visit more than one page before leaving. These are good signs.

My Pinterest Follower Stats

12 May 2016 - 385 Follower (2K Following)

14 May 2016 - 585 Followers (2.5K Following)

17 May 2016 - 771 Followers (3.8K Following)

18 May 2016 - 933 Followers (4.1K Following)

19 May 2016 - 1.1K Followers (4.4K Following)

21 May 2016 - 1266 Followers (4.8K Following)

*** MY #1 PINTEREST TIP - Don't Pin Anything You Haven't Read ***