Use Pinterest for Local SEO to gain both Traffic to your Site and Local Customers. A Deeper Dive into WHY Pinterest?
Did you know that 80% of Pinterest users are looking for your product or services with money burning a hole in their pockets to spend with you?
Yet you are you still wondering why Pinterest? Why should I use Pinterest for local SEO and what are the advantages? Maybe you haven’t even thought about it? Well today I want you to bring them to the forefront of your mind.
I know most people aren’t using Pinterest as a primary traffic source, not even second. But if you are a blogger, internet marketer, content marketer, you do videos, podcast, share micro blogs on Facebook or LinkedIn. You should be using Pinterest to expand your horizons, attract more eyeballs and ultimately help build your brand audience. I got for you 10 reasons plus a bonus – quick wins to help you build your Pinterest radar way up!
The thing is many bloggers are struggling to attract even a meager organic traffic. You don’t realise that Pinterest can also be used as a great supplement to your SEO and ranking blog efforts.
If you haven’t read my article on Pinterest Mistakes, you are making one right now, its not fatal you can fix it, go read it now, I can wait!
Welcome back….
By the way, you can build great social signals from Pinterest for your client’s. In particular there is a great local SEO strategy that exists and I am gonna lift the veil on it for you today! Yes, you are welcome Jules.
But before I do, let’s get back to basics, so you totally understand why you need Pinterest in your marketing Arsenal….
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Why Pinterest for local SEO? In fact Why Pinterest at all! #5 is my favorite 
The point of Pinterest is you can share your content and it gives you a basis esp. if you link it to your other socials! So without further ado lets dive deeper
#1. My 3 S’s as to why you should use Pinterest for local SEO
- Its Searchable
- Its Shareable
- Its Sociable
Pinterest interconnects with Social media platforms and also helps give your blog exposure. How?
Because you can and should have share buttons, widgets and follow buttons on your blog. Pinterest interacts very well with Facebook. You can add a tab on your Fan page and that gives you more exposure! I see lots of blogs with no Pinterest buttons at all! :
Your pinterest boards are a showcase of your brand, and everything you do has a place on there so its sociable. You can move your audience and they can interact with your Pinterest assets!
With that said, if you aren’t yet following me Here is how to correct that 🙂
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#2. Pinterest helps you Brand You better! Why and how?
Because you can organize your boards almost like a catalog or boutique magazine! So people start to relate a certain image type and Content to you and your Brand! Now for Pinterest to work for local SEO, you gotta remember to tag your Geo-Location on your boards. You can and will soon very easily start to attract local custom, business partners, Joint Ventures etc!
Categorize your products. Give tutorials to your audience in our niche.
Example case study: For instance, if you are a dog groomer, share some cool How-to tips on DIY dog grooming. Share some tips on puppy meal plans and exercise. All the while pointing to your services for a more professional job!
Also show case the behind the scenes…We always see the end products, It’d be kind of cool to see how the dog gets groomed. It’s great to get people engaged and hooked to your services!
Share a bit of you…So people get to know you via your Pins and being visuals, it pulls at people’s heartstrings more.
#3. Pinterest is a growing platform
With over 7 million and growing users, it’s not going anywhere. I am a user, and like millions of others I go to BUY via Pinterest. Unlike Facebook or Twitter, people go to Pinterest to Buy.
Real Example: When I am looking for tips on DIY, planning an event, gifts etc. I check out Pinterest first. I use it to search for ideas and buy stuff off there.
Recently I bought cool birthday gifts including a pair of shoes via Pinterest. I went specifically to Pinterest looking for a gift and I found the seller and bought it locally…Do you see how powerful this is?
So if you aren’t showing your buyers your location via Pinterest…You lose! This is how you use Pinterest for local SEO and get sales!
Most people go to Pinterest with money burning their pockets to spend with YOU. If this doesn’t compel you to go use pinterest properly then I don’t know what will. You should be hanging out over there, like right now…
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#4. Pinterest users are high income earners
Most are in the $50k+ bracket and they love to browse. It’s your job to turn them into buyers. They have ideas, fantasies and visions and want to bring them to life, the Pinterest images help this…They also save and share your content, exposing it and you to their audience…Giving you Some more Exposure. That share could go viral depending on who shares it!
#5. Pinterest is an Amazing Search Engine
This is the gist of this article!
This is where Pinterest for local SEO and wider blog/website ranking comes into play!
Pinterest is searchable, lots of people now go to Pinterest to search for certain things before Google, esp. women!
Did you know Google also loves Pinterest? They work great together; any keywords that show up in Pinterest do show up in Google search! That’s why those in the know use Pinterest as the vehicle to rank in search, local or otherwise!
The secret sauce is the URLs benefit, the Pinterest do-follow links give you higher SEO rankings. So if you are a blogger, make sure that you are pinning things on Pinterest! Linking back to your content, tweaking and updating your content every so often till it ranks! If it’s a powerful post it will rank!
