


Best practice is to keep your public boards as on-point as your blog posts, or product line. Just know that SEO experts say it lessens your account’s likelihood of being found in search results. If you really want to have public boards about things you love, that’s up to you. May I respectfully disagree? I’ve even made other non-business boards “secret.” Now imagine if I’d made a board about “knitting”? Which was recommended to me.

I eventually closed that list because I was wasting too much time on it, and making no money. I did get thousands of people to sign up to that list (I think 7K).

I spent a ton of time making a content upgrade for that blog post, set up an email list for it, tried to figure out a way to monetize… Either way, start by going to your “Saved” tab.įrom here on desktop, just click the plus sign on the far right, and choose “Create board.”Įven though that Pin was vaguely related to my business (I do talk about colors for branding), I probably got fewer than 5 people on my business email list from that viral Pin. You can create your boards from a desktop browser or on mobile. Got some boards names and descriptions ready? Let’s make boards! Read some of my favorite ways to easily make Pinterest Pins. Making Pins doesn’t have to be difficult. These can be text on a solid background, because simple graphics stand out even more against all the photos on Pinterest.įor products, recipes, etc: Use one image, or create a simple collage of 2 to 4 images with a few words of text to explain.
