ATTENTION BLOGGERS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND MARKETING DIRECTORS:
33 tools to help you maximize your Pinterest results!
If you’re not leveraging Pinterest for your business you are definitely missing out on a real gold mine.
Pinterest is no longer just about pretty pictures or for ecommerce businesses. Did you know that 5 million articles are being pinned on Pinterest on a daily basis? According to Shareaholic Pinterest now drives more traffic to publishers than Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit and Google+ combined! This is amazing for bloggers, writers, and publishers. Information is spreading like wild fire! Is your business taking advantage of this powerful, viral trend?
Pinterest has attracted over 70 million monthly visitors since March 2010 and is the third most popular social network. In terms of driving revenue, Pinterest shoppers spend more money than Facebook and Twitter users according to Monetate. When you think about how much longer Facebook and Twitter has been around those are pretty impressive stats that businesses can’t ignore.
Since the last time I wrote a blog on Pinterest tools there have been some players that have not survived such as Pinreach and several others have changed their business names and business models. I must say that as I go through these websites I really needed to drill into them to try and figure out what their services were exactly because it isn’t obvious. So this list took me awhile to update but as a Pinterest consultant it is my job and hey it’s done and I’m happy to share it with you!
This list isn’t just about analytics or scheduling tools what I found this time is very interesting; a few of these companies are offering pay for performance model marketing systems focusing on social media platforms.
What that means is that brands only pay for click throughs, cost per follower, repins, social actions and so forth. What this also tells me is that businesses more and more are looking for ways to pay only when they get a concrete social action or result. The key is to decide what metrics you need to be measuring and find the tool that best works for your brand.
The other thing I found interesting is how pinners and influential bloggers are getting paid to pin on behalf of brands! So if you have a ton of followers on Pinterest you could definitely be saying “caa-ching” if you get involved!
The following tools have links to their websites and a description about what each of the businesses do. (As far as I can tell) If you don’t see a price list it’s because you have to contact them directly for that info. If you think I’ve missed anything or any other tools please let me know in the comments sections at the end of the blog. As a Pinterest consultant that is one of the ways I stay on top of this fast changing powerful platform.
1) Ahalogy
Formerly Pingage, Ahalogy which offers a pay-for-performance business model allows bloggers and larger publisher’s free use of their suite of Pinterest management tools in return for allowing leading brands to re-pin their content from their Pinterest accounts. You need to apply to join.
2) Curalate
Offers:
Analytics
Scheduling
Campaigns
3) Google Analytics
Google Analytics (GA) is a service offered by Google that generates detailed statistics about a website’s traffic, traffic sources and also measures conversions and sales.
4) GoPixel
Previously Pinster offers:
Scheduling
Analytics
Contests
Offers free: 1 Pinterest account, weekly data update, limited Data Set, 3 pins in queue per day, email support.
5) HelloSociety
Formerly known as Pinpuff offers:
Analytics
Exclusive Influencer Network
Contest & Promotions creation platform
Pinterest Account Management
Pin creation tools
6) Octopin
Offers:
Pinterest Campaign Manage
Scheduling tool
Training
Analytics
7) Pinads by Dobango
Offers Advertisers:
Pin advertisements to active Pinterest users’ boards
Scheduling
Campaigns and contests
Analytics
Influencer network – each Influencer has a different price per click based on demand. Top rated Influencers begin at $1.00 per click, and the price drops from there.
Offers Influencers:
PinAds pays a traditional 40/60 split for Influencers
PinAlerts
PinAlerts will notify you when someone pins something from your website. A simpler option is to go to www.pinterest.com/source/yourwebsiteURL.com
9) Pinalytics
Offers: Analytics
10) Pinalyzer
Offers free:
Suggesting pins and people to follow
Analytics
Influence scoring
11) Pinbooster
Offers Influencer network – advertisers pay users to pin specific images, driving traffic directly to their site. Pinners range in price based on influence.
12) Pin Search
This chrome extension leverages the power of Google Search by Image to give you a wealth of information about any picture you find on Pinterest. Find out about the designer, author, chef, photographer who created the picture.
13) Pinterest Web Analytics
Pinterest provides free web analytics that helps businesses and website owners understand how pinners are engaging with their content. Make sure that your website if verified first.
14) Pinvolve
Posts your Pinterest pins to your Facebook business page. 14 day free trial. Pricing starts from $0 per month / Pro $5 per month/ Bundle $25 per month
15) Pinwoot
Is a free tool to help you get more followers. Click here to see it works.
