How to Grow Your Following and Gain More Views Using Pinterest

So I'm still getting a good amount of page views, which I find surprising because I feel like my content quality and just posting schedule (when I use to have one), has really gone down because life is insane....and I'm lazy. 

Also, I use to get around 70 comments a post and now I get around 40 (not that I'm complaining, I'm really just happy to get any comments at all, thank y'all so much!!❤️).

Seriously, the last thing I want to be is like him, ew. ^

Shoutout to Faith for being one of my top referring sites! 

Anyways, my number one referring sites is Pinterest, it's always been a good site to share my posts on and I've gotten so many blog readers from it!

So, today I decided to write a post about things I've learned about Pinterest and how you can gain followers and views for your blog from it!

1. Pinnable images. Try to make it:

-Easy to read

-Eye-catching (in a good way!)

-Make sure to put your blog brand, logo, or link on it

-Standard article pin size (around 600x900) I use the Book Cover template on Canva

2. Save your post to Pinterest! You as the blogger and writer of the post should be your blog’s number one promoter, so save it to your account, be proud of your work. I’ve found that posting blog posts to boards titled things like My Blog Posts don’t work as well, sadly unless you are famous enough that people seek out your writing, pinners won’t go out of their way to go through your board. I pin most of my posts in my board Writing Prompts and Tips and have seen far better statistics than before when I was pinning to a board only for my personal posts.

My writing board, and look! One of my blog posts!! 

3. Make your post’s header be easy to share. Attached widgets or download some standard coding for this, GetSiteControl is a free and easy way to do this.

4. Make sure the description under your post is solid. Either your description will be the title of your blog or the search description you gave it.

5. Confirm your site on Pinterest. Not much to say here, it’s just more proficient.

6. Pin your post to every relevant board you have. This might seem a bit extra, but remember my point on no.2:  “You as the blogger and writer of the post should be your blog’s number one promoter..”

Now we move on to the second step in this whole thing, which is:

Gaining followers

I hate to say this, but if you have around five followers on Pinterest and you’re trying to get a decent amount of views, it probably won’t go well, that being said, how can you gain followers and re-pins?

1. Use the business setting on Pinterest. It looks so much more professional and will help people want to stay on your page.

2. Pin good pins. Look, I love memes as much as the next teenager, but unless your Pinterest is dedicated to dank memes only, use them sparingly! Sadly, memes aren’t usually easy on the eyes with their color contrasts and grammar mistakes.

3. Pin a different variety of pins. I’ve read some advice articles in the past about Pinterest and remember them saying to stick to a theme but, nah. It’s my Pinterest and I pin what lovely things I want. Also, I’ve found that it actually does bring in more followers.

From character inspiration to tattoos 

Makeup to humor (including memes) 

From the love of my life a.k.a. coffee to aesthetics  

and from celebrities to fashion

4. Follow people and boards you like. This one’s easy, see a user with a bunch of lovely boards? Follow them. See a fellow writer with some great writing boards? Follow them. See a person you know in real life? Follow them (while grinning at them when you see them in public because you know their secret addiction).

Aaannndddd that is a wrap!

Do you use Pinterest?

What tips would you add?

Happy Writing,