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Pinterest - Hit 10,000 Pins

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WryLiltposted 5 years ago
One of my hubs has hit 10,000 pins! It's racing ahead of my others with the next closest sitting at 4,000 pins.

Yes, this is why it's a good idea to create images made with Pinterest users in mind. Pinterest is now my top traffic source after Google.
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  sandrabusbyposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  WOW! I'm very interested in Pinterest. How can I find you there? And which of your hubs are doing well on Pinterest? Thanks.
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  thecrazzykylexposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Please bother to mention the hub or provide a link. Please
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  rebekahELLEposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  You can usually check to see hot hubs on someone's profile. Posting your own links is considered self promotion.
  
  WL, that's an impressive number of pins!
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  WryLiltposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  thecrazzykylex - it's nothing to do with the hub. It's all about the images you use.
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  CashFlowsToo.composted 5 years ago in reply to this
  So what did you do to source the image or was it a picture you took? Congrats by the way.
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  paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Paradigmsearch is jealous... But congrats anyway.
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  Cagsilposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Very cool!
  
  I don't even have a pin over 100 as of yet. But, then again, I don't use Pinterest as I probably should.
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  hazelwood4posted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Wow and double wow! This is SOOOO awesome! I need to work on tweaking my images for Pinterest. Congrats again!
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  kaiyan717posted 5 years ago in reply to this
  I am just as happy with pinterest, I am ver 15k pins on a no-bake cheesecake recipe. Very few have had that type of popularity, but I must say Pinterest is my highest source of traffic. Took 15 months to get to 10k and 3 weeks later another 10k from Pinterest. Can not stress that site enough! Congrats on the pins, I have learned that this is a long standing traffic, over a month and a half with only slightly lowered numbers.
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  MomsTreasureChestposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Wow! I'm new to the Pinterest world and need to start working on the ins & outs. You should write a hub with your best tips for pinterest newbies since you've had such success!
  Disregard that, just went to your profile to follow you and found you had done just that...lol...thanks!
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  ologsinquitoposted 3 years ago in reply to this
  Thanks for giving us all this feedback.
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  viryaboposted 3 years ago in reply to this
  Awesome.
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  bizboonposted 3 years ago in reply to this
  How did you manage to get so many hits. What did you do so special?
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  WryLiltposted 3 years ago in reply to this
  I use MFP images which are much more likely to go viral on Pinterest.
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  bizboonposted 3 years ago in reply to this
  What are MFP images? Can you share a link where I can findmore information about.
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  Writer Foxposted 3 years ago in reply to this
  It means an image which you hope will be shared on the Pinterest.com website (Made For Pinterest). Here's a link to someone who had a photo shared over 273,000 times on Pinterest:
  http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/120048? … ost2541185
  
  And here's a link to an HP blog post about how to be successful with Pinterest:
  http://blog.hubpages.com/2014/01/how-to … -twin-fan/
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  bizboonposted 3 years ago in reply to this
  Thanks for your insight.
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missoliveposted 5 years ago
Congratulations! I really enjoy Pinterest. Beautiful and tempting pictures sure are key. I'm glad to hear of your success! I would imagine your parenting articles do great on there - keep em' coming!
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Pearldiverposted 5 years ago
WOW!!!

Well done WL...

Now from experience, you can truly write an even greater hub for this audience...

"How to Become a Pin Cushion Successfully.. Without the Pricks!"

Go Girl!
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redwards01posted 5 years ago
I am unfamiliar with Pinterest or how to even draw attention from people on the site. You must share your tips on getting pins.
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Mark Ewbieposted 5 years ago
I have made about 10,000 pins and my best result is about ten repins.

You on the other hand are a genius.

Well done!
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  crazyhorsesghostposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  I have some that have resulted in 200,000 hits to a hub in a few days. I have several today that are over a thousand hits from each one and I'm working on some more.
  