16) Piqora
Previously Pinfluencer Piqora offers:
Analytics
Contests & Sweepstakes
17) Postris
Formerly Repinly is a content discovery dashboard. Get your daily updates from leading publications and social networks according to your interests and favorite topics.
18) Scrapbook for Pinterest
Formerly Pinspiration is the best way to browse and post to Pinterest on your Windows phone.
19) ShareRoot
Offers:
Advertising
Contests
Analytics
20) Shop Interest
Formerly Pintics. Start making money by joining the ShopInterest seller network.
Pick the items you want to sell via your affiliate or site.
Pin, Blog, Tweet, Share – Tools ready to go.
Generate revenue by spreading our sales items.
Quick setup, easy payment, low hassles.
21) Spreeify
Spreeify is a social discovery platform that connects brands and people. Offers:
Performance Based Pricing – Spreeify is a CPA (cost per action) social ad platform.
Promotions
Brings new interested social customers, and brands engage your existing ones.
Influencer Network: Bloggers get paid when people signup via blog, Facebook & Twitter posts. Spreeify has teamed up with ShareASale to offer a simple affiliate signup process, so that you can begin earning commission payments from your website as soon as possible. Commission structure from $0.50 – $5 for every verified customer sign-up (increases based on usage).
22) Tailwind
Recently purchased PinReach. Formerly PinLeague offers:
Analytics
14 day free trial, pricing from $29/month
23) 10alike
Formerly Pinerly, then Reachli has changed their business name for the third time to 10alike which is a home for creating and sharing engaging media such as photos, videos, and links. They offer tools to market, advertise, and further their content reach across social, mobile, and the web.
Offers:
Campaigns
Analytics
Scheduling
Free trial
Influencer network: you only pay for results! Costs for this vary by the return you are looking to achieve. Campaign budgets vary anywhere from as little as $10 to over $40,000.
24) Viraltag
Formerly Pingraphy offers:
Scheduling – hands down my #1 choice!
Enhance images
Analytics.
Pricing: Limited $4.99 per month/Basic $12 per month /Premium $28 per month.
25) Viralheat
Stay up to date with the most popular pins associated with your keyword searches.
Identify trends and potential sales through most pins and likes.
Find out who your Pinterest influencers are and connect with them to develop a relationship and foster brand loyalty and engagement.
14 day free trial, $99.99 per month after trial
26) WP Pinner
WP Pinner is a WordPress plugin to manage your Pinterest account. With this plugin you can easily auto-pin WordPress posts, schedule your pins throughout the day, auto-follow users to get noted and keep track of your account (CTR, clicks, likes, repins, reach, etc). 100% free and it’s running from your own WordPress admin which means less work and full control.
IMAGE EDITING TOOLS
1) Pinstamatic
Create Pinterest boards in a few minutes without editing tools:
Share your favourite music
Add a clickable map of your company’s location to your corporate board
Add a note, a quote or website to your boards.
2) Quote Picture Maker
Free Google extension and it is very similar to Share As Image allows you to share quotes as photos.
3) Quozio
Quozio offers a free service which turns meaningful words into beautiful images in seconds.
4) Share As Image
Formerly Pin A Quote lets you highlight text anywhere on the web and easily convert it into an image. Free version to see the kind of things you can do with Share As Image or buy Pro version for $6.99.
5) ShotPin
ShotPin is a Google Chrome browser extension that shows up as a pin next to the URL field. For any site you visit, you can click the pin and create a screen shot of the site and share the pin. You can drag around objects on a site to make a smaller pin. So, if you’re generating interest in your pinboard and find a useful site, you can pin that site in a few quick clicks.
6) Snapito
A free tool to capture and share a screenshot of a website.
7) Url2pin
A free tool to help you share a screenshot of a website on Pinterest.
That was some list huh? Knowing what metrics to track and measure in your Pinterest activities is important to having a successful Pinterest business account because you need to know what’s working and what’s not and then make the necessary changes required to improve results. If this gets overwhelming for you contact me because as a Pinterest consultant I can help you or do it for you. Contact me.
Pinterest also offers daily emails with information such as who’s following you, repinned you, liked, and commented on your pins so make sure you go to your account settings and click the slider to “Yes” as shown in the image below.
YOUR TURN
Have you tried any of the tools listed here? If so what has been your experience? If I’ve missed any tools please let me know as well. Please comment below.
Thank you!
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