Pinterest is a virtual pinboard where users can collect and organize links to crafts, recipes, travel destinations and other interests into boards. It has over 70 million users since launching in 2010. Users sign up with an email and password, then create boards to organize their pins on different topics. Pins can be found by searching or browsing other boards and pinned content links back to the original website. Users can follow boards of other pinners to see new pins in their home feed and interact by liking, commenting on or sharing pins with friends.

2. What is Pinterest?
• Pinterest is a virtual pinboard for crafts,
recipes, décor inspiration, fitness goals, travel
destinations and more!
• Pinterest allows you collect links and organize
them into different “boards” for easy access.
• It’s absolutely free to use!

3. A Little More History…
• Pinterest has over 70 million users
• It was founded in 2010 by Ben Silbermann
• The Pinterest team initially tried to sell their
idea to a NY publishing company. They said no.
(whoops!)

4. A Little More History…
• Ben has presented about Pinterest at SXSW
Interactive here in Austin
• The site drives more traffic to publishers than
Twitter and Reddit combined

6. Signing Up
• Go to www.pinterest.com
• On the home page, enter your email address
and password to sign up
• Fill out question prompts

7. Navigating Pinterest
• To see your pin boards, click on your name in the
top right corner of the screen
• To Create a new board, click “create a board” in
the light gray box at the left of the screen
• Choose a topic of interest to add as the title, add a
short description, and decide if you’d like to make
the board public (viewable by everyone) or private
(just viewable by you).

8. Navigating Pinterest
Let’s create a few public and private boards
together right now!

9. • Use the search bar at the top of the screen to
type in topics of interest, or click the button to
the right for suggestions
• Click on the image to expand it
• Click again and you will be taken to the orginal
website where the pin appeared
• Like what you see? Pin it!
Searching for Pins

10. • Boards: A collection of related pins
• If you are very interested in a subject, you can
follow an entire pin board someone else has
created.
• There is no limit to the number of boards you
can follow!
• Updates to the boards you follow are shown
on your Home Feed.
Following Boards

11. • You’ll see the term “Feed” floating around
Pinterest quite a bit.
• Your feed is your “home page” on Pinterest that
you view every time you sign in. Here you’ll see
boards you follow and pins from your Pinterest
friends.
• If you ever want to navigate back to your feed,
click the red Pinterest in the middle of the top of
the screen.
Your Home Feed

12. Adding Pinterest to Your Browser
• Pinning around the web is easy when you add Pinterest to
your web browser
• Go to https://about.pinterest.com/en/goodies
• Scroll down to “The Pin It” Button and click Install Now
• Follow on screen prompts
• This will appear in your tool bar next to the search box on
the top right of your screen:

13. Adding Pinterest to Your Browser
Let’s try pinning some things from the Web!

14. • You can connect with friends on Pinterest
through Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo, or by finding
out their username
• You can also follow pinners that you don’t
know on Pinterest if you like what they’re
pinning!
Finding Pinterest Friends

15. • Liking a pin or commenting on a pin is a great
way to connect with other pinners.
• To Like a pin, click the Like gray icon.
Interacting on Pinterest

16. • Pinterest recently added a messaging feature
to the site so you can share pins directly with
other users.
• To send a message, hover over a pin and click
the arrow button.
• Choose from your Pinterest friends, or send by
email by typing in an email address.
Messages on Pinterest

17. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QkMOd
W0Kyc
• http://www.realsimple.com/work-
life/technology/how-to-use-pinterest-
00100000087471/page3.html
Pinterest Tutorials on the Web

18. Feel free to email me at allison.sass@gmail.com
or message me directly on Pinterest!
http://www.pinterest.com/allisonsass
Happy Pinning!
Questions?