The Power of Google+ and Pinterest Revealed [video]
Google+ and Pinterest are my two favorite social networks to use together. I’ve talked about it before in my article How Google+ and Pinterest Go Together Like Peanut Butter and Jelly and I had a Google+ Hangout with my Google+ friend Stephan Hovnanian to share some of the tips that work for me and everyone that I’ve shared them with.
Stephan is a die-hard Google+ fan but I convinced him to try adding a little Pinterest in his social media plan and it’s been great for him. We talked about the great synergies between Google+ and Pinterest. Among the topics covered:
• using the #pinoftheday hashtag
• cross-promoting content on Google+ and Pinterest
• directing traffic between the two networks and your own website
•Pinstamatic – a tool for adding quotes, notes, tweets or links to a website.
Bonus tip I learned today working on this event on Google+: If you add an image to the Google+ event (mine was the 600 x 900 image I used for Google+ and Pinterest), it creates a really stunning notification that looks like this:
I hope these Pinterest and Google+ tips help you out! Let me know if you have any questions or tips that you use in the comments.
Find us here:
Stephan on Pinterest and Google+
Peg on Pinterest and Google+
Article by Peg Fitzpatrick
thanks for joining me, Peg, this was fantastic and hopefully pretty helpful for everyone! You’re awesome!
stephanhov Thanks for asking me, it was a super fun hangout and I think we could have talked about Google+ and Pinterest all day. I appreciate your time in setting up the event. You’re even more awesome!
great stuff, thanks for doing this! wish I watched live 🙁
CraigFifield Sorry you missed it but it’s almost the same, right? Are you using Pinterest and Google+ now?
Fabulous hangout Peggy and Stephan!
Whoa! I’m gonna have to watch this like multiple times. Oy! I do have a question though. Can you explain putting the URL twice on my pins? If I pin from my blog it automatically puts it in there so what else do I need to do? Thanks! (prepare for more questions.)
Peg = Can’t Live Without Content! Great job Peg… very pinteresting 🙂 +1
thedomesticexec Thanks Michelle!! 🙂
Debi Stangeland Hi Debi!
I add the URL in the description on the pin. People also miss adding the URL when they add a pin to Pinterest and put the URL in the description, then you want to edit and add the URL. Make sense?
jaredeasley You’re the best, Jared! 🙂
This is some seriously amazing information. Looks like I’m going to have to get busy on Pinterest…