So as promised – I wanted to give the Teachers Pay Teachers Pinterest run down. Who's ready???
First things first – SIGN UP!!!! It's important to sign up to a business account. Now, let's say you already have a personal account and you are stressing about not being able to convert over to a business account. Have no fear sista! We got this. Just go to the setting portion and change your account to business. This will allow you to track your analytics and really determine what is working for you, and what isn't. So, run along. Go do that right now.
Stop wishing. We are going to do it!!!! How much is your company worth? Can you really afford to say to yourself, well – maybe I will invest next month? No. If you're making money, it's time to start spending some of it on YOU!
Have you ever heard the saying, it takes money to make money? It's so true. I can really tell on the months when I don't spend money investing in my business. My sales go down!!! So, what we want to try out is the promoted pin option on Pinterest this month. Give yourself a dollar amount you want to spend. Which product do you want to use? I would suggest picking your favorite. Often, when we pick something we love, we are more willing to see it through. What product do I love the most? Well, I have a few. Currently, I am LOVING my Social Studies Interactive Notebook for Kindergarten.
I am going right now to promote it. Let's do this together, shall we?
First think you need to do is click on the promoted pins button. Check it out below:
Next, we need to select the pin we would like to promote. Remember to keep the description rich!
Now here's the tricky part. I like to pick words I know will be searched. In the top right hand side, you can see how many impressions your key words will get. This is important because it's important to know how many people search these words. The word social studies doesn't get as many hits as the word Kindergarten. Does that make sense? Choose your key words wisely.
Finally, submit your promoted pin to the Pinterest gods and let them decide when to put it up. Sometimes they want you to fix them before you can promote. Be checking out for an email.
I've created a Youtube channel to help with all of my Teachers Pay Teachers information. You can find my latest video on all of my Pinterest tips and tricks by clicking on the video below. 🙂 I hope this helps, and let me know if you have any questions.
Can you promote a pin with a personal account, or do you need a business account to do that?
Also, I was wondering, approximately how much have you spent on investing in your store (buying clipart, paying for promoted pins, etc)? I just want to get an idea of how much I'll need to spend before I start seeing any return.
Hi Kayse! Your post and video are so timely. I went to Pinterest the other day (just switched to a business account recently) and they sent me an email saying they would let me know when they started allowing promoted pins??? Do you know if it's possibly a beta program you got in or perhaps I'm doing something wrong? Thanks so much for sharing!
Hi Nicole! Thank you so much for your continued support. I can't wait for you to see what's next. To my knowledge, you cannot promote a pin with a personal account. It doesn't cost anything to move it over to a business account, so try that and see.
Would you like a total on monthly investment, or yearly? Email me at kaysemorris@gmail.com and we can discuss this further. I'd love to help. Thank you again, and I look forward to hearing from you.
Hey Michaela!!! I LOVE your name!!!! Thank you for your kind words about my posts and videos. I did have to "apply" to be given an opportunity to promote pins. It only took a week or two. I think they just wanted to make sure my pins were business related and that they offered what promoted pins are looking for. Continue to pin daily, and they should approve you. Let me know if you haven't heard from them in a week or so. Also, check back next week. I'm going to be doing a Pinterest Pinning help blog post that may answer some of your questions. 🙂 Happy Sunday!
First let me say THANK YOU!!!! I've just finished switching my Pinterest account over to a business account and I applied for promoted posts. I also went back and pinned all of my products on TpT using the link next to the actual listing. You have so many helpful tips and I really appreciate your feel-good personality that shows in your posts and videos. I grabbed your button and listed you as one of my favorite bloggers on my blog. Come check us out (we are a husband/wife team) at twoteachingtaylors.weebly.com. We would love to link up with you sometime.
Hi Kayse!! YOU are AWESOME!!! Thank you for the SUPER informative video (#2)! That was very helpful! I couldn't comment there so I came to your blog to let you know. I am looking forward to checking out your other videos that you have now and that you will make. …as well as your blog, Pinterest, store, etc. It is hard to keep up with it all, but I have been trying to focus on Pinterest much more lately. I just switched to a business account in June and will look into promoting pins. Your tips are great to know! Thank you again! Carrie Jones http://www.thethinkaloudcloud.com
Hi Kayse, Your blog and videos are really inspiring–thank you. I'm a long time TPT seller, but my sales have been pretty flat–you've inspired me to go in and make changes! My cover pages need help–what do you use to make your pages POP so well?
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Can you promote a pin with a personal account, or do you need a business account to do that?
Also, I was wondering, approximately how much have you spent on investing in your store (buying clipart, paying for promoted pins, etc)? I just want to get an idea of how much I'll need to spend before I start seeing any return.
Hi Kayse! Your post and video are so timely. I went to Pinterest the other day (just switched to a business account recently) and they sent me an email saying they would let me know when they started allowing promoted pins??? Do you know if it's possibly a beta program you got in or perhaps I'm doing something wrong? Thanks so much for sharing!
Hi Nicole! Thank you so much for your continued support. I can't wait for you to see what's next. To my knowledge, you cannot promote a pin with a personal account. It doesn't cost anything to move it over to a business account, so try that and see.
Would you like a total on monthly investment, or yearly? Email me at kaysemorris@gmail.com and we can discuss this further. I'd love to help. Thank you again, and I look forward to hearing from you.
Hey Michaela!!! I LOVE your name!!!! Thank you for your kind words about my posts and videos. I did have to "apply" to be given an opportunity to promote pins. It only took a week or two. I think they just wanted to make sure my pins were business related and that they offered what promoted pins are looking for. Continue to pin daily, and they should approve you. Let me know if you haven't heard from them in a week or so. Also, check back next week. I'm going to be doing a Pinterest Pinning help blog post that may answer some of your questions. 🙂 Happy Sunday!
First let me say THANK YOU!!!! I've just finished switching my Pinterest account over to a business account and I applied for promoted posts. I also went back and pinned all of my products on TpT using the link next to the actual listing. You have so many helpful tips and I really appreciate your feel-good personality that shows in your posts and videos. I grabbed your button and listed you as one of my favorite bloggers on my blog. Come check us out (we are a husband/wife team) at twoteachingtaylors.weebly.com. We would love to link up with you sometime.
Hi Kayse!! YOU are AWESOME!!! Thank you for the SUPER informative video (#2)! That was very helpful! I couldn't comment there so I came to your blog to let you know. I am looking forward to checking out your other videos that you have now and that you will make. …as well as your blog, Pinterest, store, etc. It is hard to keep up with it all, but I have been trying to focus on Pinterest much more lately. I just switched to a business account in June and will look into promoting pins. Your tips are great to know!
Thank you again!
Carrie Jones
http://www.thethinkaloudcloud.com
Hi Kayse,
Your blog and videos are really inspiring–thank you. I'm a long time TPT seller, but my sales have been pretty flat–you've inspired me to go in and make changes! My cover pages need help–what do you use to make your pages POP so well?