Stick it! Heh, heh.
So, are you using Pinterest yet?
For your freelance writing business, I mean?
I’ll admit I’m not, but that’s only because I didn’t think Pinterest offered any benefits to writers.
Frankly, I thought Pinterest was a cutesy form of social media that I would so totally get into and waste a million hours using…
…just as soon as I found a free minute to sign up.
Boy, was I wrong.
- Pinterest Secrets For Writers: About.com’s Allena Tapia shares 10 (quite different) ways writers can use Pinterest.
- Pinterest Tips For Writers: Similarly, GalleyCat’s Jason Boog lists five ways writers can use Pinterest – only he focuses more on novelists than freelance writers.
- Pinterest For Writers: Writer Sara Toole Miller shares the pinboards she’s created related to writing and editing.
- The Writer’s Guide To Pinterest: Susan Johnson over at the Ebyline Blog lists several ways writers can use Pinterest, from crowdsourcing ideas to building a platform – complete with current user experiences.
- 3 Ways Authors Can Use Pinterest Guilt Free: Author Media’s Caitlin Muir explains three ways authors can use Pinterest for inspiration, traffic, and character development, but I feel some of her information applies to freelance writers, too.
- Visualizing With Pinterest: Pubmission’s Wolf Hoelscher offers a Wednesday Writing Exercise for authors to revisit scenes they’ve already written and apply Pinerest to add depth and clarity to those scenes. Could copywriters use Pinterest in the same way? I think so.
- Pinterest And Your Website Content: Erika Napoletano explains how Pinterest can drive more traffic than YouTube, Google+, and LinkedIn combined – and why this is important to your business.
- 5 Ways Brands Can Leverage Pinterest Now: TechCrunch oulines five ways businesses can use Pinterest to boost brand visibility and connect with customers and potential customers.
- 56 Ways To Market Your Business On Pinterest: WHOOOOAAAAAA Copyblogger. You always go above and beyond, and I love you.
- Pinterest For Business? Only If You Love Pinning: Finally, Sarah Prout reminds us that, in the end, Pinterest is only useful for business purposes – including freelance business purposes – if we align it with our brands.
So, how about you, writers? Are you using or considering using Pinterest in your freelance writing business? If so, how? If not, why?
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Thanks for the link, Alicia. Glad to hear you’ve joined the Pinterest ranks. It’s a great place to store those visual images that mean so much to your writing.
@ Sara – You’re welcome! I haven’t signed up yet, but I plan to, soon. Your examples gave me some great visuals about ways we writers can use it, so really, thank YOU.
I’m a big Pinterest fan and am thrilled that it can be used for more practical purposes, not just for dreaming the day away. I’m excited to read the links. Thanks Alicia!
@ Brandi – You’re welcome, & I hope they help some! Be sure to let me know how/if you end up using it in a writerly fashion, teehee
Thanks for the shout-out, Alicia! Happy pinnings!
@ Caitlin – You’re welcome! It was a great article, & I’m happy to share it (not to mention stumble across it for myself, ha!).
Love the links! Great post:) Interesting tidbit: came across one of Copyblogger’s post this week and saw they have 1000 Pins of the post and only 390 Fb Shares….hm. Sounds like a storm brewing, eh?? I had problems with my Pinterest account…hoping to get those fixed! I didn’t even get to pin anything yet! LOL Thanks for the post links!!
@ Tania – That *is* interesting. See, I didn’t even know there was a “pin” option (shows how far behind I still am when it comes to Pinterest!). So, people are “pinning” articles, blog posts, etc.? Hmm… I’ll have to file that away for future pondering.
I hope your account gets straightened out. Be sure to share your info with me once you get to start using it!