Get More Clients with Pinterest

I’m having free Pinterest training!

I need to share a marketing secret with you.  Pinterest is the most underutilized social media site for businesses!!  It’s crazy to think about right?

But since so many people don’t know why they should use Pinterest or how I’m going to do some free classes every Wednesday in October!

Do you spend a lot of time on Instagram?

Why spend so much time on Instagram when it gets so little life?   I have often thought, “I’m so over Instagram today”.

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Pinterest is the #1 way I drive traffic to my content

Just look at these stats to see why I love Pinterest.  I spend the most time on Instagram, but Pinterest drives way more traffic!  It goes to show that the time spent on Pinterest has more of a return than the time spent on Instagram.

In fact, one of my Pinterest Strategy Academy clients (a membership to get Pinterest work done) found that Pinterest kept traffic driving to her website.  And, after 3 months, Pinterest was the highest driver of traffic to her website, even while she didn’t touch it for those three months.

This is a Screen shot of my analytics of which social media referrals to my website

Are these free classes for you? Should you sign up?

Answer the questions below:

  • Do you have a Pinterest account?
  • Wish your content lasted longer on social media?
  • Are you a content creator?
  • Do you wish you had a bigger email list?
  • Curious how Pinterest could actually bring you more business?
  • Do you have a website, Podcast, youtube channel, freebie lead magnet, Instagram account, online course, products, or affiliate page?

If you answered YES to any of the questions, these free Pinterest classes are for you!

Here’s what I’ll be teaching you on this FREE training…

  • Why use Pinterest for Marketing? Three things to make sure you have on your Pinterest profile.
  • What are fresh images, why should I care, and how to do it easily?
  • How to use Lead Magnets and Pinterest to grow your list… and thus your clients
  • How to repurpose IG and FB content to get the most out of what you create
  • How to spend 30 minutes once a week to drive more traffic to your content

If you need help with Pinterest, shoot me an email HERE.

THE SECRET TO MAKE PINTEREST MARKETING EASY:  Simplify and Streamline your process with the new Tailwind Create tool

THE SECRET TO MAKE PINTEREST MARKETING EASY

Simplify and Streamline your process with the new Tailwind Create tool

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If you’re missing out on the traffic-driving power of Pinterest because it’s too much work? I have a solution! Let me tell share with you my new favorite tool, Tailwind Create.

When you start - you click on the paintbrush on the left tool bar in the Pintrest area of Tailwind.

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I’ve been super excited to be one of the first groups of people to test out Tailwind Create which is in beta right now.  Tailwind Create helps us create high-quality content with ease.   It makes designer-quality Pins quickly and easily with your brand colors and allows you to streamline and optimize all of your Pinterest marketing better than ever before!

Pinterest is one of the main drivers of my traffic (it’s consistently 50-70% of all my social media traffic), and I use Tailwind to schedule all of my Pins. 

This is a Screen shot of my analytics of which social media referrals to my website

One of my favorite things about Tailwind is that I can plan out a week’s worth of content in 30 minutes in one sitting, and Tailwind will publish my Pins at the best times for my audience. 

I have loved tailwind because I can schedule, publish, and analyze my Pins all in one place.  And now with Tailwind Create, I can add Create to that list which means it’s a complete tool to handle my whole process. 

This new tool, Tailwind Create is truly amazing because all of the designs are optimized specifically for Pinterest and customized for my brand or industry. Watch the video below on how I can take one piece of content and generate hundreds of designs which I can then filter, customize, and choose a few to schedule.

