How to Grow Pinterest Followers
How many of you are a huge Pinterest fan, like me? I've always torn pages from magazines to save as inspiration -- so a pin-board for the internet has been up my alley since the day I first heard of Pinterest. Since I'm naturally drawn to this concept, I've always invested time into it. It's been a source of inspiration for my home, my blog, and my shop. I've learned a ton through tutorials found via Pinterest, and I've discovered some of my favorite bloggers through this handy site.
Yet, there is still so much to learn.
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Specifically, I can learn more about how to grow my own blog using Pinterest. Over the last 4 months, I've been using a new tool to grow my Pinterest following and increase my Pin frequency {aka. how often I pin}. It's called Boardbooster and is the first time I've really invested in my blog -- outside of buying my domain and web hosting.
Why Boardbooster?
Boardbooster is an effective tool for scheduling Pins, but it's also very affordable.
The price of one fancy coffee a month, actually.
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For $5/month, Boardbooster provides 500 pins a month. This allows me to be active in the "Pinterest World" on a daily basis, about 16 pins per day. However, I don't have to actually spend time pinning content every day. Maybe I'm cheap, but prior to signing up for Boardbooster, I had tried to just pin 5-10 times per day. That gets complicated because it's better to Pin in the evenings even though I typically would have time to Pin in the mornings. Plus, some days are just too busy and it's easy to be inconsistent.
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I know that I love to blog, but I also know I can't do everything. It was time to invest money somewhere -- and Pinterest growth is what made the most sense. Nearly 50% of my Blog Traffic comes from Pinterest, and it drives many of my Etsy Shop sales. There are tons of things I could spend money on {CoScheduler, e-courses, etc.}, but investing in Pinterest is the best strategy for my blog, right now.
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Does Boardbooster Work?
Yes. Well, it has for me... let me explain.
I've been using Boardbooster for 4 months and, in that time, my Followers have increased by 35%. In the 4 months prior to joining Boardbooster, my Followers had only increased by 16%.
On a monthly basis, I was seeing an average of 4% growth, and now I average about 9% growth in Pinterest Followers each month.
Assuming similar growth continues, I will have doubled my Pinterest following by September, by investing only $35 over the course of 7 months. Plus, I've saved myself a ton of time by scheduling Pins instead of pinning "real-time."
How Do I Use Boardbooster?
There are 3 types of pinning tools within Boardbooster: Campaigns, Scheduler, and Looping.
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Campaigns
A Campaign pins from selected boards to other selected boards. For example, I have a campaign setup to schedule 5 pins per day from my Board "Craftivity Designs | Best of the Blog" to 5 different Group Boards.
It's a "Random Campaign" which means it chooses pins from "Craftivity Designs | Best of the Blog" randomly. This is a great feature because it pulls both old and new blog content for repinning.
Scheduler
The Scheduler allows you to -- can you guess? -- schedule pins. I use the Scheduler more often than pinning "real-time." Why? Because I may come across a great Pin from a blogger-friend at 8 AM... which is not a great time to Pin. I could share it at 8 AM; but it would be more likely to receive Repins if I schedule it for later.
In Scheduler, Boardbooster creates a hidden board that you pin to instead. So, for the above example, I have a hidden board called "-DIYHomeDecorIdeas."
It's here, and other hidden Scheduler boards, that I typically pin. Then Boardbooster pins those over a period of days, at the best times for pinning, based on the parameters that I've set within the Scheduler.
Looping
Looping is an interesting feature which works to revive old pins, specifically those with low repins. It repins the pin, on the same board in which it currently exists, and deletes one of those pins {so there aren't dupiclates} after a set period of time. It chooses which pin to delete based on the number of repins.
In other words, if you wrote a post several years ago -- even if it was a great post -- your followers may have never seen it. The Looping function moves it up to the top of the board, for Followers to see in their feed.
Should you invest in Boardbooster? If Pinterest is a primary traffic source for your site and you are looking for a small investment, I think Boardbooster is a great option. At a minimum, it's definitely worth giving the free trial a spin and testing it out.
ooooh! I'll have to try this I think! I have some Instagram goals I want to accomplish first, but then pinterest is my next target social media-wise to grow! Thanks for sharing this!
I just recently discovered boardbooster. I havent quite figured out how to get it started, so i will need to spend some more time on it, but it looks like a great thing!
It took me about a month to really start getting in the habit of utilizing it and setting aside some time to get the different pin types configured.
Really interesting! I've never thought about using a tool for Pinterest strategy before. This one sounds like it has worked very well for you!
It has been so helpful! Glad you stopped by to check it out 🙂
Ah-ha! I'm going to have to check into this. I usually do pinning before I go to bed or when I wake up at 3am and can't sleep. $5 isn't bad at all.
That's the way I felt, it's affordable and convenient!
I did board booster for awhile, and I think you just convinced me to get back in it! Thanks!
It's definitely an affordable option!
I love Pinterest! I haven't used any apps to grow my audience, but I might look into it.
I tried Tailwind, too. I liked it also, but the monthly fee was a little higher.
Wow!! Your results with Boardbooster are amazing!! I think that may have given me a reason to take the leap. Plus, I like to buy many a fancy coffee per month 😉
LOL, me too. I can give up one 🙂
I will admit I've never TRULY given Pinterest enough credit, but it is a huge marketing tool especially since people love pretty photos & can save them for the future which means they can be shared later too. I appreciate all of your advice, and will definitely look into making this network MORE of a priority! xx Adaleta Avdic
You're welcome! I think you are right on with the fact it can be saved and shared later, too. That makes Pinterest very different that FB & Twitter which don't retain and refresh old content nearly as well.
You can't really argue with those stats, you can see the effect it can have clearly by the graph there! I'm trying to become more active on Pinterest, and in the future I'll definitely have to look into this!
I've been really pleased! I was skeptical to give it a try, even though it's not much money, I guess I'm just a penny-pincher 🙂
I've never heard of this before! I'm going to check it out.
It's a great tool!
I love Pinterest it is one of it not the major traffic driver to my blog. I also sometimes use Pinterest to promote popular pins.
I have tried promoting but I've been considering it. What has your experience been?
Great post! I just switched up some of my board booster settings based on these tips! Thank you!
Awesome! I hope it is helpful!
Thanks for your explanation. I may have to make this investment soon!
I love Boardbooster so much! I have seen tremendous results with it.
xoxo, Jenny
This is such a great post! I have been on the edge about trying it and definitely want to give it a try now! Your knowledge about it is amazing!
Great! Glad it was helpful!