Make sure to share your local hangouts, regional stores, bases, warehouses, affiliations, partners. Keep letting your audience know where they can find you in yours and their locality On or OFFLINE!
You see…
When somebody visits your pinterest profile they have a variety of topics or content to dive into via your boards! They can check out your Home based business boards, or Pinterest marketing university vault.
Could be your DIY workshop is their thing, or is it that Travel bucket list scrapbook they are after? Maybe you teach about Network Marketing…! You get the picture?
Whatever your Pinterest aims…Whatever value you have to offer, your display of talent, whatever will add value to your audience.
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Your audience can browse through your content; they can choose to follow you or some of your boards! It goes without saying when they do that, they will definitely share/save some of your pins and posts…more exposure!
So do your Keyword Research very well. Whatever you Put out on Pinterest is very searchable: your Image, URL, Pin Name and description, Board name, Description if done right, they are all searchable and get you found both on Pinterest and on Search engines.
#6. Pinterest allows infinite links:
Each image is an opportunity to add a unique link. Unlike Instagram where you only have 1 clickable link in your bio. On Pinterest you can add a different link to each image you pin on there from your brand, blog, affiliate offers, ask them to connect with you etc. Don’t have a website? Add your Facebook Fan page, Twitter link, Affiliate link etc.
Make sure you have a link in your ABOUT ME Area, so people can connect with you and learn more about you, build that trust factor!
Here is how this works for ya, your Mission on Pinterest:
- You ATTRACT your audience with your Killer Images
- DIRECT/GUIDE them to your Content and Offers with your Links – Website/blog TRAFFIC and
- You are SELLING with your Value., whatever is at the end of the links is The value you are offering and can attract or repel the traffic!
If YOU are in love with Attraction Marketing, this Right here is your Formula for Pinterest Success. Whatever you do to attract your target market do it on Pinterest, it’s no different really!
Example: So to use Pinterest for local SEO, why not Create a Board with your Product and City-Location as its name e.g. Liverpool Dog Groomer – Julie Syl
Research keywords that pertain to dog grooming, and add them in your Board Description space. Save/pin as much information as you can on local dog grooming, Events, Tips, dog walking, diets, How-To’s. Pin other local dog groomer’s content on there too…This attracts them and if they are over booked, they may send business to you and vice versa. You can do collaborations…Is this getting you excited yet?
Pinterest is also your Local Online Visual Shop and Billboard! Its one of the mostly untapped FREE traffic sources. Use it to your advantage!
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Pinterest is very flexible and now you know why I have fallen progressively in love with pinterest!
#7. Pinterest Profile – Create a great Search Foundation
- Your Profile Image: Make it smiley, frontal, sharp and clear, make sure it fits in the circle. Use same image as your other platforms for congruence and your audience will find you faster!
- Chose a URL branded to YOU, use pretty link if you have a domain. Use your brand name/tagline, whatever people are searching for online in your niche. If it’s your name, then go ahead! Keep in mind Pinterest is a Search engine so if you aren’t yet famous, your name doesn’t serve you as well in this instance.
Rather use your blog tagline. What you do and Where you are. Remember your aim here is to use Pinterest for local search!
- Don’t use your network marketing company as your name—very amateur! In the new layout, it all shows and you lose the point of attraction marketing, the mystery and curiosity is gone. And so is your posture. The whole aim of branding is to Put YOU in front of Your Network Marketing Company!
I know you love the company, but wherever you go, there you are! Your company has enough PR! DO YOU?
Look, you must step up as the leader you wish to be because, people come to Pinterest searching for:
- Who am I Looking for?
- And, Who do I want to learn from?
- Who are my leaders aka who do I want to follow…And guess who they will find? You. Not your company!
So make sure in your profile you answer the following 3 questions precisely. You only got 160 characters:
- Who are you?
- What do you Do?
- Why we should follow you!
Ensure you stick your niche keywords in there, because we are talking Search here baby!
#8. Pinterest for local SEO- Analytics
Pay attention to your analytics, you are gonna want to know what gets your audience fired up? What is attracting the most likes, saves, and follows. Do more of that…(Only Business users get analytics.) It doesn’t bite so go get it on business.pinterest.com. There is lots of stuff on the basic Pinterest analytics. So go get that sorted.
#9. Pinterest for local SEO – Link to Other Socials!
When pinning from the web, on some websites, there’s a check box that allows you to share to Pinterest, Twitter or Facebook esp. if one uses the Sumome Plugin!
Set yourself up for success. Be vigilant and get it right so that if, when you decide to make it happen on Pinterest you only need Pin/Save.
#10. Pinterest – YouTube Collaboration.
You do know you can Pin your videos directly to Pinterest from YouTube? And they can be watched in Pinterest direct without having to go to YouTube? Super cool.
Yet I see so many marketers and bloggers missing out on Video and Vlog traffic by not sharing your videos to Pinterest!
