How to Use Pinterest to Promote Your Brand

By Ekaterina Walter
Published April 21, 2014 

Is Pinterest part of your marketing strategy?

Have you ignored Pinterest because youthink your brand isn’t a fit?

Every brand has a story to tell and visual content can help you tell it.

Sharing your story with Pinterest’s engaged and active audience via compelling pictures is a great place to start.

In this article you’ll see how six brands got creative with Pinterest and captured new followers and interest.

Why Pinterest?

Visual marketing is the current trend, so it’s no wonder brands see huge potential in Pinterest. It’s an ultra-hot social media site where photos are center stage and sharing is second nature to the audience.

Pinterest has over 70 million users and 25 billion pins.

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-promote-with-pinterest/

Social Media and Holiday Shopping - Growing Social Media

With the winter Holidays just in the next few weeks, Growing Social Media wanted to share a Holiday Shopping fact sheet! Social Media plays a large role in purchases this time of year – from gift suggestions on Pinterest to opinions of products on Facebook. Facebook influences customers the most, followed by Pinterest, Twitter, Blogs, and Instagram, according to Crowdtap.

Social Media and Holiday Shopping

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