Instagram....

OK - I signed up for Instagram but no clue how to use it. Can I link pictures from book reviews, how to's, etc... directly from my blog or do I have to use my smart phone? Huh?

So, I found a website that says I need to add the Instragram App to my Android or I can't use it - good thing I have a Android - huh? So now it's loaded & ready to go..... what now?

1) Can I upload pics already on my camera?
2) Can I set up folders?
     a) 1 folder for Daycare Kiddos?
     b) 1 folder for Simply Aroma stuff (booths, products I've made, etc)
     c) 1 folder for blogging.....
3) How best can I utilize this for business purposes? If people can capitalize on Pinterest for Marketing.... why not Instagram for the same? Is there a class for marketing on Instagram?

Help? Advice?


WHAT? Facebook bought Instagram? Has it become another Roller Coaster from H E Double Hockey Sticks????

The Quick and Easy Guide to Branding Your Business and Creating Massive Sales with Pinterest

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Book Review & Giveaway

The Quick and Easy Guide to Branding Your Business and Creating Massive Sales with Pinterest

by Kim Garst

ASIN: B00792SJ0U

Size: 766 KB, English

Purchase on Amazon for $4.97: Ebook

About the book:
Pinterest, though rhyming with interest, is only loosely related! Basically, it’s a virtual pinboard just like the corkboards we had in our rooms as kids and you may still have in your home or office. Pinterest is a social networking site that allows users to create photo collections online – like online, upscale scrapbooking. It is primarily a photo sharing website where the members are allowed to create albums pertaining to a certain theme or pattern.

Over a very short period of time, Pinterest has become one of the leading social media networks. Fairly recently, given that it launched in early 2010, the site has grown in leaps and bounds and is viewed as a strong competitor to the older social media networking websites. At present, the website attracts over 11 million visits each week, placing it among the top 10 social networks.

Over the past few years, businesses have been using social media websites for promoting and boosting their businesses. The same is the case with Pinterest. You might be wondering how a photo sharing website can help your business become a success.

This book is intended to be a guide for using Pinterest to strengthen your business and brand.


My thoughts:
It seems "Branding" is the Buzz Word of 2012 doesn't it? Everywhere I turn I see another business changing their name, their colors, combining different stores all into one big store, changing their business cards, flyers, posters, etc - all to seem new and different to customers and hopefully bring in more revenue.


Is it working? How can you do the same for your home business - or even a big business that you work for? Well, you can do all the above - but there is another step that you can do to round out your online presence.


Pinterest.

Did you know? Women make up the largest percentage of shoppers. Why? They do the grocery shopping, the clothes shopping, pay the bills, take care of the kids, etc... So, by branding and building your business' presence on Pinterest - where 80% of users are 'WOMEN' (!) you are reaching a huge audience on a daily, weekly, monthly basis!

I was reading the book "The Quick and Easy Guide to Branding Your Business and Creating Massive Sales with Pinterest" by Kim Garst tonight. I've been wanting to feature the fundraisers Usborne Books has with Cards For A Cause Fundraisers and also my bookfairs. Kim shares ideas on how to start up your Pinterest Page and how to set it up to maximize your public reach which I'm going to definitely try. One thing I'm also definitely going to do is add a Pinterest button with my other Share This buttons. I've got a small list of actionable things I can do.

You can purchase the ebook here - it's only $4.97 (it's FREE for Prime Members) and well worth the money. Kim gives you so many tips that everyone from the beginner to the advanced marketing person can use. Some of the things she covers are:

1) Setting up your Pinterest Page  

Pinterest is a site that you can join only by invitation. 

2) How to know if your business can use Pinterest & how to use it to promote.

3) How to use Pinterest for "Customer Testimonials" - gotta check that one out!

4) Product Offers - available to Pinterest customers only. 

5) Setting up a Catalog of your products (she suggests to wait on this one until after you set up your following - you don't seem as "in your face" then).

There is so much more to this book. I will definitely be putting many of these ideas into motion. So watch and see....



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