What started off as research for my blog post has rapidly turned into not only my daily hobby, but a full-blown obsession. You can compare it to a boyfriend, really. I love it, I connect with it daily, and I certainly like to brag about it. This so called “new relationship” has officially taken over half of my spare time, and I have Pinterest to thank for it. If you haven’t heard about it, you likely will soon, but unfortunately, you’ll have to share it a few million other users as well.
The website has raised over $37 million from some of Silicon Valley’s top angel investors and venture firms, not to mention its success has grown tenfold in the last 6 months. Subscriber statistics have increased over 3 million since last August; however, if you aren’t willing to make the commitment, you can simply visit the page. Pinterest garnered 11 million viewers last month alone!
Need I say more? Yes, in fact I must because I haven’t even begun to explain what Pinterest is, I’ve simply just bragged about it for the last 2 minutes. You’ll see what I mean once you’ve tried it out yourselves!
Pinterest is a website that allows it users to create virtual pinboards (aka online scrapbooks) to share coveted pictures, slogans, or projects to ones followers. These images become ‘pins’, allowing others to comment, ‘like’, or ‘repin’ them onto their own personal boards as one pleases. The open network, like Twitter, makes Pinterest one of the hottest new social media websites to date. I’m not going to give you more details since I truly believe you should all check it out yourselves! Even Mark Zuckerberg has joined Pinterest today, and is said to be more active than on his Google+ and Twitter page.
Here is my Pinterest-page. You can label your boards as you wish, from "Things I Like" to "Food" to even a board just on cats (weird, I know, but people are doing it).
Pinterest currently has no source of revenue; however, they do not want to alienate users by cluttering its homepage with banners ads and such. Companies are taking to Pinterest to create profiles in order to market their products in an authentic way. Users are also using Pinterest as a 3rd party website to visit other web pages, making it that much more valuable to the consumer and the company.
Seems like it's geared towards women more than men though? Won't see me pinning anything anytime soon...
ReplyDelete"Even Mark Zuckerberg has joined Pinterest today, and is said to be more active than on his Google+ and Twitter page." -- Now that's a fun fact for the masses.
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