As social media continues to grow, bloggers and small business owners have more and more ways to promote. One that commonly gets overlooked by new bloggers is Pinterest! I’ve had several newer bloggers comment that they don’t know how to keep up with this platform; today I’m sharing a tool I began using a few months ago that has made utilizing Pinterest to boost blog traffic a breeze.
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I’ve had my Pinterest since before I had a blog. When I first started blogging I rarely pinned my blog posts – mostly because I still was hiding my blog from any and everyone that knew me in real life. Last year, I made the switch to regularly pinning my blog content and earlier this year I decided to pay for an automatic scheduler.
Pinterest Strategy | Deciding to Invest.
Deciding to invest in your blog {or business} can be a really tough decision because there are SO many different areas you can choose to put money towards. Finding time for the daily, weekly, and monthly tasks can be tough since I run What Nicole Wore by myself. I signed up for a free trial with Tailwind and less than a week later decided to invest and upgrade to Plus. The scheduler saved me hours and has made growing my Pinterest account so much easier.
Deciding to invest in your blog can be a tough decision. Click To TweetTailwind can be used on your computer or cell phone, which is a huge plus for me. You’ll want to install the Tailwind extension so that you can save content to schedule from anywhere on the internet.
Pinterest Strategy | Tailwind’s Smart Scheduler.
Once you’ve registered for an account, you’ll be able to set up a Smart Schedule under the Publish tab. Indicate how many times a day you’d like to pin and then Tailwind will set a schedule with the best posting times based around that number. You’ll have the option to change this and can always set custom times if you want something pinned on a specific date and/or time. {Super handy for group boards with posting requirements!}
This tool schedules your pins at the best times for you. Engage your Pinterest followers: Click To Tweet
Pinterest Strategy | Shuffle Your Queue!
After you’ve added some original content and repins to your Tailwind queue, head to the Scheduled Pins tab. On this page, you can edit pins’ captions to add keywords and also shuffle your queue. This for me is one of the BEST features of a Pinterest scheduler.
Sharing old blog content to Pinterest has never been easier! Learn how: Click To TweetI like knowing that my content will be mixed up and pinned to my boards over a wide span of time versus just on the day that I publish it. Since doing this, I’ve seen an increase in traffic to older posts of mine. While sharing old content is a no brainer, it can be hard to keep up with!
Wondering how to best mix up your Pinterest content? Spilling my secret here: Click To Tweet
As I mentioned previously, keeping up with all parts of the promotion process can be a lot for one person. The best thing that Tailwind has done is allowed me to not think about Pinterest for days {and even weeks} at a time. At this point, I typically have 800-1,000 pins scheduled and can just work on adding to my queue versus going through and manually pinning each image from my blog.
Pinterest Strategy | Tailwind for iPhone.
I primarily fill my Tailwind queue through the Pinterest app on my phone before bed. I’ve showed what the process looks like below:
Did you know you can use @TailwindApp with the Pinterest for iPhone app? Click To Tweet
When you see a pin you want to add to your queue, hold down on it and hit the share button. After you select the “more” option, you’ll be able to select which board{s} you want to post it to. To add it to your queue hit the green schedule button. If you want to post at a custom time, hit save to drafts and then you’ll be able to schedule the specific date and time from a desktop. Some group boards on Pinterest will require that you pin to and from the board a certain number of times per day.
The ‘Save to Drafts’ allows me to save up these pins and then go through and schedule them all at once!
If you head into the Tailwind app you’ll see your queue and be able to move around pins in your schedule by dragging and dropping them.
Pinterest Strategy | Sign Up for a Free Month of Tailwind.
Get a free month of @TailwindApp and learn how to use the scheduler! Click To TweetSo what are you waiting for?! Sign up for a free month Tailwind here {this is a referral link} and stay tuned for my next Pinterest post all about Tailwind Tribes & my favorite accounts to follow! PS. Be sure to follow me on Pinterest 🙂 See you Friday for the August in Review post.
Tailwind has been a game changer!
Totally agree! It’s made Pinterest so much easier!
Tailwind has been my favorite! It is such an easy way to schedule posts!
Completely agree! It’s one of my favorite blogging tools!
I’ve been thinking about doing this for ages but I just couldn’t make my mind up! I may have to go ahead and get a Tailwind account after reading this!
It’s been SUCH a gamechanger for me! With all the moving parts in blogging, there’s always something to do so I like that this takes the remembering out of it and lets me reschedule old content too!
Talwind has been a lifesaver, seriously! It’s my favorite blogging tool to date!
xo, Lily
Beauty With Lily
Mine too! It’s saved me so much time 🙌🏽🙌🏽
Yes to this! Tailwind has been amazing for me!
http://www.rdsobsessions.com
Such a game changer!
I did the free trial but am still so confused on Tailwind- Don’t you have to manually click on all your blog photos to schedule anyway?? And what does the paid service get you that the free trial doesn’t?
xo, Kristina
You have to select each photo but you can make a “board list” and then it’ll automatically schedule them to all of those boards. Plus lets you schedule unlimited pins and view analytics beyond just the 30 days too.
I love using Tailwind to schedule pins. Sometimes I use it to repin other pins or when using group boards.
I love it for group boards and reins! It’s made staying consistent on the platform so much easier for me!
I use this tool and it works so well!
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Missy
http://popofstyle.com
It’s one of my favorite blogging tools!
Gotta love Tailwind! It’s totally helped me up my Pinterest game.
I desperately need to take the dive into investing in Pinterest! It’s just such an unknown for me and that can be so intimidating!
I recently invested in Tailwind. What a great way to spend a bit of my money. It’s really increased my traffic!
Great post. Tailwind has done so much for the pinning game, it’s incredible.
It’s been a huge game changer for me and helped me to stay consistent!
Great tips! I love tailwind so much
Tailwind is seriously the best! I couldn’t do pinterest without it!
I use Tailwind and love it!
Saving this post because I definitely need to up my pinterest game! Thanks for sharing! xo
Tailwind is such a game changer for Pinterest. I couldn’t live without it!
April | http://www.thebluehydrangeas.com
What a great idea! My Pinterest engagement was never worth the time; maybe this will help!
I’ve been thinking about using tailwind, I might have to hop on the bandwagon!