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Matthias Hauser

6 Years Ago

Share The Pinterest Love: Repin Thread!

Pinterest is a great way to promote your art - if you know what you are doing… :-)

I’m a big fan as more than 80% of the traffic to my Artist Website (and a large part of my sales) comes from there so I wanted to start a Pinterest sharing thread in the main FAA forum (there are already some of them in several groups).

Please post both, a link to your Pinterest account and a link to a pin on Pinterest that you want us to repin. I will do the first post so you can see what I’m talking about.

Then go to the *last 3 posts* above you (if you want to do more this is fine), and either click on the provided link of the pin and save (repin) it into to one of your boards or choose another pin from their account. Please do not post links to FAA or Pixels, post links to one of your pins. This is faster and easier for all of us.

Why do we want to have a choice? Because Pinterest wants us to be good curators, means we a) should pin stuff from others (not only our own) but b) should mainly pin stuff that fits in our niche. Their algorithm rewards this. If you are only into flowers you may not pin cars or planes :-) If you have a more broad range of topics this is fine, you will have more choice.

If you like one or more of the accounts (above your post) feel free to follow their account or one or more of their boards.

If you don't like to share from other artists (or if you don't like Pinterest) this is perfectly okay. Please just stay away from this discussion, thank you! This is a place for those who want to share.

Edit: *Please* check your pins if they have a description! Pinterest is one of the most important search engines (yes, really!) and you want to have a great description to be found! If you use the FAA / Pixels button to pin your pics you have to manually add them. You can download a PDF for free here:
https://hauser.lpages.co/why-your-pinterest-pin-descriptions-are-soooo-important-and-what-to-do-when-they-are-missing/

********** Short Version: for those who don't want to read long texts... **********

1. Post a link to one of your pins and a link to your Pinterest account (if your pin does not fit the niche of the person that repins)
2. Go to the last THREE Pinterest links above you and repin them. Repin even more if you like :-)

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Matthias Hauser

6 Years Ago

Please repin this one: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/426786502179570167/
Or any one of my pins you like from https://www.pinterest.com/hauserfoto

Please: only post links to a pin / to your Pinterest account, no links to FAA or Pixels, no pictures. This is no image thread. Thank you!

 

Mo Barton

6 Years Ago

Thanks Matthias
Please repin this one

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/542402348865463666/


Or any from here:

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/mobarton3/mo-barton-art-for-sale/

Thank you

 

Rich Franco

6 Years Ago

Matthias,

DONE! I think!!! Here's my NEW Pinterest Account, just starting to load up now. If you see something I'm doing wrong, let me know....tried to follow your instructions....

https://www.pinterest.com/bigrichpho/boards/

Rich

 

Matthias Hauser

6 Years Ago

Hi Rich, thanks for participating! I repinned this beautiful Camaro: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/300474606381994275/

 

Joan Carroll

6 Years Ago

please pin this: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/104005072641805667/

or anything from here: https://www.pinterest.com/joan1992/my-photos-and-gift-products/

thanks Matthias for opening this discussion!

 

Rich Franco

6 Years Ago

Matt,

Thanks! Did you see anything hinky on my site? Does it seem to be ready for the "big time"???

Rich

 

Robert Corsetti

6 Years Ago

Not sure I ve got this but here we go
pin this
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/181410691224282823/

I pined this
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/181410691224282831/

is this right?

 

Matthias Hauser

6 Years Ago

Joan and Mo: you're very welcome. Thanks for participating!
Rich: looks good!
Rob: Your "Pin this" is okay but please repin the 3 artists above you (not just one), thank you!

 
 

Matthias Hauser

6 Years Ago

Okay I repinned each and every one of you, have fun with this sharing thread, please play nice, don't just post your link and run away.

Please *** Repin all 3 artists above you ***

Thank you!

 

Matthias Hauser

6 Years Ago

One last thing before I leave for today (it's already evening in Germany): Please check that every pin you post here do have a proper description! Your work will NOT be found on Pinterest if you don't have descriptions! This is one of the main failures people make on Pinterest.

Here is a free PDF that explains why they are so important and what to do if your pins don't have one:
https://hauser.lpages.co/why-your-pinterest-pin-descriptions-are-soooo-important-and-what-to-do-when-they-are-missing/

 

Rich Franco

6 Years Ago

Matt,

Read your article and thanks, but a quick question. Why not just copy and paste YOUR existing description from FAA/AW, since you're there already on the page that has the description?

