Source: scottmcdowell.me via Kim on Pinterest
“…around every corner is another great pin.” Scott McDowell I found the really cool image above because Scott “pinned” it. But I actually saw it because Kim Garst “re-pinned it.” Notice how the image is “branded” by all 3, Scott, Kim and Pinterest.
Is Pinterest the next big thing in social media marketing? Can it bring in traffic to your website? Well, because of this image, I visited Scott’s website today for the first time so I’d say the answer is yes!
Pinterest Is All About The Graphics – Images, Videos, etc.
I’m very new to Pinterest but I can see why it’s addicting. At first glance, it’s like an online scrapbook. That’s my first impression. But it turns out to be much more. Take for example how easy it was for me to add the really cool image above to this post. It’s easy and it’s legal.
Now notice that the source is someone’s website. Scott McDowell “pinned” the image not from his computer but from his website, which brands his site to the image.
If you click on the image above it actually takes you to Kim Garst’s profile inside Pinterest because she “re-pinned” Scott’s image. To put the image here on my blog, I copied the embed code from Kim’s “pin board.” Confusing? I know. I was too but I discovered something…
It’s better for branding purposes to “pin” my pictures not from my computer but from my website. Below is an example of both – the large fountain pen was “pinned” 
– downloaded – from my PC and the small map was pinned using my web address. Then, using the HTML code from Pinterest, I added both images below.
Pinned From My PC
Note the source – it’s linked to my Pinterest profile but not to my website. Now look at the 2nd image. The source is this website – that’s better brand recognition, right?
Source: Uploaded by user via Terri on Pinterest
Image Pinned From This Blog
Source: terrific-training.com via Terri on Pinterest (Pretty cool branding, don’t you think
Leave A Reply (11 comments So Far)
Scott
81 days ago
You have a terrific blog here and a lot of detail on how to make this work for you. Thank you for posting all this information it will be very helpful in my immediate future. I am going to be developing a web site and I have seen some pictures and things I would like to use in it. Now I know how to go about that legally.
Anitra
81 days ago
How long have you been doing this? From the way you talk in your blog explaining it and all it sounds like you have a firm grasp on how to do it and what you are talking about. I think this is a great idea especially for those people like me that are to busy to put a whole lot of work into something like a web site. This will be a big help thanks.
Yvonne
81 days ago
Who came up with this first and how did they make it so that there was a way for people to use other peoples stuff as long as it was pinned with their name or web site? That was a very in genius plan. Someone with very little time to devote to their web site wanted something easy to use to make new and fresh updates quick and this is what they came up with.
Theodore
81 days ago
I had no idea what this pinterest was until I read your blog. Now that I understand what it is and how to use it, it is going to help my blogs and web site a lot. I always thought that this was against the law so I never did it but now that I know I can pin something or re-pin something I am going to use this rule of thumb right away.
Michelle
83 days ago
I had no idea that this kind of thing would be legal. I thought it would be like copy write infringement or something. But I guess as long as the original author or publisher’s name is on it you can pin it and use it again. That is really cool because I am all the time running across things that I would like to use. Thank you for letting us know about this.
Irene
83 days ago
So if I run across a picture or illustration on a web site that absolutely fits my web site and I want to use it I can if I pin it from their web site? And that is legal because it has their name on it? This entire article has been very interesting and I agree with you it could be very addicting because your also right in saying it is like a big scrapbook.
Garland
83 days ago
I am really impressed with your blog I was a bit confused about this pinning stuff before but you were very clear in explaining it for me. I appreciate the information that you included in your blog and I hope that you will continue to post more helpful information from time to time. You really did an excellent job thank you so much.
Terri Stallcop
81 days ago
Thanks to Michelle, Irene, and Garland I’ve learned some new things too because I had to research a little more to answer some great questions. I’m putting a click-by-click video together for the next blog post on social media marketing with Pinterest. Thank you so much for your comments!
Mable
83 days ago
This was a rather lengthy blog but it was absolutely full of great information about pinning. You have taken the time to really research this and explain it on your post so that everyone can understand it. The first time I read anything about pinning it was an article full of tech gargin that I had no clue about so I really appreciate the efforts that you put into this.
Michael
83 days ago
Very interesting I have to admit I had no idea how this worked until I read your blog. It is still somewhat confusing but I think I can manage to figure it out now, where before I had no clue where to even start. That is just like I thought that pinning it from my computer would be good but I guess it is better to pin it from my web site instead.
Leon
83 days ago
From what I understand it is better to be re-pinned is that true? But it is more difficult to be re-pinned as well right? I am curious to see how long it will be before my web site is pinned. I have learned a great deal from your blog about pinning and I hope that you will continue to post more informative blogs. Thank you so much for your hard work.