I am excited to share about one of the newest books in the For Dummies series. Pinterest For Dummies {written by Kelby Carr} covers everything one needs to know about Pinterest, an online pinboard that is used as a social bookmarking site. The book is written for both Pinterest newbies and those who have been on Pinterest since the beginning.
For those that have never used Pinterest before, Kelby goes over how to request an invite and how to setup a profile on the site. She then talks about how to create boards, from what to name them to what category to put them in on the site. She also talks about pinning and repinning. About 40 pages are spent on these basics. For those that have been on Pinterest a while, these pages are good to review since there are still nuggets of knowledge found in the pages.
Next, Kelby talks about how to use Pinterest to interact with others. She shows how people can find their friends on the site and how to share the things you pin. She also talks about the features of Pinterest and how to like pins and comment on pins. She then shows how to customize pins by putting price tags on product pins and how to use hashtags to make searching for items easy.
After this she goes into the many ways people are using Pinterest. Most people use Pinterest for DIY/crafts and recipes. Some use it to plan a vacation, create a wish list of products they want, or creating a board of motivational quotes. {Personally I use Pinterest the most to find recipes for my menu plan and have about 15 boards devoted to food alone.} There is really no right or wrong way to use the site and pins about any topic you can think of. I really like that Kelby also talks about using Pinterest to support causes since there are some charities and businesses offering to donate money just for pinning something and I love that!
The last chapters of the book cover more advanced topics like using Pinterest on a smartphone and controlling privacy settings. There is a whole chapter for website owners that helps them create pin-worthy content and other ways to use Pinterest to drive traffic to their sites. She also has a chapter on pin etiquette and shares her do’s and dont’s for using Pinterest.
The end of the book has a couple lists. Kelby shares a list of Pinterest users people can follow {listed by what types of things they frequently pin}. She also has a list of ten businesses that are using Pinterest effectively. As a marketer I was especially interested in reading this chapter so I could learn what is working for businesses on Pinterest.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. I normally think of the “For Dummies” line of books as being for those that aren’t familiar with the topic but in this case I think it’s useful for everyone. I’ve been on Pinterest since before it was popular {as I am with many social networks} and I found a lot of great information in the pages. It’s also nicely organized so you can easily find the topics you want to read about.
GIVEAWAY
One person will win a copy of Pinterest For Dummies by Kelby Carr
HOW TO ENTER
{Do any or all of the following, leave a separate comment for each you do}
1) What do you use (or want to use) Pinterest for?
2) Follow me on Pinterest
3) Share this giveaway on a social network
Giveaway ends on June 24, 2012 at 11:59pm Central time. Giveaway open to US and Canada only.
(Disclosure: I received a copy of Pinterest For Dummies to review but all thoughts are my own.)
I’m not sure how to use Pinterest, so I’m hoping the book will give me ideas.
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I follow you on Pinterest
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I shared on my FB wall: https://www.facebook.com/clenna/posts/329257297152071
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I like to use Pinterest for finding new crafting ideas and recipes. My daughter is 7.5 months old but I will start planning her 1st birthday by finding ideas on there too!
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I love using pinterest to compile all of the ideas I have for dinner, my future baby’s nursery, and ways to make my house more awesome! :)
Also, I followed you on pinterest (pinterest.com/plethobeth)
And I just publicly google+1’d.
Thanks for the giveaway!
I want to use Pinterest to share my favorite things and to get new ideas and inspirations from what others have pinned.
I follow you on Pinterest.
I tweeted about the giveaway.
https://twitter.com/hi9185/status/214040921157799937
I use Pinterest to capture recipes, jewelry, giveaways, pictures, ect , I love it!
I follow you on Pinterest as cherylabdel.
I tweeted as mt4cb—–https://twitter.com/mt4cb/status/214060451208769537
Oh how awesome!! I use pinterest to save things that I would normally clutter my hard drive with. Recipes, crafts I wanna make, scrapbooking sketches and layouts I like, home decor ideas…..I could go on and on!! lol
I follow you on pinterest!! Anyone who wants can follow me as well…just look for Tina Phillips :):)
I’d like to use it to organize all my favorites better
I follow you on Pinterest (Hislove Endures)
Followed you on Pinterest.
http://pinterest.com/jbang0331/
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Shared on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jolson33/status/214135658292326401
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I am a member of Pinterest but really don’t know what to do there, this could be so helpful!
