I have been on Pinterest for a while now, I am addicted admittedly my favorite things all rolled into one. It is the picture perfect Google for crafts, arts, design, humor, recipes and more. Yes, I told you I am addicted. But I have also found that not all pinners know the etiquette of pinning. That I have found to be aggravating I would love to advocate for the veteran pinners how important they are but it would probably fall on deaf ears, because even Pinterest devotes a whole page to etiquette of a pin.
I am not a school teacher, I don’t home-school, but I do tutor my own children as most good parents try to do. So I am always looking for new ways to engage my younger children, my oldest is headed to college. My ten year old has many problems with school so finding ways to teach him that even his teachers don’t think of, to get it thru his ‘I don’t want to’ learn. This is why I created my board Tutor the Teacher and the student Board, I also know quite a few teachers and others who can use the information I find. Isn’t that what Pinterest is, a combination of Facebook meets Google Images.
Below is a list of rules I follow when pinning to my Tutor the Teacher and the student Board. Some of these are on the Pinterest etiquette page, and others are some that are common sense after being a pinner for a while you should learn.
Below is a list of rules I follow when pinning to my Tutor the Teacher and the student Board. Some of these are on the Pinterest etiquette page, and others are some that are common sense after being a pinner for a while you should learn.
- I always, always follow the pin. This insures that you are taking pinners/guests to an actual site you have been to. Not just a picture, where it ends and there’s no extra information, leaving your guests hanging in the midst of surfing without a stop sign. Unless the pin is a humor picture most pinners are looking for the information attached to a pin.
- Repin, if able. This gives credit back to the original pinner and still leads to the pin’s website where the picture is located.
- Use your [pin it] Button. Pinterest offers a link that you can put on your browsers bookmark bar. This allows you to pin a picture to your Pinterest from anywhere on the web, the minor exception the site has to have a picture and allows you to pin to Pinterest. This gives us fresh useful information on Pinterest; redundant information gets old after a while.
- Is it pertinent to your board? Use Edit pin. Now as a pinner I don’t want pins on Fashion it’s not my thing, so I try not to pin to the wrong board. Although occasionally mistakes happen and I do edit if necessary. If you don’t know how, I strongly suggest finding the help menu in Pinterest. Use more than one board to keep organized, I also have Life’s a Bit of Everything board that is a catch all, for those who like variety, it’s also the main of my blog.
- Know that some pins are trying to sell you something. I am not the biggest fan of ads but everyone’s got them and there’s no hiding from them. Although in my boards the majority will be free, I try to forewarn if it costs not including materials for crafts. If unsure refer to rule number 1, if you follow the pin and it leads to a catalog or sales pitch.
I use these rules to add to all of my boards and you will notice I have a board for each of my blogs (each are now being worked on), although all of my blogs are under the have Life’s a Bit of Everything main page. I figure it’s a good combination of all my interests and hopefully yours as well, in a laid out blogzine.
Tiffany L
Tiffany L