Why Pinterest Is The Secret Powerhouse Of Social Media

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Alisa Meredith, Pinterest Product Specialist & Marketing Manager at Tailwind, joins the Social Pros Podcast to talk about how brands can use Pinterest to reach new audiences, drive traffic, and scale their businesses.

Accelerate Your Business on Pinterest

Have you thought about using Pinterest for business? If not, it’s time to step up and supercharge your presence on Pinterest.
459 million people use Pinterest each month, that’s a huge audience and Pinterest’s growth isn’t slowing down any time soon. Alisa Meredith, Pinterest Product Specialist & Marketing Manager, at Tailwind, states that 97% of Pinterest searches are unbranded. This means that 97% of referring traffic from Pinterest is new traffic, which is a massive opportunity for brands to reach new people, increase traffic and drive conversions.
Pinterest is a powerful platform for reaching traditional demographics and new audiences as the platform continues to grow. Alisa is a Pinterest expert. In this episode, she reveals how social media practitioners can leverage the platform to create and share incredible pins that speak to their audience.

In This Episode:

05:06 – How Alisa would describe Pinterest to beginners
06:20 – Why it’s so important to get your pin on as many boards as possible
07:18 – Whether success on Pinterest is based on what industry you’re in
08:53 – How Pinterest can drive a new audience to your business
11:01 – Why Pinterest lacks data insights and analytics
13:52 – How the demographics of the average Pinterest user is changing
16:40 – What Tailwind Create is and how it works
18:59 – How to find the sweet spot when it comes to uploading new pins
22:00 – How brands can use Pinterest Paid Ads
23:48 – What works and what doesn’t work on Pinterest
28:20 – How B2B brands are leveraging Pinterest
30:03 – Key mistakes to avoid when using Pinterest for business
34:18 – The importance of production value
37:43 – Whether brands really need a content philosophy that includes everything (images, videos, stories, etc.)

Quotes From This Episode:

There are things that Pinterest can enable us to do that is hard to find anywhere else Click To Tweet
“The average time to create a pin is 15 mins… but the average member takes 1.8 mins to create a pin with Tailwind Create.” – @alisammeredith