{"id":10113,"date":"2012-10-05T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.shareaholic.com\/?p=10113"},"modified":"2014-06-16T11:55:39","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T15:55:39","slug":"pinchat-pinterest-best-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/pinchat-pinterest-best-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinterest Best Practices for Publishers: #PinChat RoundUp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/pinchat-pinterest-best-practices\/presentation10-copy-copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10134\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10134\" title=\"Shareaholic #PinChat\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Presentation10-copy-copy-300x300.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Presentation10-copy-copy-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Presentation10-copy-copy-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Presentation10-copy-copy-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Presentation10-copy-copy-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Presentation10-copy-copy.png 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday night, Shareaholic was lucky to be a guest on one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/twitter-chats-for-bloggers\/\">my favorite Twitter chats<\/a> ever: <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/kellylieberman\/pinchat\/\">#PinChat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Founded by <a href=\"http:\/\/kellylieberman.wordpress.com\/\">Kelly Lieberman<\/a>, a self described &#8220;social media sponge&#8221;, #PinChat is a great way to connect with other Pinterest enthusiasts and talk about the latest trends on the platform.\u00a0As<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/pinterest-traffic-data-august\/\"> Pinterest is now the fourth largest traffic source in the world<\/a>, it&#8217;s incredibly important to understand how to strategically use Pinterest for content marketing.<\/p>\n<p>If you couldn&#8217;t make the Twitter chat, we\u00a0have some Pinterest best practices from our own blog posts. If you&#8217;re looking to learn more about creating content for Pinterest, here are some great resources:<\/p>\n<h3>Pinterest Data<\/h3>\n<p>Still not convinced of the importance of Pinterest? See how much it&#8217;s grown in the past year through these data reports:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>January: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/pinterest-referral-traffic\/\">Pinterest Drives More Referral Traffic Than Google Plus, YouTube and LinkedIn Combined<\/a><\/li>\n<li>February:\u00a0<a title=\"Permanent Link to Pinterest Sent More Referral Traffic Than Twitter in February\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/pinterest-referral-traffic-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Pinterest Sent More Referral Traffic Than Twitter in February<\/a><\/li>\n<li>June:\u00a0<a title=\"Permanent Link to Pinterest Sends More Referral Traffic Than Google Referral, Twitter and Stumbleupon, Slightly Edges Out Bing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/pinterest-referral-traffic-3\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Pinterest Sends More Referral Traffic Than Google Referral, Twitter and Stumbleupon, Slightly Edges Out Bing<\/a><\/li>\n<li>September:\u00a0<a title=\"Permanent Link to Pinterest Beats Out Yahoo! Organic Traffic to Become 4th Largest Traffic Source in the World [REPORT]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/pinterest-traffic-data-august\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Pinterest Beats Out Yahoo! Organic Traffic to Become 4th Largest Traffic Source in the World<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"sub header\">Pinterest Sharing Tools<\/h3>\n<p>There are also a ton of tools available for you and your readers to pin content:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/publishers\/sharing\/\">Shareaholic Publisher Social Sharing Tools<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/shareaholic-for-google-ch\/kbmipnjdeifmobkhgogdnomkihhgojep\">Shareaholic Chrome Extension<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/pinterest-pin-it-button-b\/kfjkehmceppcpjoaoegdmffmkdhiegmc\">Pinterest Pin it Button\u00a0for Chrome<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/tools\/bookmarklet\/\">Shareaholic Bookmarklet for Any Browser<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Pinterest\u00a0Content Marketing Tips<\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking to create content that will be successful on Pinterest, definitely check out these posts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to Using Pinterest for Content Marketing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/using-pinterest-for-content-marketing\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Using Pinterest for Content Marketing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to Top 5 Tools to Create Images for Pinterest\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/top-blogging-tools-pinterest\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Top 5 Tools to Create Images for Pinterest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to Top 10 WordPress Themes That Look Like a Pinterest Page\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/top-10-wordpress-themes-that-look-like-a-pinterest-page\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Top 10 WordPress Themes That Look Like a Pinterest Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to How to Integrate Pinterest into Your WordPress Layout\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/top-wordpress-pinterest-plugins\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How to Integrate Pinterest into Your WordPress Layout<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Permanent Link to Blogging Tips: The Content Lifecycle [Springboard Conference]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/shareaholic-springboard-content-lifecycle\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Blogging Tips: The Content Lifecycle [Springboard Conference]<\/a>\u00a0(There&#8217;s a whole section in here on promoting content through Pinterest)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>What are some tips you&#8217;ve learned about Pinterest? Share your thoughts with us below!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<div class=\"logo\">Shareaholic<\/div>\n<p>Make it easy for your readers to share your content to Pinterest with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareaholic.com\/publishers\/sharing?utm_campaign=Shareaholic_Blog&amp;utm_source=Blog_CTA&amp;utm_medium=Bottom_CTA&amp;utm_content=pinchat_best_practices\">Shareaholic for your blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday night, Shareaholic was lucky to be a guest on one of my favorite Twitter chats ever: #PinChat. 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