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Pinterest keeps getting better!

 

This week, the social network introduced three new features that should help weed out the bad apples and make user experience even more enjoyable...

Via Cendrine Marrouat - www.cendrinemarrouat.com

By now it’s pretty clear that Pinterest can bring in big bucks for your business.

As a strong driver of referral traffic to retail sites, Pinterest proves to be a good investment for companies. The key is to make your Pinterest profile stand out, and your Pins are what you need to focus on.
Brought to you by Pinnable Business, today’s infographic is all about optimizing your Pins for success on Pinterest. Pinterest is for the most part a majorly image-based social site, so pinning great photos and content is crucial to your business’s success on the website. Check out the link for more information...

 

Via Lauren Moss

Yahoo’s slide continues with the news today that Pinterest is now sending more traffic to publishers than organic Yahoo search results.

 

That’s according to Shareaholic, a provider of social sharing buttons and widgets with more than 200,000 publishers using its tools.

 

In a blog post, Shareaholic says Pinterest was the fourth biggest traffic source in August among its publishers — beating out Yahoo organic search, which fell to fifth. Overall, Google search was the top traffic source, followed by direct traffic and then Facebook in third.

Via John van den Brink

Shareaholic a observé des données qui stipulent que Pinterest bat Twitter, StumbleUpon, Bing, et Google en trafic référent !

Via Linkeo, MAUREAU

From the official website: "Shopcade is a social shopping application on Facebook that connects people to shop and recommend products together and get rewarded for it.

 

You can shop trending products recommended by your friends and people you trust, as well as become a trendsetter by recommending products you love. Whenever you buy via others Shopcades, or others buy via yours, you both get rewarded."

 

From the review on Search Engine Watch: "...Think of Shopcade as the gender-neutral, retail version of Pinterest. Users can quickly and easily create themed boards to showcase their favorite products from a variety of e-retailers.

 

Nearly 260 million products are on Shopcade. That's a pretty impressive feat for a startup still in beta mode.

 

Perhaps one of the biggest advantages of Shopcade is the ability for consumers to shop through the clutter of the web.

 

Many shoppers are bombarded and overwhelmed with offers but aren’t confident in merchants or even the product itself. On Shopcade, however, users can quickly identify sales and deals, while also seeing which members of their networks have acknowledged or recommended the product.

 

Users can also follow specific product categories, brands, and other users to totally personalize their Shopcade feed.

 

Additionally, users will earn cash for shopping. Anytime a product is purchased via Shopcade, users will receive a predetermined amount (which is shown to the user prior to the purchase). If a product is purchased via another person’s Shopcade account, that person will also receive the same amount..."

 

Check out Shopcade: http://www.shopcade.com

 

Read more: 

http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2189714/Shopcade-Pinterest-for-Ecommerce

 

Via Giuseppe Mauriello, Robin Good

HubSpot: Download @HubSpot's Guide to Pinterest's New Business Accounts and discover how you can effectively optimize your Pinterest presence.

 

Therese's comment: Love Hubspot. always easy to read and full of hands-on advice

Via Therese Torris

Boot Camp Digital prese ts this infographic on the importance of Pinterest to online sales- for example, Pinterest is the #1 referral of traffic to marthastewart.com. That and the rest of the statistics might be surprising to some.

 

Learn more about the importance of Pinterest when it comes to marketing a business online, and take a look at this infographic on the Purchasing Power of Pinterest...

Via Lauren Moss

 

Isn’t it crazy how Pinterest has gotten soooo popular? It always amazes me how trends come on so quickly. I know it’s a popular trend when my Mom (the least tech-dependant woman I know) is making recipes off of Pinterest and saying, “Did you see on Pinterest the other day…?”

 

I love saving all kinds of creative ideas on Pinterest. It has definitely taken the place of using internet bookmarks for me, but it also brings a lot of traffic to my blog. I love this article I found on Mashable with some useful Pinterest tools (full article can be found here) and I thought I’d share my favs.

 

PinReach.com (http://goo.gl/8dTvp) : basic analytics, you can find out your most repinned pin, most popular boards and it gives you a PinReach score.

 

PinPuff.com (http://goo.gl/vXHmo) : gives you a Pinfluence score.

 

Pinstamatic.com (http://goo.gl/A7iCG) : lets you pin other things besides just images.

 

PinAQuote.com (http://goo.gl/w46jE) : highlight any block of text, paste it and create a cute re-pinnable pin.

Via 173 Sud, Frédéric DEBAILLEUL

If you are looking for even more visual data in your streams and if you are looking for more connections on Pinterest, here are 15 more boards to consider.

Via Dennis T OConnor, Gust MEES

New York-based social commerce site Fancy said Monday that it will roll out a program to compensate users for their curation and sharing. Each time a friend buys a product shared by a user, the user will get 2 percent of the transaction value.

Via k3hamilton