Hello, Goddesses. I hope all is well in your life, your business, and your creativity. So if you follow me on on IG @themommiegoddess (I’d love to see you there), you know that I am a Pinterest Virtual Assistant and I am always singing the praises of Pinterest and what it has done for my blog. I want to take a moment to share just five Pinterest Strategies to add value your blog.

Pinterest has brought traffic to my blog that I would not have otherwise had. My audience is there and I can get my content in front of them with ease. It does, however, require some skill and know how, but that’s why I’m here.

1. 1. Start Pinning your Content 45 days out. I got this tip from the Simple Pin Podcast, which I love. If you’re creating a gift guide or writing a blogpost centered around a major holiday, do so 45 days before the event. Why? Pinners are looking for ideas on what to buy, what to DIY, or what to wear early. It also gives you a greater chance of having your pins repinned. Holidays and events to put on your content calendar: Spring outfits, cleaning, or crafts, Summer trips, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Easter, St. Patrick’s Day, Fourth of July, Graduation, Christmas, Thanksgiving, International Woman’s Day.
   2. Test your Pin designs. I like to see which Pins are going to attract people to my blogposts. I usually create 2 different pins with different colors, graphic, font, and even words to see which pin designs get a bigger click-through rate. Remember, it’s all about the click-through.
   3. Provocative titles get a higher click-through rate. Humans like juicy content and they love intriguing headlines. Your headline is so important. My biggest post to date is 13 lessons I learned when I Left my Husband. I knew that people would want the tea on that. It’s human nature. It did even better than I thought and I owe it to my headline on my Pinterest image. Of course, you want to make sure that you follow through with a great post, but getting your audience there is half the battle.

BONUS: Do you take beautiful, crisp photos and have an eye for aesthetics that shows up in your images. You are Pinterest Gold. Get over to Pinterest and rock it. Your images have probably been pinned over there anyway!

BONUS 2: Pinterest group boards are a great way to share your Pins. I’m now accepting new collaborators in my Pinterest groups Bloggers of Color Pin Here! and Blog Ideas, Content, and Tips.

So I hope these Pinterest Tips help you find success in your pinning journey. Make sure that if you have a Pin go viral you have a plan for what to do with that audience. Do you have a great opt-in? With a great opt-in you can get some of those people to your mailing list and you can begin to nurture that list and one day offer them courses, products, affiliate sales, or coaching.

Find all of this overwhelming or don’t have the time to keep up with another platform? I would love to be your Pinterest Manager and Strategist. Click here to see my Packages and Rates.

What Pinterest Tips have brought traffic to your blog?