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**** A new kind of business intelligence, valuable, immediate and telling. I've always wanted to find a way to find Gladwell's Mavens, Connectors and Salespeople. Not all people are the same, but what a great, creative way to find a new kind of BI. Thanks Robin - Marty

Robin Good: If you are trying to better understand what your fans, readers and customers like and appreciate from you the most, you may want to start considering Pinterest as a resource for valuable insight on this front.

It is quite easy in fact to discover "who is pinning you" by simply changing in this URL, the "sitename.com" with your site domain:

 http://pinterest.com/source/sitedomain.com/ ;

 

That's all there is to it.

 

Go and try it out yourself.

 

 

 

 

Via Robin Good, Martin (Marty) Smith, Jose H. Flores

It's a good question! The fact is that blogs are filled with articles about Pinterest. For my part, I am absolutely convinced that this kind of social media will wreak havoc among users... and you? [note mg]

 

It's addictive, fun, visually appealing, and easy, so it's no wonder Pinterest, the popular visual bookmarking site, has hooked millions of users. That said, the site’s growth (below) was fairly flat from its launch in early 2010 until September 2011. But since then, it’s simply been going gangbusters, begging the question--why now? Here are three reasons why we think it’s become so attractive.

 

1. Pinterest rides (and defines) a new trend: social relevance.

 

Pinterest is successfully riding a new trend wave in the social space, moving mechanisms for content sharing beyond connections (friends) and towards relevance, effectively broadening the social horizon for us content addicts.

 

Read more: http://www.fastcompany.com/1818729/why-are-we-all-suddenly-pinterested

Via Martin Gysler, ABroaderView, Jose H. Flores