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Are you considering adding Pinterest into your social media marketing approach?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n You probably should. The product discovery focused app is now up to 570 million users<\/a>, who mostly come to the platform with a level of shopping intent. Less a social media platform than an online mall, with ever-improving search tools, used right, Pinterest can connect you with a range of opportunities, and buy-ready shoppers looking for your products.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n When used right.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n That\u2019s where this new guide from Pinterest comes in<\/a>, providing a complete overview of the Pinterest business process, and how you can use both its organic and paid options to best effect.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n You can check out Pinterest\u2019s full overview here<\/a>, but in this post, we\u2019ll outline the key steps.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 1. Upload your product catalog<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Pinterest\u2019s first key step is to feed your product catalog into the app, which will power your Pin listings. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201c<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>Merchants with Catalogs have seen 5x more impressions than those who don’t. This foundational step puts your products in front of potential buyers across the platform.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n You can learn more about Pinterest\u2019s catalog ingestion process here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 2. Optimize your listings<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n With your catalog feed connected, you also need to ensure that all of the relevant metadata is listed with each of your items, including relevant keywords, high-quality visuals, and informative descriptions and titles.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Pinterest also suggests that brands monitor feed heath to avoid any errors that could restrict opportunities, while adding more products, if you can, improves performance.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cUpload more products for stronger performance. Feeds with more than 2,500 products have seen over 3x higher ROAS.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/strong>By increasing the number of products in your Catalog, Pinterest machine learning has more options to test and choose from, helping it identify the best item to serve for each impression to each user.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n I mean, 2,500 products is a lot, but the point is the more variation you have available, the more options Pinterest\u2019s system has to show your products to the right users.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 3. Expand your opportunities<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Pinterest advises that brands should look to maximize their opportunities by making all of their Pins shoppable, and adding products to themed boards.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAs over 25% of Pinterest\u2019s SEO traffic leads to boards, adding your products makes them highly discoverable<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Pinterest also notes that shoppable collages with price details, availability, and a direct link to your site will help Pinners take action.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cNotably, collages are saved at 2x the rate of other types of Pins.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n While Pinterest also notes that brands should claim their Instagram account in the app to facilitate expanded connection.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWith over 75,000 Pins coming from Instagram daily, tagging these Pins could drive traffic directly to your product pages.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 4. Pinterest ads<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Once you\u2019ve established your profile, you can then run Pinterest ads, with a range of evolving ad options to choose from.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n