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Quick and Dirty Facts about Pinterest Groups

Curious about Pinterest Group boards and how to join them? Catch all the information you need on Pinterest group boards with this blog post.

 

Pinterest has become a highly effective part of the business social media marketing strategy. With high ranks within search engines and the ability to be a part of group boards, Pinterest offers a wide range of options to boost your products, business, and content. The visually appealing layout of Pinterest truly helps gain more attention to your marketing efforts. Today I will discuss the importance of Pinterest group boards so you can work to move forward in using this platform to boost your content marketing.

What Are Group Boards

Group boards are community groups where Pinterest users can pin content to regardless of whether or not they set up the original board. Group boards allow you to reach a higher audience and gain followers. You can find Pinterest groups by searching Facebook Groups or using a tool called PinGroupie which allows you to find Pinterest groups based on category.  There are also tribes and other options to join Pinterest groups using Tailwind.

Why Join Pinterest Group Boards

Whether joining Pinterest group boards or Facebook Groups where Pinterest users connect to promote each other’s content; the main mission is to reach maximum users. Whether you are pushing a product or content on your site, it’s important to engage as many users as possible. A Pinterest group board allows you to piggyback off other users’ followers without being rude. Of course, there are some proper rules to adhere to such as Pinterest group’s etiquette.

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Pinterest Group Board Etiquette

Most Pinterest group boards have rules set up for members to follow. Some group boards only allow members to post specific categories, image size and a set number of pins per day. This helps keep the Pinterest group flowing without looking spammy to outsiders. The key to being a polite member of Pinterest group boards is to always be aware of what the owner or admin has set forth for rules. If you maintain proper etiquette by respecting the owner or admin’s rules, then you will do just fine using group boards to expand your reach and following.

How to Join Pinterest Group Boards

Now that you have an understanding of what Pinterest group boards are, why they are beneficial and how to use proper etiquette when being an active member in group boards, we can share move on to joining some group boards.

The first step is to get to know the creator of the Pinterest group. If they have a blog, visit their blog, share some posts, and leave comments to show your support. Pinning and commenting on their stuff will ultimately let them see you are an interactive and supportive member to add to their group board.

You can send an email to the creator of the Pinterest group board too, as a means to introduce yourself. There’s nothing wrong with simply asking to join. There are also some Pinterest group boards that have an invitation button, meaning you can click it to try to join.

Now, if you are looking for Pinterest groups to join on Facebook as a means to interact with like-minded people and gain access to possible new Pinterest group boards, you can go about this much easier. Simply search Facebook Groups for Pinterest related groups, request to join and answer any questions that the admin may have set forth for new members. Usually, you can be approved within 24 hours and gain access to a whole new group of Pinterest users  who will love to add you to their network on Pinterest.

There you have it the importance of Pinterest groups and how to get on board with being a member of them. There are many Pinterest groups out there, I think the last number was over 3 million groups on Pinterest alone, so what are you waiting for? Go on, use these tips to get started using Pinterest groups to expand your social media marketing today.

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Looking to Join a Pinterest Group Board?

You are in luck! Ms. Virtual Maven is currently accepting group board members for the following groups:

  • Online Biz Savvy – Sharing successful advice and tips for online businesses – from startup to scale up! Everything from productivity hacks, organizational strategies, using Social Media for visibility, networking, services, all to build a successful business.
  • Bodacious Bloggers – Sharing blog posts on everything from starting / maintaining a blog, finding your niche, productivity hacks, writing strategy, using Social Media to share blog, how to build a successful blog.
  • Social Media Mavens – Sharing successful advice and tips for Social Media – from blogs on starting account, content, growing your social media following, engaging your audience, automation, scheduling tools, strategies and more. GROUP BOARD RULES: Max 5 pins per day.
  • Pinning Pretty –  This is all about GREAT CONTENT! Share your best blogs on a variety of topics! Awesome recipes – go ahead and pin! Pins about family, travel, photography, products – Share!

Visit my Pinterest account, follow me and join the group boards that appropriately fit your content.  Remember to share other’s members’ pins as much as you share yours! Happy Pinning!

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  1. Sara says

    October 18, 2017 at 11:37 am

    Great tips! I’ve been getting into group boards recently and hoping it is going to help with traffic! Would love to join your Pinning Pretty board–heading over there now! 🙂

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    • msvirtualmaven@gmail.com says

      October 18, 2017 at 9:23 pm

      So happy you found this blog helpful! Looking forward to pinning your content!

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