Pinterest Promotions Best Practices Webinar

Alex LittlewoodHead of Customer Success

“It’s my top priority to ensure you drive real business results from your Pinterest Marketing initiatives.”

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What We’ll Cover Today

1. Why Pinterest?

2. Promotions Strategy

3. Creating a Great User Flow• Real Examples

4. Top Ways to Drive Traffic (from Facebook)

5. Hosting a Promotion

6. Latest Announcement from Pinterest

7. Questions

Audience Poll #1 & 2

Why Pinterest?

3rd largest Social Network in the World

Fastest Growing in History

4th largest Website traffic driver in the world, more than:

Yahoo Bing Twitter Google ads

Pinterest is Purchase Intent & Influence

Users Life Ledger

Brands EngagementBrand Building

Users Now!

Brands NewsSupportFeedback

Users Aspiration

BrandsUncover

Purchase IntentSocial ROI

92% trust recommendations from friends & family above all else when making purchase decisions.

Source: Nielsen April 2012

Users Are Big Spenders

• 79% Users are Women• Women control 80%+ of US

Consumer Spending

• Pinners are Predominantly 25-54

Source: ComScore, Fast Company

< 17 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+

2.5X AOV (Average Order Value)

$180 $80 $69

86%

11%

25M

550M

1,000MUser BaseBy Network % of

Socially Driven

Shopping Sessions

Source: Comscore, Rich Relevance

Drives e-Commerce Shopping

Audience Poll #3 & 4

Pinterest Promotions Strategy

Pinterest Promotions Strategy

1. Identify Biz Objectives & Define Success

2. Optimize Content

3. Promote, Promote, Promote

4. Test Best Practices. Iterate and improve!

“An ounce of planning is worth a pound of doing!”

User Experience

Asking a bit too much

1. Create a recipe with our product

2. Create a board on Pinterest

3. Repin this image

4. Repin our product

5. Use 2 #Hashtags –

#FreshExpress #BlendRecipes

6. Visit our Website

7. Submit the URL to your board

8. Follow brand on Pinterest

All for a $1 coupon

Manually Tracking Eligibility

• How much time does it take to sort

through Contest/Sweepstakes

entries to confirm eligibility?

• How much does that cost your

organization? Is it worth it?

Work Smarter, Not Harder.

K.I.S.S.

Require 2 of the following:

• Follow the brand

• Pin X Pins from Website

• Pin X Pins from Boards

• Create a board

• Repin this image

• Hashtags #

Create a Board

• Pro’s• User will curate it with 5+ images

• Pinner might build on it

• Easy for brand to observe

• Con’s• It’s a barrier to entry

• Likely to be deleted after promotion

• Is a Board Necessary?• If you’re asking for a range of

complimentary pins that need to be

“curated together”

• If your theme is so unique it’s unlikely

the pinner already has a board to pin to.

Follow The Brand

• Pro’s• Grow follower base for future reach

• Low barrier to entry

• Good for showing the bosses

• Con’s• Users may get confused between follow

brand and follow board Which of these follows the brand, and which follows the board?

RePin From Boards

• Pro’s• You can pre-curate good content that you

know drive virality, clicks, and conversions

• Low barrier to entry

• Keeps pinners in Pinterest

• Con’s• Users may just “go through the motions”

• Less creativity from pinner

• Less variety

Pin from Website

• Pro’s• Website Traffic

• Pinners will browse extensively

• Pinners might buy

• Con’s• People might get lost, distracted,

and forget

• Getting people in and out of social

channels can cause drop-off

• When to do this• Need to learn more about the

content that inspires people

• Asking for highly curated boards

• For “scavenger hunt” themes

Hashtags

• Pro’s• Might grab some peoples attention

and raise awareness of promo

• If Pinterest search improves, it may

help with search

• Con’s• People always typo or simply forget

• Barrier to entry

• Cannot follow or search, so it

doesn’t help with discovery

• Legacy practice with little purpose

• Recommendation• If you’re set on it, use hashtags in

product descriptions

#Pinyourwaytotheuk

#Pamperspinparty

#Kiehl’s

#levanal

User Generated Pins / Content

• Pro’s• Very high engagement value

• Insightful

• Crowdsourcing

• Con’s• It’s a very high barrier to entry

• Quality will be questionable

• Significantly reduces entry rate

Daily Entries

• Pro’s• High frequency of engagement

• Drives viral reach and impressions

• Con’s• It’s a high barrier to entry

• Can be very manual to manage, even

with a technology provider

Daily Winners?

Drive Traffic

Promote!

Social Email Other Digital

Website

Ads

PressOffline

PrintBroadcast

In-Store

Facebook “Takeover”

• Cover Photo “Takeover”

• Page/Tab Tile Image

• Sweeps Hosted on Tab

Effective Posting Strategy

• Pinned posts

• Milestone Posts

• Frequent, but fresh

FB Ad Strategy + Pinfluencer Data

• Target Pinterest Users

• Influential Pinners

• Engaged Pinners

• Followers

• Competitors Followers

• Optimize ad units

• Marketplace Ads

• Sponsored Stories

Optimize Pins for Feed, Test, and Require Re-Pin of Promotion Pin

Hosting a Pinterest Promotion

How We Help

• Avoid Clunky & Long User

Experience

• T&C’s Opt-in

• Self-Serve user

Eligibility Queries

• Email collection & Opt-in

• Host via:

• FB Tab

• Landing Page

• Your Website

Painless Tracking and Management

• Auto-Magically

Confirm Eligibility

• Deep Content

Insights

Work Smarter, Not Harder.

What We NeedTo Get You Live

• Image 475px x 600px

• T&C’s

Live in 72 Hours

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10 Million+ Pinners30 Million + Pins

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Recent Pinterest Announcement

Merchant Pages Announcement

Pinterest is demonstrating that they’re

serious about providing value for brands!

1. Business accounts with verified websites

2. New legal terms

3. Promotions Do’s & Don’ts

4. Website widgets – Latest Pins

Questions About This

1. Will my profile be affected?

2. Will I lose any Pinterest functionality?

3. Will my analytics data from Pinfluencer

be affected?

4. Can I sell directly through Pinterest now?

Questions?

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