Introduction to Pinterest Affiliate Marketing
Pinterest affiliate marketing tutorial. Pinterest is a very large space where people come to look for ideas, products, and they are here to look for very specific niches. Building a brand on Pinterest and promoting affiliates on Pinterest can be a great way to earn income passively.
Now, the first thing you’re going to do is create your Pinterest account, and this will be broken down into four basic steps. So first is going to be your business Pinterest account, then it’s going to be your affiliate product, then it’s going to be using link tree, and then we’re going to be talking about designing pins and canva. So these three are the major parts of this.
Step 1: Business Pinterest Account
Sign Up and Benefits
Getting started with building your Pinterest account, the first thing you’re going to do is click on business on the top right on Pinterest.com and to create a business account on Pinterest, you don’t need to provide any additional information. There’s just some basic questions that they will ask you, but you can primarily just create it with your email address;
you really don’t need that much. However, the benefits are amazing with Pinterest business because you get multiple different analytical tools that can help you in optimizing your pins or boards to benefit your affiliate products. So to get started, simply click Get Started on sign up on the Pinterest business and sign up for your account.
Optimizing Your Pinterest Profile
And once you create your account, this is going to be your dashboard. Now how can you optimize this? Well, the first thing you’re going to do is add a photo and a mood board or like a photo in the background that is going to be representative of most of your affiliate products. This meshes with the second topic, which is going to be selecting your affiliate product.
Crafting a Strong Profile Identity for Better Conversions
So instead of adding a website link, add your link tree link, which is the third part of this. But once you have added a description, make sure to add emoticons if you’re going for a personalized feel; if you’re going for a very basic business feel, then make sure to leave that out.
But once you have created your account, you’re going to go back into your profile. Now once you have your profile ready, you’ve added some descriptions, you’ve added photos, you’re going to start promoting. Now promoting your product is very, very nuanced because obviously you’re not going to have the same affiliate product,
but there are some strategies that you can use. The first thing is to always choose a product that you know something about, that you have some info about.
Step 2: Affiliate Product
Strategies for Product Selection
Because if you’re trying to promote a product on Pinterest and you have no idea what the product is, then you’re not going to be able to promote it properly. So let’s say promoting something in the fashion niche, so clothing 101, maybe 100 makeup tips.
There’s also far out fashion, fashion inspo, fashion for less; then there’s also fashion fads and the natural beauty guide. So let’s say promoting maybe the clothing 101 book. So this is a digital download, and you can see the vendor, the billing type, all the information. Using Digi store 24 to find affiliates;
you can use any affiliate that you want. Now this is the URL for the product, and what you’re going to do is create a link tree account.
Step 3: Using Linktree
Avoiding Account Flags
Now why not just directly input links into Pinterest pins?;The reason for that is the account is going to get flagged, and after some time it is going to get turned down.
So to avoid that, and to use this affiliate marketing strategy long term, it is always recommended to use link tree or pretty URL to change URLs into more appealing URLs. Using link tree means you can actively focus on the particular links that you’re promoting. You can sign up with your email address as well.
Adding Affiliate Links to Linktree
So what you’re going to do is you are going to build your link tree and start adding your products that you’re promoting or your affiliate link in link tree. Once logged on to the link tree account, find the add link section, and just enter the affiliate link over there.
Go on to the Digi store 24 affiliate link, copy it, and then just paste it over there. Now what you’re going to do is click on add. Now obviously if you just add a link it won’t make sense, so add a title which is going to be, let’s say, clothing 101.
Inserting Linktree into Pinterest Profile
Or improve your dressing clothing 101 book like this. Add the link, copy the URL, and now insert the Linktree URL in Pinterest pins as well as the profile. So the first thing you’re going to do is click on edit profile, and go into the website link and just save the link tree link over there. Now once you do that, start creating pins.
So click on create pin, and start creating pins for the boards. Now keep in mind that whenever you are creating a pin, you’re going to categorize them in boards as well.
Step 4: Designing Pins and Canva
Categorizing Pins with Boards
And once you actually post a draft, you want to start categorizing them, because if you’re promoting multiple different niches from one account, it’s not going to look really nice. So that is why it’s essential that you have things categorized in your Pinterest
Click on create board and create a board to promote a certain type of aesthetic as well. Now the next thing that you are going to do is head on over to canva, and once on canva, use the images provided by your affiliate provider. Just click on save image as, and search for Pinterest in canva because it’s going to show some templates.
Designing Pinterest Pins in Canva
That are working for Pinterest. Take a look at these Pinterest pin templates, and use one that is relating to fashion. What you’re going to do is insert pictures of the product instead.
Insert pictures and text as well, so add clothing 101, then take the photo of the book, insert it, and place it in the desired section. In this way customize the internal text, just talk about the book and stuff, and then click on share, download, and download this as a PNG. Complete the PNG, then go on ahead.
Uploading and Optimizing the Pin
Click on create pin, and now here are some of the very essential parts of creating a pin. The first thing you’re going to do is upload the picture or the pin; the title is super important. Now try to cram in as many keywords as possible; although it does not look the most appealing aesthetically, this is what helps pins rank higher.
So clothing 101, clothing inspo, how to dress better, streetwear elegance, whatever you might want to add, any further keywords that relate to the item. And then include the same thing in the description in a more detailed version, and then paste the link tree in the link section. So once you do that, choose a board as well. So click on create board, and this is going to be the affiliates.
Publishing Rules
- Now the board doesn’t have to be named affiliates; it can be named in a certain categorization
- And then tags can be added, so fashion or nails or whatever tag you might want to add
- And then after that there are some other options, and click on publish
- And just like that, there are some amazing strategies that can be used to promote products on Pinterest
