Pinterest founder Ben Silberman announced last week that Pinterest would start experimenting with promoted pins – What this means for internet marketers is more opportunity for you know what ? Guess what it is ? Monetization. Just like you can promote ads or promote posts on Facebook and you can promote tweets on Twitter. Soon you will be able to promote your pins on Pinterest. The Pinterest Team is being very careful about the way it is using it site to monetize because it doesn't want to upset its growing population of users. They are being super sensitive to do it in a way that is non-obtrusive. It’s not an easy thing to do - to monetize site with ads or promoted posts/pins/tweets etc and still be loved but Pinterest is up for the Challenge. Continue reading about the future of Pinterest - Pinterest Promoted Pins
First, here is what Ben said:
"Just over a year ago, my wife and I welcomed our son into the world. Since his first day, I’ve been pinning fun things we can do together, right now while he’s still little and later when he gets older. I know many of you do the same. Pinterest is where you keep your wishlists, vacation plans, dream home ideas, and other things you want to do soon and in the future.
That’s why for us, it’s so important that Pinterest is a service that will be here to stay. To help make sure it does, we’re going to start experimenting with promoting certain pins from a select group of businesses.
I know some of you may be thinking, “Oh great…here come the banner ads.” But we’re determined to not let that happen. While we haven’t figured out all the details, I can say that promoted pins will be:
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Pinterest Promoted Pins
Announced by Pinterest Founder
First, here is what Ben said:
"Just over a year ago, my wife and I welcomed our son into the world. Since his first day, I’ve been pinning fun things we can do together, right now while he’s still little and later when he gets older. I know many of you do the same. Pinterest is where you keep your wishlists, vacation plans, dream home ideas, and other things you want to do soon and in the future.
That’s why for us, it’s so important that Pinterest is a service that will be here to stay. To help make sure it does, we’re going to start experimenting with promoting certain pins from a select group of businesses.
I know some of you may be thinking, “Oh great…here come the banner ads.” But we’re determined to not let that happen. While we haven’t figured out all the details, I can say that promoted pins will be:
