Pinterest User Types. Which one are you?

Last week I posted about the strategic way of using Pinterest. I left you guys with a list of the typical Pintrest User. I have amalgamated a list of seven and will be explaining these further in this second and final post about Pintrest users and usage. 

So once again, to recap, here is the list:

1.The Liker

2.The Repinner

3.The Organizer

4.The Creator

5.The Curator

6.The Explorer

7.The Home Pager

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11.The Liker: This liker is the kind of person that really just scrolls down the 'explore' menu. This user is the one who does not really follow anyone, does not make or use the boards and really just uses the social media platform in a gallery type style. The Liker is constantly liking photos, not really clicking through to the original source unless they are highly interested. They also have a ton of likes collected on their like page but don't really check it, its messy and unorganized. If at any point they do check it, it is because they remembered that they 'liked this on Pinterest once.' 

2.The Repinner: This is the person who scrolls through the explore menu and saves the things that they like for later by repinning. This person uses the default boards on Pinterest and just repins to fit into one of the already-provided categories. They are willing to go the extra length to save what they like, and organize it in some type of broad way. They may go back to their pins to recall something that they once had pinned, but they will have a harder time looking for it because they have a smaller amount of boards to house a larger amount of pins

3.The Organizer: This is me. I am an organizer. I repin, I organize and I have many boards so that I can organize as exactly as possibly. I have a board for each category that I put together. I curate through those who I am following and through the explore menu. At times, I repin from blogs and my own blog, but not as often as I would like to. I create each board very specifically to make sure that I am not throwing together two categories into one. I do have one or two boards that are broader categories for things that fall under similar things but I still need to organize. Think of that junk drawer you have (or Friends' Monica and her mess closet!)

4. The Creator: This is the pinner that uses Pinterest to put up their own content. They are really good at getting their content repinned by sharing it on other social media, by having an active account. They have stuff repinned and liked as well, but their main focus is the push of their own content. 

5.The Curator:This is the pinner who goes around on blogs, different websites and searches all over the internet for cool things that could they could pin that appeal to them. Most of them are also organizers, they create specific boards for things to be put on and each thing they choose creates a sense of style that their account possesses. Content curation is something that is an art and alot of corporate accounts 

6. The Explorer: This type of user is similar to the liker. They browse. They look through the explore menu, they don't like things or pin things. They have an account just for the use of being able to browse through the different categories in the Pintrest explore menu. 

7. The Home Pager: This pinner follows people, they don't do the work on their own. The people they follow have the boards organized the same way they want and they only browse through their home page. They find people to follow through blogs, twitter and Instagram. Usually these are blogger's accounts who have already built up their audience. 

After reading through these descriptions, which pinner type do you fall under? Did you think you were different prior to reading this? Are there any types that should be added together?

That's it for now!

Happy Crafting.

xo

The Strategic way of using Pinterest (besides getting a ton of inspiration!)

Pinterest has been around for a while now and it seems to be the number one place to get inspiration and instructions for almost anything. There are tons of ideas on this social media platform, but there are different ways that many people use it. I thought of the best way to use Pinterest as a social media platform. For me, it has been a great place for inspiration in the crafting world, weather it is for paper crafting, handmade objects for the home, gardening, cookies etc.  

Using Pinterest to generate traffic to a blog post is a very good idea. One of my most viewed posts gets most of its traffic from the Pintrest pin I had posted on my own page. The best way to post it onto your own Pinterest page is to use the ‘pin it’ button from your actual blog post to pin it onto a board. This will make sure that the photo will always link back to your blog post. All blogs should always have the ‘pin it’ button on their blog so that it can remind the reader to do so each time they hover over a picture. 

Make sure that your board has a category defined or else it won’t be found by people just browsing though the explore menu.  Being organized with your boards is also a good way for you to know where to place your work. Some people only follow a certain board because it has a good title and good content that is all related. 

It is a good Idea to put your post into two boards. One can be titled ‘My own DIY’ if that is the case, and if you have multiple boards then put it under another relevant category. So, for example, my DIY paper flower post is under the ‘My own DIY’ board as well as under the ‘All sorts of Paper flowers’ board. This way, I can get more people to pin my stuff.

Now, as for users, there are tons of types of people who use Pinterest  in their own unique ways. There are a few types of uses Pinterest  gives to people and these uses are based on the people who use the platform.  Almost all of these people will click through on the image to get to the original source of the post to see more, but the more organized they are (in my opinion) the more likely they are of actually revisiting that page. Most people fall into a category of how they use Pinterest or are a combination of a few. Here is a basic breakdown of your typical Pinterest user:

1.     The Liker

2.     The Repinner

3.     The Organizer

4.     The Creator

5.     The Curator

6.     The Explorer

7.     The Home Pager

I will leave it at that and this post will be continued with a detailed description of these categories.

Do you fall into any of these specific categories? Do you think some need to be added or eliminated? Comment below with your thoughts.

DIY up-cycled Cotton Swab Holder

Here is a simple and quick tutorial for up-cycling used containers. I keep my cotton swabs in an old eye make up remover pad container. It had been sitting in my bathroom for months and I constantly looked at it saying it really could have been prettier if I tried. I decided to grab some of my washi tape (my go-to right now)and wrap it up with the designs I liked. I thought the tape I used at the top with the weekdays looked perfect for something I use daily. I covered the threads of the container so it didn't have anything in a stark white.

 

 I am glad with how it turned out. I don't really mind that you can see the words through some of the tapes. If you dont want that just make sure to use something darker or more solid. Just remember to end and finish all the tapes on the same side so there are only seams on one side.