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What is it?

According to Pinterest themselves, “Pinterest is a virtual pinboard. Pinterest allows you to organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. You can browse pinboards created by other people to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests.”

In short, Pinterest is a social bookmarking site that is based on images that are linked rather than links alone. It makes it easy to share what you like and get others excited about it based on the images you share.  You can sort your pins into categorized boards making them easier to navigate. Sharing your sites and projects on Pinterest can help to create more backlinks to your sites and entice new traffic.

How to take advantage of it

Take advantage of Pinterest by visiting the site and browsing around. You can brose by category and find anything from new websites to advice and videos. When you find something you like, “pin it” to your board to share it with everyone on Pinterest and those following you.

How to build a following

Share your own great work on your Pinterest boards. This can be your websites, videos and anything else you created that is image heavy. Pinterest allows you to share links with a broad audience and entice people to click and re-pin with images. So if you’re got a great site to share and just want to check out some new links, head to Pinterest.

Also take a moment to browse GDI’s Pinterest boards and follow us. On our boards you will find us sharing your sites, videos and marketing tips.

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Your Top Webinar Questions from April 24th

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Q: What is a good SEO that’s easy to use for video marketing?
A: SEO for video marketing can refer to utilizing video to drive SEO and traffic to your site or SEO for just your videos. Here are a few tips to help you achieve both.

Title and Description

Create a title that not only describes what your video offers, but uses the right keywords to drive people to your video. Google offers a Keyword Tool to help you figure out which words might be best to include in your title to attract more search visitors. Your title should be short and to the point, but your description can be longer and include more details about your video and you.

Tags

YouTube allows you to use tags to better classify your video on YouTube and take advantage of keywords. Once you have figured out your keywords in the step above, populate them into your tags. Be sure to use descriptive tags to ensure the right people are finding your video.

Sharing Your Video

Share your video as much as possible to get views on more sites than just the one it is hosted on. You can embed your video into blog posts, share it on social media or link to it in emails to drive more traffic.

Encourage Comments

Comments on videos are a form of interaction that visitors and search engines alike take note of. When you share you video, entice potential visitors and ask them to watch and share their opinions in the comments. You can even take advantage of your description space, asking viewers for their comments and questions.

Q: How quickly can I expect to get a return on my investment?
A: Each affiliate is different. It depends how many hours you put into it and your approach. It is a very small investment, so we encourage everyone to work hard and stick with it.

Q: Hi, is there a tutorial in how to build a Facebook/ GDI business page?
A: Thanks to your question, we’re in the process of creating a video tutorial for that now!