Pinterest Tips and Tricks to use Pinterest like a Pro

Pinterest, you must have heard this name right? Whenever you search something on Google images a number of results are from Pinterest only. We might save those images and move on without actually knowing what Pinterest is. Of course many of you must be knowing what Pinterest is and how to use it but many of you don’t. So this article going to get you familiar to Pinterest tips and tricks to use Pinterest like a Pro .

What is Pinterest ?

Pinterest is an image-based platform for viewing images, bookmarking them and sharing your own related to different stuff such as art, fashion, food, landscapes, buildings and event planning’s and a lot of other such creative fields.

Pinterest Tips and Tricks to use Pinterest like a Pro

Now let’s explore the useful Pinterest Tips and Tricks –

Adding Links without Pin button

If you want to pin the picture then on many websites whenever we hover mouse over the picture an icon named ‘pin it’ appears if you have added the Pinterest extension to your browser. Clicking it the picture is pinned. But it can also be done without this pin it  button, just copy the image’s URL and then open your Pinterest mobile app, it will by itself pop up the link you copied and there then you can pin it.

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Get rid of the pin button

Sometimes seeing the ‘pin it’ can be distracting and irritating when you are simply browsing some site. Whenever the pointer hovers some picture this little icon pop up. But wait here’s the solution, you can simply get rid of it.

Just right click on the Pinterest extension button, select options and check “Hide hovering Pin it buttons” and done. No more pin it buttons.

Trending

There is loads of cool stuff to look for on Pinterest. But if you want to look at what your friends and your fellow Pinterest users are searching or if you want a look at the latest trending topics, just go to the explore section. In one simple click get all the trending pins according to your interests.

Secret Boards

If you don’t want to just broadcast every board of yours, want to keep some moments of yours to yourself, plan some surprise, save pins for planning some event, Secret boards can come to your rescue. You can keep secret boards to yourself or share it with selected people only.

Setting Pin Descriptions

If you highlight any text or any heading before pinning any image from any website then that text will be used as the description of your pin. This can save you from a lot of thinking required for an amazing caption.

Searching Pins from a specific website

Searching pins from a certain website can be a hectic task given a large number of pins related to every topic. This can be done simply by searching this URL https://www.pinterest.com/source/WEBSITE_DOMAIN/.  Replace the Website domain with the domain name of whichever = website you want to search for.

For Example searching for https://www.pinterest.com/source/maccablo.com/ gives:

Edit notifications

Getting loads of notifications whenever you switch on the internet is irritating. You can manage your notifications from pinterest. Just click on edit option on the notifications menu and select the desired option and save.

Get More Privacy

Secret boards one of the many ways to get privacy on Pinterest. There are other ways as well.

Pinterest tracks you while you visit other sites so as to provide you a personalized experience when you are using Pinterest. You can switch it off by disabling the Personalization option in settings.

You can keep your boards off the Google searches by enabling the Search Privacy option.

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Place Pins

Place pins lets you bookmark different locations on Pinterest. These can be used for planning any vacation or if you simply want to save the places you wish to visit. On Android, the app notifies you whenever you are in a nearby area of your pinned places.

Aspect Ratios

You can upload pictures in any aspect ratio you want, but the most recommended aspect ratios for getting the most repins are 2:5 or 1:3:5. Images with ratio 1:3:5 are very long and can viewed completely only by clicking on expand pin.

Send pins via email

If you want to share your pins with someone who is not on Pinterest, for this click on send option and start typing the mail address of the receiver and choose the top option from the dropdown appearing. The link of your pin will be shared with the desired person.

Move pins to new board

Organizing your pins and boards is just a few clicks away. For doing so click on the ‘Move Pins’ option and check the desired the pins you want to move, select Move and list of your boards appears and then select the desired board or create a new one.

Pin a buyable pin

Now you can even buy and sell stuff using Pinterest. There is a buy option right under every buyable pin. Pinterest notifies when the price of any of your pinned items drops. It is an amazing feature with Pinterest.

Set up a Business page

You can easily convert your personal page on Pinterest for Business purposes. Simply convert your page to Business profile. This will help you in getting the  Pinterest analytics to your page, helping you to get better at your business.

Rich Pins

In rich pins you can add additional information with your picture. There are different types of rich pins such as Movie pins include ratings, cast members and reviews, Article pins include the headline, author, story description and link and many more to provide instant access to some important info regarding any pin.

Hope these Pinterest tips and tricks will help you turning into a pro Pinterest user. You must have become quite familiar by now many of the amazing features available on Pinterest. Do tell us know the Pinterest feature you loved the most. If you know some other Pinterest Tips and Tricks don’t forget to share those with us.

So make use of all the Pinterest Tips and Tricks  and enjoy !!!