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Using Pinterest

I am a busy guy and I just can’t face building another list of people that I don’t know on yet another social network.

But, I do want to get some of the Pinterest traffic!

So what do I do?

I could bury myself under a rock and stick my fingers in my ears and deny all existence of the site and pretend it doesn’t matter when I see someone get 21,000+ hits in just a few days after having one of their images repinned.

21000 hits from being repinned
21000 hits from being repinned!

An image dump in the cloud

Whenever I want to find a particular type of one of my own images it can take an age sometimes trawling through my ‘my pictures’ directory to get it and then I can’t remember what I named it and I end up searching for another one.

pinimage category
Choose categories for your blog images

But, when I pin an image that I’ve used on a post I can set a category for it and it will forever more be available in the cloud on Pinterest. Plus, if other people like it and repin it then it is attached to the post it came from so there is a chance of getting repinned and with it, the chance of extra traffic!

I’ve started doing this on all the images that I put in my blog posts now and it seems to be a very convenient way of combining saving to the cloud and keeping me open to get some of the lovely Pinterest traffic.

I’ve only just started with Pinterest (I know, I was actually under a rock doing code!) but I’m enjoying it so far, it’s nice to pass the time between orders coming in to the shop to see what other people find interesting.

Come and visit my page, there’s not much there but you can follow me and then I can follow you!

CommentLuv on Pinterest

(P)interesting Plugin

I am using the Pinbutton Attraction plugin on my blog and it’s made it really easy for not only me to pin images on my site but also made it very easy for others to as well.

It’s another addition to the blogging world by master money maker, Chris Guthrie. He had it made for one of his partner sites and you can see from the 21k image above that it works!

Come and read my Pinbutton Attraction Review on my blog and see why I love this plugin so much!

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I am the creator of the CommentLuv plugin and other fancypants things that you put in your blog. I search out godaddy coupons for the best domain prices and share them on my blog

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  1. Plaban Manna says:
    I've never got good amount of traffic from Pinterest. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
  2. Gautam says:
    Pinterest Can Really Do Wonders.. and I Really Use Pinterest Daily and getting Good Visits From It and These Tips Will Helped me More...
  3. Steve says:
    Oh wow, you are actually the creator of the Comment Luv plugin? Kudos to you Mr. Bailey. That is impressive.
  4. Lisa says:
    Thanks for these tips, I'm about to set up pinterest (another late adopter) and these are great!
  5. Samuel says:
    I have seen that product on the Warrior forum. I think Chris did an excellent job on the plugin, and he knows what he is doing. I have a plugin that displays pinterest, facebook, twitter, and google+ options, all at once. Love it!
  6. Avi Jit ( says:
    Pinterest helps lot in getting traffic and exposure. Your post was worth reading. Helped me in many aspects.. Thanks..
  7. Avi Jit ( says:
    I love Pinterest. It's rocking now. It helps the bloggers a lot in getting traffic and in increasing exposure.
    • Andrew Bailey says:
      it certainly is getting a lot of attention now, you can't ignore the boost in traffic it can gain
  8. Lisa says:
    This is good to know. I just recently started adding categories to my boards. Occasionally others have added them. Hoping it will make a nice difference. Thanks for the tips!
    • Andrew Bailey says:
      yes I think choosing good categories can help a lot. When you start getting other people adding things then you know you're starting to get interest! thanks for your comment Lisa
  9. Andrew Bailey says:
    yes I agree. I'm all for making things easy and thanks for following me, I followed you back!
  10. Kirsten Lambertsen says:
    This is a fantastic suggestion. I've been 'flirting' with Pinterest wondering how I can get more out of it than cool furniture ideas :) Thanks!
    • Andrew Bailey says:
      aha, cool furniture ideas, I didn't think about that. Now the Mrs. has another reason to go there! :-)
  11. Jamella Biegel says:
    Hi Andy, Anything that makes it easier for our readers to repin an image from our posts, is a good thing!
  12. Ileane says:
    I love how you always think outside the box. Now there's a common problem that anyone whose been blogging for 6 months or more must face and what a cool solution! I'm going to start setting up my image categories on Pinterest asap. Thanks for the tip Andy!
    • Andrew Bailey says:
      haha, you know me, I'm never one to use things for what they're originally intended for :-) thanks for your comment Ileane!