  Food and politics are the big hits followed by
  
  1. How To Pictures
  2. Farming
  3. Snakes
  4. Beaches
  5. Cooking
  6. Food Photos
  7. Photos that link to recipes
  
  I won't say which ones are the best but I will tell you I often get over 200,000 hits from almost all on that list when I hit on the right photo. I'm working on spiders right now with photos I take myself.
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  paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  You have inspired me to go pin some hubs. I haven't done that in a long while.
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  WriteAngledposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  I have pinned a couple of recipes and got nil views.
  
  I really do not understand that site and what I am supposed to do on it.
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  paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  1. Post truly awesome pics.
  2. Collect a million repins.
  3. Which results in 10 million views.
  4. Retire.
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  WriteAngledposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Perhaps this is my problem: I do not know what people would think is a truly awesome picture. Beyond photos taken by very skilled photographer or created by very skilled users of Photoshop or whatever other software is used to tweak pictures, the very large majority of illustrations is just used to back up what is being said verbally
  
  Moreover, all I've seen on Pinterest is people putting up endless pictures of shoes and handbags, which is not of any interest to any useful topics at all
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  paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  I gave up on Pinterest, Twitter, FB, etc. a long time ago. For me it was an exercise in futility. I still go through the motions now and then though.
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  paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  If you want to see what kind of pics get repinned a lot...
  
  http://pinterest.com/popular/
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  Sherry Hewinsposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  I think it probably has to do with your network of people, followers on pinterest also. You can't just join, slap a few pins on there, and expect it to take off. You have to spend time looking at other people's pins, repinning and commenting, etc, etc. Nothing is that easy.
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  kaiyan717posted 5 years ago in reply to this
  You never know which will go viral. I pin 2 at a time, sometimes multiple times in a day and you just see what happens. Good luck
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WriteAngledposted 5 years ago
I joined but have no idea what to do there. I seem to be in a desert all by myself. Do not see other people and they do not see me.
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  Cagsilposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Hey WriteAngled,
  
  It's a social network, which you can invite friends onto, share pins - like pins and even repin pins you want to display on your own boards.
  
  You can make up boards for whatever topics you want, display pictures connected via a link to another location. People who come across the pin can click on the picture and go wherever you direct them.
  
  Most of my followers are from Facebook and Twitter. I have gotten followers because of the things I post too.
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  WriteAngledposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Oh, I see.
  
  I do not spam my Facebook friends with other stuff, because they are mainly people I know from real life or from very focused Internet communities.
  
  I suppose the best things for me is to forget about Pinterest.
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  WryLiltposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Send me an email, I'll give you some tips. You're looking at it wrong.
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  Cagsilposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Hey Wry, while you're sending her a copy of that, feel free to carbon a copy to me.
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  Daughter Of Maatposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Ya could I get it on that carbon copy? I don't get a lot of pins at all. When I get one repin I'm ecstatic!
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  WryLiltposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Would you prefer a detailed hub? Lol. I have one already on how to make images to get pins, may do one on exactly how Pinterest works, yeah?
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  Daughter Of Maatposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  BRILLIANT idea!!! Seriously, that's awesome!! I await your hub with bated breath!
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  paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Or you could post the tips here...
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  kaiyan717posted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Dont give up, I do not spam my fb either, i find it rude for some reason. Just think of it as an extra source and do a few a day. The worst that can happen is no pins
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  Sally's Troveposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Agreed.
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WorkAtHomeMumsposted 5 years ago via iphone
That is super impressive. Well done. I think my highest is about 10. Haha
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paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago
My bear pic keeps getting repinned every few days. I guess women like bears...
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paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago
I just pinned this forum thread with one of my trackers.

Here is Pinterest's response:

"Warning!

This link redirects visitors to another site - it may link to spam or other inappropriate content.

