Pinterest

[FirstPageResults]

Interested to hear if anyone has been experimenting with Pinterest? Seems to really be gaining momentum, especially with 25-35 y.o women from what I've seen.

Some stats from Experian eariler in the month:

With pickup from a range of sites and retweets on Twitter, Pinterest has jumped up the ranks for a new Australian high, ranking 25th most popular site in the Social Networking and Forums category last week, almost doubling the amount of weekly Visits from Australians in twelve weeks, from 186,000 Total Visits three months ago to 359,000 Total Visits last week.

http://www.experian.com.au/blogs/marketing-forward/2012/02/02/pinterest-interest-doubles/

 

[seolyka2]

I haven't tried it yet. I just requested an invite. I read a lot of good reviews about Pinterest and I'm really excited to try it.

 

[James]

Yeah been using it for around 9 months for clients in the Fashion niche, see good traffic from their.

But to be honest I think it is a lot of hype over it recently, you really need to be creative too see some good use from it from a niche like insurance.

Also you need to be aware of the fact any image you upload to the site is the property of Pinterest i.e they can on sell it according to their Terms or service.

 

[FirstPageResults]

I'm waiting too.. would be nice to get a decent username

It's mostly about the visuals so finance would be tricky. Looking at some successful examples for big brands, looks like you need to go fairly broad to gain momentum.

http://pinterest.com/mashable/
http://pinterest.com/etsy/

 

[FirstPageResults]

I got a friend to invite me.. if you want an invite PM me with your email address.

Keep in mind you need to link to a Facebook or Twitter account to sign up.

 

[soj]

I got a friend to invite me.. if you want an invite PM me with your email address.

You can also just apply and this is the first email you get:

Thanks for joining the Pinterest waiting list. We'll be sure to send you an invite soon.

And then I got my invite email later the same day.


Interestingly, I just got this email from HubSpot:

Just last week, Pinterest reached 11 Million monthly unique visits. For many companies, it's driving more referral traffic
than Twitter and Google+. That growth is faster than any standalone site - ever.

 

[FirstPageResults]

And then I got my invite email later the same day.

One of the lucky ones... I've been waiting for days

 

[Ash]

I got invited the same day as well. Haven't posted anything to it because not sure how it will fit in with the bigger picture for me just yet.

 

[dave]

Personally I don't know if I can see it lasting.

 

[seolyka2]

I got a friend to invite me.. if you want an invite PM me with your email address.

Keep in mind you need to link to a Facebook or Twitter account to sign up.

I'm requesting for an invite. PM sent Admin. Thanks in advance.

 

[Rhythm]

How pinteresting.

 

[Rhythm]

Say I happened to have a generic keyword Pinterest name... how would I go about selling it? Or twitter handle etc.

 

[findtim]

Also you need to be aware of the fact any image you upload to the site is the property of Pinterest i.e they can on sell it according to their Terms or service.

my background is photography ( as in i actually have a uni degree in it so pay attention)

james is RIGHT, my wife takes great photos of the kids and got an email that said you could WIN a nikon to upload a photo to the competition ( i don't need to mention which one as they are almost all the same)

the terms were that that image then becme the property of the organisation

now i have to say my kids are beautiful ( must take after their mum ! ) but what the terms ment is i could one day be driving down the road ....having NOT won the nikon camera.... and see my kids on a billboard !!!

pretty CHEAP stock images hey !!!

tim

ps: i am pretty sure the same goes for youtube and to state the obvious i think youtube are currently creating a TV channel if they haven't already suceeded and everythign you put on youtube they don't have to pay you for !

 

[Ash]

my background is photography ( as in i actually have a uni degree in it so pay attention)

Think they may have changed this recently...

Your content. Pinterest allows you to pin and post content on the Service, including photos, comments, and other materials. Anything that you pin, post, display, or otherwise make available on our Service, including all Intellectual Property Rights (defined below) in such content, is referred to as “User Content.” You retain all of your rights in all of the User Content you post to our Service.​

http://pinterest.com/about/terms/?utm_source=sendgrid.com&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pinterest.com

 

[findtim]

Think they may have changed this recently...

Your content. Pinterest allows you to pin and post content on the Service, including photos, comments, and other materials. Anything that you pin, post, display, or otherwise make available on our Service, including all Intellectual Property Rights (defined below) in such content, is referred to as “User Content.” You retain all of your rights in all of the User Content you post to our Service.​

http://pinterest.com/about/terms/?utm_source=sendgrid.com&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pinterest.com

noted: thanks.

i'm still carefull of an image i put online even if it is only 72dpi

tim

 

[seolyka2]

Just want to share this news I read from Search Engine Watch. According to Experian, Pinterest is now the third most popular social network site in the US.

Full news here: http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2166550/Pinterest-Now-3rd-Most-Popular-Social-Network-Study

 

[Bacon Farmer]

Lawyers say be careful:

"Online brands that encourage the use of Pinterest can apply a 'pin it' button to websites to allow users to pin products. Applying a 'pin it' button to a photograph would (arguably) provide users with implied consent to publish the photograph to Pinterest. This would considerably reduce the risk of copyright infringement for users who pin the photographs, but companies will need to be sure they have ownership (or suitable licence rights) in any photographs to which they apply the 'pin it' button."

 

[James]

Lawyers say be careful:

"Online brands that encourage the use of Pinterest can apply a 'pin it' button to websites to allow users to pin products. Applying a 'pin it' button to a photograph would (arguably) provide users with implied consent to publish the photograph to Pinterest. This would considerably reduce the risk of copyright infringement for users who pin the photographs, but companies will need to be sure they have ownership (or suitable licence rights) in any photographs to which they apply the 'pin it' button."

they were trying to implement areas to assist this such as: http://marketingland.com/pinterest-...fighting-copyright-with-opt-out-meta-tag-6461

But yes it can be some what risky from a legal view point, hence why you need to be careful with the images you push live in my eyes.