Tricks to get more fans on pinterest

When I first heard about how effective Pinterest could be for my business in December 2016, I had a very small following… it wasn’t zero, but it was great either:

I’d heard the statistics from people with a large following about how Pinterest was the highest source of traffic to their websites and how it had changed their whole approach to marketing. I decided that I wanted a piece of that pie!

But the problem was I knew nothing about Pinterest…

So, I did a tonne of research on Pinterest marketing strategies that worked for different bloggers, and came up with my own plan for my account, which is what I’ve used to compile the Pinterest marketing series  that you’re reading now.

In less than two months, I grew my following on Pinterest to over 1000 people (I took two weeks off during that time too), and it has been growing at an increasing rate ever since.

In this post, I will walk you through the steps I took to quickly build a Pinterest following. It’s important to note that I didn’t do all of this straight away (as the whole process has been a learning experience for me too) so even implementing only a few of these strategies will help you to grow your audience and start benefiting from increased traffic to your blog, repins on your posts and sales of your products.

Here’s a summary of what’s included in this post. Click on a section to jump ahead:

How to get your first 1000 Pinterest followers (quickly!)

1. Create an attractive Pinterest profile
2. Optimize your website for Pinterest
3. Create quality content to Pin
4. Share content from other people
5. Join Pinterest group boards (or start your own)
6. Join a Tailwind Tribe (or start your own)
7. Follow other Pinners in your niche
8. Follow other boards in your niche
9. Save Pins regularly
10. Schedule your Pins with Tailwind
11. Invite followers from other platforms