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Here’s what I love about Tailwind Create:

  • Each design was built with Pinterest’s creative best practices in mind – and they’re beautiful.
  • Every image is unique and made just for you. You can generate, personalize, and fine-tune Pins to drive traffic to your new and old content.
  • You can choose from hundreds of variations and personalize your favorites in just a few seconds.
  • I’m not a designer, but you’d never know it by looking at the Pins I made with Tailwind Create! 
  • You don’t have to have any design experience to look like a PRO. The quality is at least better than what I would make on my own.
  • This allows me to streamline my Pinterest workflow for the fastest creation, publishing, and analysis available anywhere. I’ll never waste another minute downloading, organizing, or uploading my Pins!
  • It automatically applies your brand preferences, but you can always switch it up with different styles and fonts.
  • Everything happens in one place, so you never have to download, upload, or organize your files, which helps you to work smarter not harder (which is the way I teach my clients!)
  • It shows me designs I might not have thought of on my own!
  • I can go from idea to Pin in 30 seconds. I love entering my URL, choosing images, and then immediately seeing hundreds of Pin variations!
 Next you’ll save your branding elements (think font, logo, branding colors)

Want to get your hands on this new tool?  All you have to do is get your free tailwind trial.  Then email me jen@wedphotographycoach.com so I can get you the code and link to move up the waitlist!!

If you need help with Pinterest, shoot me an email HERE.

Optimize your Pinterest for Business (free course)

I’m so excited to teach you all about Pinterest now that there have been some changes. 

You may have heard about “Fresh Pins” and a different percentage of other people’s content vs. your content.  I’ll share all of that and much more!

THE SECRET TO MAKE PINTEREST MARKETING EASY:  Simplify and Streamline your process with the new Tailwind Create.
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Simplify and Streamline your process with the new Tailwind Create.

How to use Lead Magnets and Pinterest to grow your list

Do you want to grow your email list?    Of course, you do — that’s the way you warm people up to be able to sell to them. 

Today I’m sharing How to use Lead Magnets and Pinterest to grow your list

How to use Lead Magnets and Pinterest to grow your list

As most of you know, Pinterest is one of the most underutilized and FREE but insanely effective marketing platforms you can use for your business.

Here are the steps to take:

  • Create a Lead Magnet (Quiz, Checklist, or Guide are best)
  • Create several pins (using different images) that link to that blog post
  • Pin those pins to Pinterest on multiple boards that make sense
  • people who want the FREE thing, sign up for your email list
  • Make sure that you have 3-4 welcome emails auto-send (one each day)
  • And in the last email, you give them an offer (course, membership, product, service)

After two weeks,

See which Pin has the most clicks (meaning that people wanted to sign up).  Use that one as the template and create more pins (change colors (think branding).  Pin those.  After two weeks, you’ll have the top three pins due to insights.

Take those tops three pins and use SmartLoop (in Tailwind) to pin them consistently.

A note about creating your lead magnet

Different studies have shown that our attention span with the invention of cell phones and social media has gone down.  That’s no surprise, but this means that it would be best to keep your “freebie” or “lead magnet” short, sweet and to the point.  BUT — they must learn something valuable to start that know, like and trust with your business.  

People typically need to hear from you multiple times before they purchase.  The Rule of Seven is an old marketing adage. It says that a prospect needs to see or hear your marketing message at least seven times before they take action and buy from you.

Dig a little deeper:

What I’ve found is that people will say they found me on Instagram, but when I dig deeper, it turns out they found me on Pinterest – looked at my website and Instagram or Facebook and then contacted me.  So, surprisingly, what they first say may not be true.  Dig a little deeper to find out where so you know where to spend your time.

Sign up for the FREE 3-Day Challenge

I’m so excited to teach you all about Pinterest now that there have been some changes. 

You may have heard about “Fresh Pins” and a different percentage of other people’s content vs. your content.  I’ll share all of that and much more!

Good info? Save on Pinterest with the pins below:

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3 Pinterest strategies for service-based businesses.

3 Pinterest strategies for service-based businesses

If you are a service-based business, you NEED Pinterest.  It’s free marketing! So, Today we are going to talk about 3 Pinterest strategies for service-based businesses.

Hey, I’m Jen of wed photography coach Helping you create marketing systems to easily drive traffic to your content! 

Having a strategy is a great way to make working on Pinterest easier.  I always have a system for doing all marketing things in my business.  I’d rather spend time with my family!

