Did you know that your analytics data can be used as a content creation tool? Today we are talking about how to use (mostly Google) analytics to create content or products for your audience. This helps to both serve your readers AND boost your income. New Service: The Pinterest Analytics Report This podcast is sponsored by our new service: the Pinterest analytics report.  You can now hire our team to take a deep dive into your Google analytics. Click here to get all of the details Continue reading

Earlier this month, I went to Pinterest for the In the Making Pinterest conference. Pinterest set aside this time with content creators to listen, learn and provide a platform to create a great working relationship. The podcast recaps what I learned, as well as five things Pinterest wants you to know. If you're a content creator, Pinterest has a page devoted to helping content creators. Make sure you bookmark it and check back for updates. 5 Key Takeaways from the In The Making Pinterest Continue reading

Today's post has a dual purpose: I’m sharing a client success story AND having the client share his awesome food photography tips that enable effective visual storytelling on Pinterest.  Client Success Story: Foodness Gracious Gerry Speirs has been a client of Simple Pin for a year now and blogs at Foodness Gracious. Gerry is a stay-at-home dad and his blog is all about creating easy, healthy meals for busy parents. He's a former baker and pastry chef, so he also shares plenty of indulgent Continue reading

Ready to chat about 2018 Pinterest best practices? Today we’re going to be talking about all the things that Pinterest has recently shared directly with content creators regarding the most current best practices. Their goal is to share more about how they operate with content creators. I think this is so amazing and so helpful that they’re communicating with us about how they want us to use the platform! But this recent communication also brought up a few more questions and has created Continue reading

Time for June Pinterest trends already?!? Is it just me or did June come quicker this year? Each month, as I do these “What to Pin..” episodes, it seems like the month goes by more quickly. Here we are, at the official start of the summer and one of my favorite times of year. I love June for a variety of reasons. School is out and our family is together. Things finally turn green here in Portland before the dreaded brown lawns of July and August appear. Life just seems to slow down a little Continue reading

It’s celebration week! This week marks the 100th episode of the Simple Pin Media podcast. We will be giving away five $25 Starbucks Gift Cards to our most loyal fans all day today (May 23rd). Be sure to stick around until the end of the post to get the full details of how to enter the giveaway! With that, let’s start the celebration!   History of the Podcast Two years ago I said “yes” to starting a podcast. The person behind the popular Pinterest-related podcast at the Continue reading

Today we’re going to be talking about increasing sales by converting Pinterest traffic. Many of you that I’ve talked to are engaging in “passive selling”, which means you’re just making money off of ads when Pinterest users come to your site. Today, we want to give you some advice on how to strategically sell on your site. Nikki Rausch, of Your Sales Maven  joined me as a guest on the podcast for this episode. She shared tons of valuable information on how to make tweaks and changes to Continue reading

Today we are back discussing Pinterest myths with Alisa Meredith. Some of you remember that Alisa and I have talked about this before in this “Pinterest Mythbusters” episode. Why Discuss Myths? You’re building a business and using Pinterest to help market that business. You don’t have time to mess around with rabbit trails or elements that distract you (ain’t nobody got time for that). You want to get in, make an impact, create content and products.  So we asked my Facebook group to Continue reading