Get Blog Article Ideas from Pinterest with Experi-Pinning

Pinterest is all the rage right now, and it drives tons of blog traffic. So how do you cash in on this potential traffic? Easy.

Experi-Pin!

Okay, that’s a cheesy word I made up for “experimental pinning”, but the concept is very effective.

1) Experiment with pinning different images related to your industry.

2) See what gets re-pinned the most.

3) Write a blog article about a topic that could use a very similar image for its featured picture.

4) Pin the image from your new blog post and watch the re-pinning begin!

Case Study: Experi-Pinning Brings in Over 2,000 Re-Pins

I recently implemented this concept for a client of mine (E&T Plastics). E&T sells large (and very boring) sheets of plastic. However, those plastic sheets (also known as plexiglass) can be used to create cool stuff. So I experi-pinned a bunch of plexiglass pictures. I noticed that the ones related to kitchen design received the most re-pins. Hence, the article DIY Kitchen Backsplash: How to Create a Custom Backsplash Using Plexiglass was born. I pinned the featured image from the article, and it has since been re-pinned over 2,000 times, creating consistent referral traffic over the next 6 months and beyond.

Gonna Try It?

So what do you think? Are you going to try experi-pinning? If so, let me know how it goes in the comments below!

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http://twitter.com/YouTooCanBeGuru Bridget Willard

That is an excellent idea.
- PamAnnMarketing
  
  Thank you, Bridget! Glad you like it.
Gene Palmquist

E&T is lucky to have you on our team
- PamAnnMarketing
  
  Thank you, Gene!
http://twitter.com/r3socialmedia Roxanne R. Roark

I might have to try this! Great idea!
- PamAnnMarketing
  
  Roxanne, Thanks for the comment. Let me know how it goes if you try it!
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http://thefabsocial.com/ Amy Donohue

I am STILL getting repins from your kitchen backsplash pin! Great job, Pam!
- PamAnnMarketing
  
  Awesome! Thanks, Amy!
http://twitter.com/Carol_Stephen Carol Stephen

What a great idea! I had thought that “experi-pinning” might be a new app, but it’s a new word that you coined. Awesome!
- http://www.pamannmarketing.com/ Pam Aungst
  
  Thanks, Carol! It’s a little cheesy, but I like cheesy.
http://twitter.com/Appska Appska

Love that new word you engineered [Experi-Pinning]!
- http://www.pamannmarketing.com/ Pam Aungst
  
  Thanks! It’s a bit cheesy, but it gets the point across.

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