Once you have connected to Pinterest, your first order of business should be to create a " Pin It" button. This will sit in your menu bar and allow you to add images that you find in the internet to your Pin Boards.
The procedure for adding this button in Firefox is quite simple.
- Display your Bookmarks Bar by clicking View > Toolbars > Bookmarks Toolbar
- Drag the “Pin It” button to your Bookmarks Toolbar
- When you are browsing the web, push the “Pin It” button to pin an image
This is currently supported in Firefox and Chrome.
You can add a Pinterest button to your website if you desire to allow people to capture the images on your site. This will also provide a direct link to your site from Pinterest. This will create a backlink to your site.
To reach the code to embed a Pinterest button on your site, Click the "About" in the upper right of the Pinterest page. On the drop down menu, click on the Pin it Button.
You will need to fill out the form for the "Pin It Button for Web Sites". Select the code and embed it into your site using the HTML window.
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The key is to host images and to pin images (on your site) that people want to share. The more shares you get, the more followers you have, and ultimately the more reach and traffic you will get from your Pinterest account.
Don't forget to add your affiliate links within your Pins (where necessary)!
If you simply pin a picture, along with your Amazon Associate linked URL, the only ones likely to make any money are Pinterest themselves. And they are making bucket loads of it, I understand!
WA's My-Linker gets round this nicely.
What worries me though is if Pinterest devise a way to replace Amazon bound My-Linker links with their own links. Anyone know if this is feasible or likely to happen?
Good article. Thanks.
I like the new layout, by the way. Much easier to find exactly what I want on WA.
Well done to all involved in the upgrade.
Dave
