Jump on the Pinterest Train!

This post is long over­due. For those already immersed in blog­ging, social media, etc, you’ve likely already jumped on the Pin­ter­est train. If you’re like me, you’ve been on it for at least half a year already. But, lately, I’ve been sur­prised by the num­ber of my real-life friends and fam­ily haven’t yet heard of or start­ing using the awe­some­ness that is Pin­ter­est.

So, for those of you not yet in the know.…what is Pin­ter­est? Basi­cally, it’s a vir­tual pin board. You can “pin” any­thing you find inter­est­ing to your boards. Hence, “Pin­ter­est”. And, the beauty is you can categorize/name your boards in any way that you choose and you can have just about as many boards as you like to help keep every­thing orga­nized. I’m up to 40 boards (and 1350 pins)!

How many times have you been read­ing a blog or surf­ing the web and found a great idea that you want to remem­ber? For me, that’s like every day! In the days before Pin­ter­est, I was always for­get­ting where I book­marked it or wrote it down. No more. Now, I can pin ANYTHING I like from any­where on the web and then find it eas­ily through my cat­e­go­rized boards. The other thing I L.O.V.E is that Pin­ter­est is SO visual since you pin images to your boards. Here’s a snap­shot of what some of my boards look like:What makes Pin­ter­est extra cool (and actu­ally part of the social media world) is that you can con­nect, inter­act, and get “pin­spi­ra­tion” from oth­ers! Just like face­book, twit­ter, etc. you have fol­low­ers and can fol­low oth­ers. The recent pins of every­one you fol­low show up in your “news­feed” of sorts. If you like some­thing you see, you just hit repin! Easy peasy! So, really, the more peo­ple you follow–the more cool ideas show up on your main page. If you’re inter­ested, you can fol­low me here: http://pinterest.com/momendeavors/

As with any site like this, there is some basic eti­quette that should be fol­lowed. Most impor­tant from a blog­ger per­spec­tive is actu­ally pin­ning from a web­site (NOT google images) and pin­ning from the ORIGINAL source. Here is a GREAT post all about Pinterest–Miss Manner’s Style! For months, Pin­ter­est has been my #1 traf­fic dri­ver, so I appre­ci­ate it when peo­ple fol­low this etiquette–and thank you for pin­ning ideas from Mom Endeavors!

So, if you’re not on Pin­ter­est yet.…you should be! If you have ques­tions, let me know. And, if you need an invite to join, just let me know in the com­ments and I’ll invite you! If you’re already on Pin­ter­est, feel free to leave your Pin­ter­est link in the com­ments so we can fol­low each other!

Happy Pin­ning!