So let’s go over the 3 strategies to use for your service-based business.

Create Content that Encourages them to Come Back for More Help!

People go to Pinterest to be inspired, to buy something, or learn how to solve a problem or do something.. Women who become pregnant go to Pinterest, people who are engaged definitely use Pinterest.  So consider creating content that helps people within your niche.  

Position Yourself as an Expert

The easiest thing you can do is to create content on questions that you get from your clients.  If your clients have the question, you can bet those on Pinterest are searching the same thing.  This can be a blog post, youtube video, Instagram post, Podcast – the ideas are endless.  Bonus points if you create a lead magnet or something these “potential clients” can get something for free from you and you get their email so you can warm them up with helpful info and then sell to them.

Use Keywords that your Ideal Client will Search for

Many of my clients would use acronyms or industry words for their business.  That only works to get other businesses to look at your stuff.  DUMB down the content so anyone can find it.  An example is: instead of saying e session – spell it out “engagement session”.

I created this awesome free Pinterest Challenge to learn how to get your Pinterest set up for your business and to start driving traffic to your content!  Just type in the code “pinchallenge” to get the course for free!

Ok now go work smarter not harder!!  Happy Pinning!!

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Tailwind can now post video to Pinterest! YAY!

This is just another reason to use Tailwind as a Scheduler!

Pinterest Video Publishing is Here! Video has come to Pinterest in a BIG way this year. Pair eye-catching, scroll-stopping video pins with Tailwind’s power suite of tools to get your audience’s attention and engage with them on Pinterest.

Fun Fact: there were more video views on Pinterest in Q1 2019 than all of 2018! 🤯

Sharing videos to Pinterest is how you can:

  • Increase brand awareness
  • Drive traffic to your site (video Pins are clickable!)
  • Attract engaged followers who can help increase the distribution of your content.
  • NEW on Tailwind: Schedule your eye-catching, scroll stopping video!
    It’s no wonder then that the number of videos on Pinterest has grown over 100 percent quarter-over-quarter.

It’s no wonder then that the number of videos on Pinterest has grown over 100 percent quarter-over-quarter.

They actually released it in August of 2019, but so many people aren’t using it, you should start NOW!  Video scheduling in Tailwind is so easy – it’s a breeze!

IMPORTANT tips to get started:

  • In an effort to ensure all videos comply with community guidelines, Pinterest is reviewing all pins after they go live. Your audience will see your pins as soon as the review is complete, usually within 24 hours. 
  • Keep videos between 4 secs and 15 minutes long. I definitely recommend making your videos square (1:1) or vertical (2:3, 9:16).

Wanna try tailwind for free? Here is a free trial!!! 🙋‍♀️

 

That is an affiliate link and thus you’ll get a free trial and I’ll get a tiny stipend for sharing.

 

how to add a video pin to tailwind

To add a video in Tailwind:

  • Click UPLOAD PHOTO/VIDEO
  • Add a Title, description, and 1-2 hashtags
  • Click ADD TO QUEUE (green button)

Once you submit it to Pinterest it will take 24-48 hours for them to review it.  You’ll be able to see it in your queue but no one else can until it’s approved.

Love this info? Share it to Pinterest:

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5 simple tips for Pinterest business

Are you new to Pinterest and want more tips to get started? Or maybe you are on Pinterest, but really not using it to help your business?

Sign up for my FREE “5 Simple Tips for Pinterest Business” Guide where I share 5 tips to taking action on Pinterest by clicking the pink button below:

Something Special!

If you know that you need to utilize the power of free marketing that Pinterest offers?  I have something special for you!  Check out my Pinterest Academy by simply clicking the button below:

Pinterest Academy

If you know that Pinterest is a free marketing tool and you want to utilize it to grow your traffic to your website, Youtube channel, podcast, Instagram or some other content, join this membership to pin consistently, get free training and the support of myself and the whole group to help you move your business forward!