A Tutorial

Prepared by RFI Studios

1-23-2012

What is Pinterest?

• Pinterest is essentially a photo blog or “virtual pinboard” that lets users organize and share all of their interests in a visually appealing way.

Get started in 5 easy steps

Welcome to Pinterest

• Step 1: Sign up to get an invite. Once you get your invite, you have the option to join via your Facebook ID.

• Step 2: Choose your interests.

Wait.. why did I have to choose my interests?

• Pinterest automatically chooses some folks with established pinboards for you to follow based on your interests.

• If you sign up with your FB account, it also automatically follows your friends.

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• Step 3: Categorize your pinboards

– What’s a pinboard? A visual collection of the things you love (online)

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• Step 4: Pin it to your bookmarks

– Adding the “Pin It” button to your bookmarks makes it easy for you to add images, videos, and text to your pinboards seamlessly while you’re surfing the web.

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• Step 5: Start pinning and categorizing!

– It’s pretty simple. Say you see a photo of China, and you decide that you want to save this image. You can click the “Pin It” button on your bookmarks which will pull up a “create pin” pop-up. The pop-up gives you the option to categorize the image and add a caption. You’re also invited to share it on Facebook or Tweet about it.

Your Dashboard

• You can manage your different pinboards from your dashboard. You also see a mini newsfeed that broadcasts activity from the people you’re following.

Your Homepage

• Your homepage shows content from the people you’re following.

• Engagement options include Repin, Like, and Comment.

The Pinterest Marketplace

• This is new. Pinterest also has a “Gifts” section that you can filter by amount that features different items on sale based on your interests. Purchases are not made through this site.