Rich

 

Robert Corsetti

6 Years Ago

so this for Joan
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/181410691224282947/

an this for Rich
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/181410691224282958/

and one to grow on for Mo barton
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/181410691224282989/

I think I got it fun and, It never ceases to amaze me the quality of art on FAA

 

Suzanne Powers

6 Years Ago

It's better if you can have a board - more choices. Some art I can't pin, sorry - so I doubled up on those that have whole boards to choose from.


https://www.pinterest.com/SuzannePowers1/my-art/

 

Mo Barton

6 Years Ago

Matthias Thank You again for the reminder about descriptions on Pinterest. I have many to catch up on!
I try to pin from my Artist Website rather than my FAA pages in the hope of keeping any potential customers looking at my work!

Just checked on Google Analytics and if I'm interpreting right most of my social media visits do come via Pinterest

Pinned all above :)

 

Steven Clark

6 Years Ago


Thank you for the string Mathias!

Please feel free to visit, explore or follow.

https://www.pinterest.com/tokenimages/pins/

One of my current pins.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/778137641840108789/

 

Iris Richardson

6 Years Ago

Everyone is pinned

 

Rich Franco

6 Years Ago

Iris, me too!
Rich

 

Steve Henderson

6 Years Ago

Please pin this one -- https://www.pinterest.com/pin/321374123403336896/

or anything from this board -- https://www.pinterest.com/shfineart/canvas-wall-art-home-decor/

Thanks for starting the board, Matthias!

 

Roy Erickson

6 Years Ago

Here is my pinterest account: https://www.pinterest.com/44rd44/boards/

and here is a pin I'd like to promote: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/489766528208880243/

Thank you, rd

 

Roy Erickson

6 Years Ago

I think I got some from everyone - thank you Matthias for this thread. rd

 

Matthias Hauser

6 Years Ago

Rich: yes, you can totally do that! I always suggest to use the Pinterest Browser button to pin your images, this way a description is added automatically. Sometimes it makes sense to change the default description. In one of the free lessons of my course I explain in detail how to use Guided Search to come up with great keywords.

Mo: Yes, I do the same (pinning from my AW). More than 80% of my traffic comes from Pinterest, then Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. Next to nothing from Instagram...

Repinned RD, Steve and Steven.

Please repin this one: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/426786502182076310/
Or anything from this board: https://www.pinterest.com/hauserfoto/space-images-posters-and-prints/
Or anyting from this account: https://www.pinterest.com/hauserfoto/

 
 

Rich Franco

6 Years Ago

Matt,

Thanks! As far as Keywords, can they just BE keywords or do they always need to be included in a sentence? I could just as easily dump the FAA keywords, if they don't have to be written in a sentence.....

Rich

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Matthias Hauser

6 Years Ago

Hi Rich, I would strongly suggest to write full sentences and include some great keywords. Looks less spammy.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Matthias Hauser

2 Years Ago

Attention please, this discussion will close soon.

I will open a new one. This will happen tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

As you might know, I changed the rules (as a suggestion) some time ago but we have some new contributors who had no chance to read them. They (the new rules) are buried somewhere in this thread and I can't edit the initial post.

Some of the suggestions seem to work, others don't. So I decided to remove the 'link to a collection' idea. Thanks to all who did this!

These will be the new rules for the new thread, please let me know what you think. Are they clear to follow, do you think they are good?

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Post a link to one of your FAA/Pixels/AW images (that you want others to pin). Then pin the three images above your post to Pinterest.

Example:
https://matthias-hauser.pixels.com/featured/fractal-spirals-and-leaves-with-jewel-colors-matthias-hauser.html

Detailed Rules

FAA/Pixels/AW links only, no links to Pinterest
Please post no images, only links
No links to other POD sites
One link per post.
Three posts (links) per day max.
You have to pin the three links above your post

You are allowed to skip a post if
Someone posted more than three times per day
Links to other POD sites are posted
Someone posts a Pinterest link

Please always pin three images above you (if you skip one, pin the next one).

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Thoughts?

 
 

Joan Carroll

2 Years Ago

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2 Years Ago

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2 Years Ago

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Matthias Hauser

2 Years Ago

*** Please stop posting to this discussion, thank you ***

A new discussion (with the rules I suggested above) will start later today.
This one will be closed as soon as the new one is active.

*** Please stop posting to this discussion, thank you ***

 
 

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