Pinterest : A Beginner’s Guide

Pinterest is quite viral at the moment and is inviting many users from social media and the other important platforms. The main idea behind Pinterest is to connect users over a platform where they can share the favorite videos and other important things. The growth of this app is instrumental in these times and according to the reports, the website has registered over 11.7 Million monthly unique users, which is an impressive stat. However, most of the businesses are unaware of its utility; this is the major reason for the pull back of the business. Here is our user-friendly beginner’s guide which will show the correct means and directions to the new user:

Pinterest has hosted some incredible facts about itself. The most interesting fact is that 89 percent of the Pinterest users are females. This is a great achievement for the company. According to some reports, it has been found out that Pinterest users tend to invest 89 minutes of their monthly time towards the management of their boards. In many ways, the repute of this website has been compared to the likes of facebook.
There are some terms that are of immense importance when it comes to the context of Pinterest. They are:

Pin: 

Any post that is shared on Pinterest is termed as a Pin. This pin is quite similar to a tweet, but the only difference lies in the media posting. A person can only post photos as a pin. Making a pin in this website is very easy, and it requires a mere click on “Pin it” button and the rest of the work is an easy affair.

A Board: 

It is the collective platform for all the posts/pins that revolve around a topic. For example, there is a board for “recipes” which contains pictures of all the recipes available in the menu.

Follower: 

This concept of following some is closely related to that on

Facebook and Twitter. 

The Pin created by the user can be followed by anyone available on the online space.

Repin: 

This feature also resembles Retweet on Twitter to a great extent.

Like: 

This feature lets a user like any pin that he browses. The concept has similar buds as facebook or twitter.

Setting-up An Account:

The first step before using Pinterest is to register an account with it. This website works on the invite-only method and anyone interested in creating the Pinterest account, can request the moderators to send him the invite.
The interface that follows requires the user to fill in the email details and click on “Request Invitation”.

The next step is to verify the email by clicking on the link sent by the company in order to confirm your Pinterest account.

Pinterest gives authority to the user in order to sign up enroute facebook or Twitter. Business firms always prefer signing up from Twitter as it is more business oriented Social Media.

Your Board:

A Board is the place where the sharing of Pin happens along with the posting of favorite videos. Boards also enable the user to categorize all the things he possesses.
This is the major platform where all the advancements regarding the picture sharing take place.

How To Create a Board:

The process to create a Board is not complicated. It requires the user to at the top-right of page in order to choose the option, “create board”.

The next step requires the user to affix a name to the Board. This step also helps the user to categorize his media according to the requirement.

How To Pin:

After adding the board, user has to just click on the “Add” button and it reflects the option, “Add a pin”. This step initiates the process of adding a Pin to the board.

The next step is to add the URL which is expected to be posted and then the user is expected to click, “find images”.

This step will enable the interface to search for the images required and they will be searched from the article.After the completion of this step, simply click on “Pin it” and the process of adding a pin is thus complete.

About the Author - Pankaj is a blogger and a freelance writer who writes about Gadgets, Tutorials Windows at his Technology blog, Teech World.