Most people all over the world today do not know what Pinterest is all about and if I may ask what is Pinterest? Not everybody knows what this is talking about. That is why I thought out this article to you today to tell you what Pinterest is talking about. Talking of Pinterest, Pinterest is a social media platform and also a mobile application company. It is a system that was designed to help discover information in the world using images, smaller scale, and GIFs and videos.
The platform is used for finding ideals e.g. recipes, home and style inspiration, and lot more. the center of Pinterest is the home feed. This is a place that you can find ideals or pins and a lot of recommendations and it base on your interest. The platform was introduced by Paul Sciarra, Evan Sharp, and Ben Silbermann in the year 2010. That was nine {9} years back now and the right CEO is Ben Silbermann.
You can access the platform in many different languages e.g. Arabic, Amharic, bemba, Czech, Danish, Dutch, and English. Also, in Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese. And also, can be accessed in Korean, Norwegian, Bokmal, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian. The headquarter is located in San Francisco.
Features of Pinterest
Pinterest has a lot of features that can be used by users to access the platform. And they are pins, boards, exploring, and following. Below this article, I am going to tell you more about the features that were listed in this article.
The Pins
The Pin is an image that is linked from a website or uploads. A pin that was saved from someone board can still be saved to your own board; this process is known as repining. As time goes by, Pinterest decided to change the name from pin to save because of international expansions to make the site to be more understandable to the new users. as time runs by Pinterest started showing advertisements in the form of “promoted pins.” This promoted pin is normally based on personal interests, activities done on the platform or as a result of visiting and advertising site or app.
Boards
Boards are a collection of pins which was devoted to a theme e.g. quotations, travel, and weddings. These boards can be created, which means that you can create your boards to showcase your products or other things.
Exploring
The platform uses a feature named “guided search” that gives room for keyword suggestion whenever you are making a search term, this helps to bring out results. And this makes searching to be easier and faster.
Following
Pinterest does follow users such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter usually do. You can follow people and boards on Pinterest to fill your home feed with a lot of content and all. People can also follow and unfollow users and boards such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
How to Create Boards and Pins on Pinterest
For you to create boards and pins or follow and invite people to your board on Pinterest you need to have a Pinterest account. Normally you cannot just wake up in the morning and started using the platform because you have to sign up to the platform first. Below this article, you will find the steps you need to sign up to Pinterest.
How to Sign Up
- Open your web browser on your device.
- Visit the Pinterest official site at www.pinterest.com.
- And click create a business account.
- Enter your email address and create a new password.
- And click the create account button.
Follow the steps shown above to create your Pinterest account. And if you find out any other options you have to follow the steps there to complete the sign-up process.
Pinterest Board Add
- Access your Pinterest account.
- Then, click on your profile icon at the top of your screen.
- And click on “boards” in your profile menu.
- Scroll down and hit the “create board.”
- And name your board and click the “create” button below.
Pins Creation
- On your home feed, click on the “plus {+}” icon above.
- A create pin option will pop up, then click it.
- Click the box to import a picture.
- Then write something about your pin, to enlighten your followers.
- Now you have to hit the drop-down icon to select the board to post the pin or picture.
- And click publish to post it.
The steps above show the direct detail on how you can create your boards and also your pins. Pins are also known as pictures or photos.
How to Follow People
- Go to Pinterest account.
- Click on the search bar and search on a name.
- Or go to your profile and click on followers following, to follow people.
How to Invite People
- Go to your Pinterest profile menu.
- And click the board icon.
- Then click on a board and hit the invite button close to your profile picture above.
Note before you can access the platform you must be connected to a data connection. For more information about Pinterest. You can contact the platform help center.