Tweet!
https://twitter.com/HeavenMHer/status/214157620515315713
I use Pinterest to Pin images of stylish outfits mostly, but also home decorating ideas as well…
Right now I use it mostly for giveawaysbut would like to use it alot more.
i would like to use pinterest to organize nail art, but dont know how to find others ppins that well…i see something else and go off on a tangent
i follow you on pinterest
tweeted
https://twitter.com/OliviaAbby/status/214482488054124544
I use it for gift ideas
I use Pinterest to help share all my favorite things.
I follow you on Pinterest. ID: Lyndadawinda
I am in the process of starting a new blog. I would like to use Pinterest to stay in touch with my upcoming followers.
Thanks for the great giveaway opportunity. ~Pauline
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I am following you on Pinterest.
Pinterest ID: Pauline Milner
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I tweeted about your giveaway today:
https://twitter.com/bullittmilner/status/215019821836931072
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following you on pintrest
http://pinterest.com/kkfoster35/
shared on twitter
https://twitter.com/MommysMoments/status/215126580052234241
To express my creativity. That is why I want to use Pinterest.
I use it to find giveaways, the latest trend in fashion, and recipes – emscout9 at Hotmail dot com
Followed on Pinterest… http://pinterest.com/emscout9/ …..( pls use emscout9 at hotmail dot com instead of gmail to contact me)
I tweeted about this giveaway @emscout9 (pls use emscout9 at hotmail dot com instead of gmail to contact me)…https://twitter.com/emscout9/status/215701029898043392
I want to learn to use Pinterest
A co-worker at work loves pinterest and it has me interested, but I’m not sure I understand it.
I have a Pinterest account. Mainly for giveaways….but I’m starting to have so much fun with it! I love looking at and repinning others’ ideas. It’s actually fun…I could do it all day. But I’m not sure the correct way to like, pin, follow…..help!
I shared on https://plus.google.com/115345004306082142067/posts/iKUAqxUMSBm
ideas for my future wedding
I use it to enter contests
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For recipes!
I love looking for recipes on pinterest
I want to learn how to use Pinterest to market my blog and my soon to be launched new business.
Following on Pinterest akb2012
Shared this giveaway on my personal fb wall…http://www.facebook.com/pages/Twins-Happen/331927180186378?ref=tn_tnmn#!/andrea.gravesboring
I use it for finding healthy recipe ideas
I follow you on Pinterest (Tee Kupon)
Shared on FB https://www.facebook.com/tee.kupon?ref=tn_tnmn#!/tee.kupon/posts/356248137779939
for recipes and crafts
follow u on pinterest
shared on FB (carole c)
I’d love to create a virtual inspiration board of colors, ideas, interiors & exotic destinations!
I want to use it for finding great recipes and fashion ideas
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
would love to learn more about Pinterest. I have not been on it very long
pinterest follower (chelleb40)
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tweet
https://twitter.com/ChelleB36/status/216992438156410880
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follow you on Pinterest
frugalwahms
tweeted
https://twitter.com/FrugalWahms/status/216995110766907392
I would like to use Pinterest for recipes and learn more about it.
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I follow you on Pinterest – janetfaye
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for my business
ardelong2(at)gmail(dot)com
I hear everyone talk about pinterest, but know nothing about it. I think I would use it for crafting ideas
I just started using it, but lack knowledge in all the details and how I can use it….hoping this book will help!
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I Tweeted the giveaway message as @ celticrn
https://twitter.com/CELTICRN/status/217053417359683585
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I’m following you on pinterest as sheila tf
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I can’t wait to learn all about Pinterest. I see all the wonderful ideas people are pinning. I would probably start with recipes or crafts.
Shared on Twitter https://twitter.com/ATweetMom/status/217087473724043264
I want to use it for crafts
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pinterest follower shirley greenawalt zolenski / daveshir2005
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