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Via Juergen Wagner, gregzer, PMalliara, Informatics This piece was written by Jeff Turner, it makes you STOP and think. Pinterest is the latest new shiny thing but as Jeff says, buyer beware. His insights are right on the money.
He asks us to know the enviornment before we start posting and promoting. Here's an excerpt:
The Pinterest Stream And Fools Gold
Avoid Self Promotion:
"Pinterest is designed to curate and share things you love. If there is a photo or project you’re proud of, pin away! However, try not to use Pinterest purely as a tool for self-promotion".
Here are the takeaways:
My advice here is going to be the same advice I give people in any new social network... go have some fun first.
**Be social. Get to know the community, the lay of the land. The rest will sort itself out.
**The first thing that happens when the real estate community for example, "discovers" a new social media site is they focus on the media, not the social. This is a mistake. It leads to mining in the wrong streams.
Curated by Jan Gordon covering "Pinterest Watch"
Read full article here: [http://www.jeffturner.info/pinterest/] Via janlgordon 
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