How to Schedule your Pins on Pinterest with Tailwind
If you’re regularly posting to social media sites the idea of having to post to yet another could be what stops you making the most of Pinterest. However, it doesn’t have to be like that. Serious Pinners use Tailwind, a pin scheduler for both Pinterest and Instagram (separate subscriptions).
Firstly, with Pinterest, the slicker your photos look, the better they will perform. Instagram is where you can post your own images that may not have turned out quite right but on Pinterest, you need hiRes and interesting images relating to your product/s. Check out best practices for both platforms before posting.
SmartLoop your Pins
Apart from scheduling pins for a day/week/month ahead, Tailwind also has a nifty little feature whereby you can loop your images. For example, say one of your pins from last month or year performed extremely well, you can go add it to SmartLoop and it will be published again. You can add Pins straight from your boards so you never need to run out of material. The image opposite is my SmartLoop Schedule
Just make sure each image is linked back to a landing page or your shop or wherever you want people to go.
Each Board a Pin is set to Loop to counts as 1 Active SmartLoop Post regardless of how often it actually Pins each month*
Tailwind Create
The latest innovation from Tailwind (they innovate a lot) is called Tailwind Create. You set up your account with your brand colours, logo and fonts and every time you create a new Pin, your settings are automatically applied.
Join a Tribe
Another cool thing about this App is the Tribes function. You can find tribes in over 4,000 niches and of course, because Pinterest is full of curated content, you’ll be able to find lots of content to repin.
You can use Tailwind Tribes for free, even if you don’t have a paid account, and your free trial has ended. When you sign up for a Tailwind Free Trial, you get 100 free scheduling timeslots with NO time limit!
All of these are free to join, the monthly charges are low but not necessary to get you started.
Don’t forget – if you have a business you should have a business account. Check out my last post to see how you can convert your personal account to a business account.
*source Tailwind
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