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Page 1: Pinterest for Iowa Tourism Conference...What we’ve learned 1. Know your audience. 2. Act like a person. 3. Be a curator (repin away!) 4. Don’t be self‐serving. 5. Build a better
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Pinterest 101

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Pinterest is: a visual collection of shared ideas

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Purpose of Social Media for the DNRp

• Build relationships and garner trust

– A friendly, trustworthy image

– Branding

– Connections to agency mission – put the why in the conversationConnections to agency mission  put the why in the conversation

• Customer service 

• Instant, direct and credible information 

– Info straight to the customer

• Generate enthusiasm and support 

– help people get outside and value our natural resources

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What we’ve learned

1. Know your audience.

2. Act like a person.

3. Be a curator (repin away!)

4. Don’t be self‐serving.

5. Build a better pin.

6. Variety is the spice of life…and Pinterest.

7. Time your posts for peak times.

8. Plan ahead, watch trends.

9. Track your progress.

10. Promote, promote, promote.

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1. Know your audience.

• Not all social media are the same.

K di h it• Know your audience on each site.

• Pinterest is primarily :

Women (84%)– Women  (84%)

– Adults under 50

– College‐educated

Middle income higher income users– Middle‐income, higher‐income users

– 15 percent of Internet users are on Pinterest

Tie to popular Pinterest themes– Tie to popular Pinterest themes

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2. Act like a person.p

• Build a relationship.

• Pin like a person would, not like a company.

• Repin from trusted sources and links.

• Don’t let Pinterest think you’re spammy.

• Follow others.

• Be friendly conversational use the third person “we ”Be friendly, conversational, use the third person  we.

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2. Act like a personp

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3. Be a curator.

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4. Don’t be self‐serving.g

• Let people feel like they’ve stumbled across the best idea ever, not an ad.

Sh id fi t d t• Share ideas first and promote second.

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5.Build a better pin.p

1. Eye‐catching image

2. Vertical

3. Text

4. Logo

5. Caption

6. Hashtags

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6. Variety is the spice of life…and Pinteresty p

• Don’t be a dumper.

• Spread pins out thematically.

• Pin to multiple boards.

• Keep captions clear so it remains 

• Watch for trends. evergreen in search.

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7. Plan ahead

• Time posts for peak times.

• Watch for trends.

• Use a third‐party scheduler.

• Sketch out the next four to six weeks of content.

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8. Beef up your websitep y

• Not all pins come from your Pinterest boards.

• Make sure people can easily pin from your website.

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9. Track your progress.y p g

• Verified Pinterest business accounts.

• Third‐party servicesThird party services.

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10. Promote, promote, promote., p , p

– Cross‐promote on Facebook, Twitter

– Highlight in newsletters or other communications with your customers

– Add prominent social media links to your website

– Add social media links to your email signature

– Include in all your branding and promotional materials

– Work with partners to repin each others’ content

– Use hashtags and keywords to show up in search

– Run contests

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Questions?Q

Jessie BrownDNR Information Specialist

515.281.5131

[email protected]

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