Back to Pinterest · Continue to Link · More Info"

Thank you Pinterest... I'd post a "social finger" pic here, but that's probably against TOS.
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  Cagsilposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  At least that doesn't happen with the hubs, just the forums threads.
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  paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  I wish! Pinterest sticks it to me on the hubs, too. They apparently really hate trackers.
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  Cagsilposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  It's the tracker it doesn't allow. I see.
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  paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  I'm thinking of picking on them in my blog. And then pinning it with the most awesome pic I can find...
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  WorkAtHomeMumsposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Happened to me too. I asked about it here in the forums. We are not alone. The worst part was I had to go back thru every pin and remove the tracker. I wonder how many links I've lost. Bugger!!
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paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago
For you, Pinterest...

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Pamela99posted 5 years ago
That is great news. I love Pin Interest and am posting great pictures and some hubs on there frequently. Congrats on the large number of views.
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paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago
Well, my 3 awesome pins today got zero repins. And they were darn purdy pics, too.

Meanwhile, this pic got 942 repins...

http://pinterest.com/pin/244249979761206897/

Sarcasm aside, pinterest might be a gold mine for those who have recipe hubs...
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  thecrazzykylexposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Does that too fall in self-promotion?
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  paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Yep, pinterest does say no self-promotion. But they never enforce it. Leastwise not yet.
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paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago
Oops, wrong link. Fixed it.
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crazyhorsesghostposted 5 years ago
It is for recipe hubs. But there are other types of pics to. Think outside the box and you can come up with some that will work well.
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  paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  I am very good at that sort of thing. But when it comes to pinterest, I continue to fail miserably.
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  kaiyan717posted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Crazyhorseghost, I have seen your name in my traffic many times, so I must say hello!
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paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago
2994 repins...

http://pinterest.com/pin/189221621813228712/

To hell with it...
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paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago
This one got 9948 freaking repins.

http://pinterest.com/pin/207306389066930249/

Unbelievable!!!
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  Sherry Hewinsposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Got a 404 on that one
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  Sally's Troveposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Me too.
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  Cagsilposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  My yahoo email account is attached to Pinterest and when I receive notifications from them, sometimes I click on the links to go to the person's account or to the pin, and I'll receive that same notice.
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  paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  As do I now. I wonder what the story is... The stupid thing was a wedding cake cupcake, if I recall correctly. I don't think it was a copyright issue; the pic looked like it was snapped by the original poster. Curiouser and curiouser...
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paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago
The only way to prosper on pinterest is to understand the female mind. Right, like any guy has a chance of doing that...
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  MPG Narrativesposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Wrylilt has always been good at finding ways to increase her traffic, and congrats to her. As far as men understanding the female mind sorry can't help there
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  paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  I'm surprised I didn't get more of a response to that statement.
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  Kangaroo_Jaseposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Oh thats easy the answer for a man to tell you about the female mind is............................................................................................................
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  WryLiltposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  I'm female and I don't understand the female mind...
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  paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago in reply to this
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  WryLiltposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  11,000
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  Sally's Troveposted 5 years ago in reply to this
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  Sherry Hewinsposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  I don't understand the pinterest mind that's for sure. Not much luck there at all.
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CMHypnoposted 5 years ago
Inspired me to look at my Pinterest account. The most repins on one picture that I have had is 7!
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WryLiltposted 5 years ago
I completed a hub on the topic... feel free to tell me if I missed anything or was too confusing!
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cardeleanposted 5 years ago
Congrats! I love Pinterest. One of my hubs is close to yours with over 9k pins. Looking forward to hitting that 10k mark like you!
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  WryLiltposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Someone else in this thread mentioned pins in the 100s of thousands. Now there's a goal to aspire to!
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  cardeleanposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  You are right, but I think I'll start with 10k since it's a little closer!
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Sherry Hewinsposted 5 years ago
I had one craft hub that did OK, it got repinned over 100 times. The picture on it was really pretty. I think next to food and fashion, crafts are popular on pinterest. The thing was, most of the repins came from other hubbers pinning it, almost no one repinned my pin.
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moonlakeposted 5 years ago
The most pins on my hubs has been I think about 28. It helps but not all that much. Congrats that your having so much good luck with it.
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Doodleheadposted 5 years ago
Where or what is Pin interest??
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Dorsiposted 5 years ago
Wow that is awesome! I love to hear great success stories like this.
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Sally's Troveposted 5 years ago
I was reluctant to open a pinterest account mostly because of the copyright issues. Greekgeek's hub on this topic is well worth the read:

http://greekgeek.hubpages.com/hub/Is-Pi … Violations

But I eventually decided to jump in ("pinters" were pinning my web stuff anyway, so why shouldn't I?).

Since I made the plunge, some interesting things have happened, among them, there is traffic to my hubs from pinterest to the point where the devastating panda and penguin losses are showing signs of beginning to be offset (notice how I'm being cautious with this statement).

Also, creating boards has given me an insight into how I look at the world and how I organize what I see. That's a bit of a cryptic thing to say, but I think writers can appreciate how this insight might lead to inspiration. I think the juice that fueled this insight is absolutely, definitely, pinterest's visual foundation.

I could say a lot more, but maybe I ought to write an article instead.

Meanwhile, the message I'd like to get across here is that pinterest might be a way to generate hub traffic (I'll buy everybody in this forum a bottle of champagne if any one of my hubs delivers 100,000 views from pinterest or gets repinned 100,000 times...I don't ever expect that to happen...sorry in advance!), but it is certainly a way to increase the power of your online network and also to enjoy a different view of the world, a view that might lead to unexpected benefits.
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  WryLiltposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  I wrote an article on the copyright issues too... I personally never repin anything.
  
  I create "Made For Pinterest" images using copyright free images and only pin them...
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  Sally's Troveposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  I've been following your hubs and thoughts about this and admiring the photos you've created.
  
  What ticks me off is the number of repins on pinterest (you can track a repin for maybe 50 iterations). Once I see something that grabs my interest but also has nothing to do with the pinner's original work, I'm outta there. (At least somewhat to your point about not repinning.)
  
  I set up my boards to feature my interests through my own work and also through original work from others. At least, that's my goal.
  
  I don't pin anything unless the original author has a "pin it" icon on their site. This is a challenge. So, if you check out my boards, you'll see I'm not there yet with this goal. One day at a time.
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  lezsaysitposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Did you say Champagne? LOl. This is a very interesting topic as I am in the midst of learning about Pin more.
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peeplesposted 5 years ago
Great Job! I wish I could join but I guess it's an invite only website for now. Not sure how long the process takes but I read that you either get invited by a member or wait forever for them to invite you. That makes no sense to me. Hopefully I will get to try it out soon!
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  Sally's Troveposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  If you've asked pinterest for an invite, it will come...that's how I joined. I have no idea why they have chosen this path as opposed to just a simple sign-up. Maybe some others here have some insight into this form of "membership drive."
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plussizepixieposted 5 years ago
I've only just joined pinterest and already my a/c has been hacked with self employment opportunities. Have changed my p/w so hope that gets rid of the problem.
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paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago
Well, I did 3 pins today. And some tweets. And some Likes. All of it a total waste of time for me; as usual. Net result was zero response activity in all cases. I'm just social media challenged I guess...
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  WryLiltposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  The idea is to make other people pin it straight off your hub, not repin it off your account...
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  paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  To pin? Or not to pin? That is the question. Tis better to have pinned and lost, than to have never pinned at all.
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tjdavisposted 5 years ago
Is there a place or hub that could explain how to use Pinterest to it's fullest potential? Can you make money from pinning? If so does anyone know how?
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  4youreyesposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  How do you sign up for Pinterest ? I've requested a invitation from their homepage three times and have never gotten a reply. Is there something I'm doing wrong ?
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  paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  I've decided to make you one of my good deeds for the day. Send me an email and I'll submit the address to Pinterest for an invite.
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  paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  @4youreyes
  
  It is done. And according to Pinterest, the invite should already be in your inbox.
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WryLiltposted 5 years ago
Just a reminder to all the people trying to "pin it lucky".

My success had nothing to do with me pinning. If you use a "Made For Pinterest" image on each hub you don't even need a Pinterest account to do well with Pinterest traffic.

Think that's the most common mistake.
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4youreyesposted 5 years ago
Thank you but there is nothing in my inbox. I'll keep checking and let you know when it arrives. I even checked spam not there either.
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  paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  I'm beginning to think Pinterest is a mess over there...
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  4youreyesposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  You tried you can't do any more than that.
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  paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Maybe I'll go tweet a Pinterest rant.
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daskittlez69posted 5 years ago
I have never heard of Pinterest and after reading the replies I am very confused. Do you just add in a picture on Pinterest then it links to your hub?
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  WryLiltposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  It "Pins" or bookmarks websites using the images on them. You can pin any image on any website. Well as long as it's not breeching copyright.
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paradigmsearchposted 5 years ago
Well, well... Looks like weird things are going on there...

"Pinterest Has Been Locking Accounts In Response To Hacks..."

http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/19/pinter … ty-breach/

Maybe they've suspended invites until they get things sorted out.
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mommytalksposted 5 years ago
OMG! This is thread is soooo long. I did not read it all (sorry). I just wanted to mention that it's not *just* pinning your hub. Most of the users are women and like pretty pictures with words on them, too.

Head over to picmonkey.com They let you doodle around with pictures for FREE! It really makes a HUGE difference. I just jazzed up the picture on an old Hub and re-pinned it and now its getting 30 views a day. Another Hub has almost 30k pins and re-pins.

If you don't know what I am talking about, go on their main page and take a close look at the pictures
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  WryLiltposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  That was what my original post was about, and my hub. Basically creating "Made For Pinterest" images.
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CashFlowsToo.composted 5 years ago
You might want to teach a webinar on this.. many people would sign up to learn.
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Kangaroo_Jaseposted 5 years ago
Its quite straight forward folks.

WryLilt is suggesting a means to create photos suitable for Pinterest for the following reason.

If you use HPads on Hubpages, then each page view (and HP ad click) counts towards an impression for your hub. With HPads, you get paid on impressions.

If a picture on your hub is 'pinned' on Pinterest by others then each time someone else clicks that picture on Pinterest to see what web page it is from, they end up visiting your hub, which generates a single page impression. Now if a second person viewing your hub also pins your picture on Pinterest, then it gets just as much exposure as the initial pinner and the same for each and everone else who pins on Pinterest. With a 'pin' on Pinterest, when someone pins, it also adds the url (webpage) of where that photo originates. This is why WryLilt suggests you do not even need a Pinterest account yourself.

Long story short, make pretty pictures and others may potentially pin it on Pinterest. All you have done, is made pictures and written a hub with bloody good content.
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  WryLiltposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  Exactly. Plus, putting text on the image prevents people stealing your own photos if you use them.
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  Marye Audetposted 5 years ago in reply to this
  This is brilliant, Wry. I use Pinterest quite a bit with my recipe blog - I think my top image is showing 65k+ pins and Pinterest has brought over 1,000 a day to that one recipe... Not surprisingly it is also one of the most stolen recipes.
  
  But ... I never thought of doing a specific to pinterest image for Hubpages articles... again, BRILLIANT!
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pstraubie48posted 5 years ago
That is A W E S O ME.... I hope you reach 20000 quickly!!
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sallybeaposted 3 years ago
I forgot to say a very big congratulations - your effort has really paid off. Very well done.
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Anamika Sposted 3 years ago
That's a gr8 accomplishment. Congrats!
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electronicianposted 3 years ago
Wow, that's an amazing number of pins - you're a real inspiration!
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WryLiltposted 3 years ago
It seems someone has bumped this old post.

For the record, that hub now has about 60,000 pins and another has 45,000 pins.

Great reason to use MFPs
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  viryaboposted 3 years ago in reply to this
  WOW!
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ilikegamesposted 3 years ago
I thought 10,000 was amazing and now it's got 60,000!? Big congratulations to you
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