The name titles all the SEO from YouTube will be carried over to Pinterest. And if you added your blog link, then you will be driving traffic to your blog too! Utilize the resource in the Bonus tip below to link your videos to automatically populate to Pinterest you will build a wider audience long term! For that to work faster…
Again create a Board named “Video Tutorials” See example below.
BONUS TIP: How to AUTOMATE Your Pinterest Efforts For Free
IFTTT…The magical resource that most marketer haven’t even half tapped into along with Pinterest lol!
Action Step: Create a specific pin board. Name it your niche long tailed keyword/IFTTT
Head on over to If This Then That aka IFTTT and create an account and start creating Recipes. If you have no clue how, watch the video in above link or head on to YouTube and search for how to create a Pinterest Recipe in IFTTT. The Board you are to pin to via IFTTT must be set to Public. If its private you will get an Error message.
Create your cool images and add them as a Recipe, pinning to your board at intervals one a day. Make sure you add other images to that board so it doesn’t look like a one pin board! Link your other socials via recipes. E.g. if you post an image on Instagram, its pinned to that Board. Create variety and make your profile colourful, informative and fun, without spending hours on Pinterest! Automation baby. I love it!
You can download the “IF by IFTTT” App from the Play store. Super cool app for your business. You can then hook up your Facebook Fan page or profile to your Pinterest and Instagram, create recipes on the go etc. So you can pin direct from there and drive traffic both ways!
Since most of us spend lots of time on Facebook, this is one way to link to the two. Create a Board as “Fan Page Posts” and so all your Posts will also be pinned to Pinterest and get you more followers. Use specific #hashtags on specific posts Facebook has a way of pinpointing which posts will go to your board! A great way to link your socials to your Pinterest.
I did a tutorial on how to create recipes with twitter posted to our Facebook Fan page. Do like it and checkout said tutorial in the videos section. 🙂 Enjoy xoxo
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Love the fact you can put links on Pinterest! Thanks for sharing Julie.
Its awesome isnt it Louis. Good to hear form you!
I haven’t given much attention to my Pinterest but i think I’ll do now. Thanks!
Hi Peachy,
Glad you got value 🙂
O my I am overwhelmed at the wisdom & information here ! I am so happy to find your post via the pit stop linky! WOW I am saving this in my Pinterest. I am sharing in stumble & subscribing.
Hi Suzie,
So glad you got value, and thank you so very much for sharing. Welcome to the family! 🙂
Julie Sylvia
incredible amount of info here…thanks for taking the time to share it with us…
My Pleasure Jerry glad you dropped by
~Julie Sylvia
Julie you have incredible knowledge on this platform, I do use it but not as one of my main marketing tools. I think I will start to incorporate this though. Thanks for sharing.
My Pleasure Keith and I am glad you will be using Pinterest for local SEO more!
~Julie Syl
I am beginning to learn that Pinterest is one social media platform I should learn to understand and use to grow my business. I would definitely be looking into it in due course. Julie thank you for your god nuggets. I know where to go when I am ready. Awesome.
Hi Judith,
So glad you are inspired to Use Pinterest as a marketing resource. I am happy to help when you are ready!
~Julie Sylvia
Rico and I just about fell over after going over this post! Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwffffffff!
Awwww that Rico knows his stuff Rory. 🙂 Seriously that’s great praise coming from one who knows the power of smart work! Thanks for your time!
Julie Sylvia
Though I have been using Pinterest for long, your in depth analysis of how and why it is the best in bringing more SEO traffic is quiet amazing. Thanks for sharing the great resource that could be helpful to many!
Thankyo Lisa and glad you are leveraging Pinterest for local SEO very well 🙂
Julie Sylvia
Great tips! Keeping these in mind each time I do some pinning. 🙂
Glad to be ov help Czjai 🙂
Julie Sylvia
Awesome work you’re doing here Julie sharing such valuable information!
Thank you Claudette, much appreciated!
JUlie SYlvia
Great content Julie. Its a good thing you have published an eBook on Amazon on “The Art of Pinterest Profits” as well. Thanks for contributing to the community!
Hi Andy,
I am so glad you get value from my tutorials and its my pleasure to contribute a resource to the Internet Marketing Space!
Glad you approve! And Thanks for the support and help you gave! Its much appreciated 🙂
Julie Sylvia
This great! I used pinterest but not nearly to it’s potential Thank you for sharing.
Hi Kenny,
Its time to up your Pinterest game right! 🙂 Glad you stopped by!
Julie Syl
Pinterest is a steady source of incoming traffic for me. I enjoy working on it sometimes too. I could do more.
Hi ROsey,
We love hearing testimonies like yours. It works and Yes there is always room for improvement! 🙂
Julie sylvia
These are some great tips!!! I need to get better at my printerest game!
Glad you got inspired Courtney. Go get your Pinterest A Game on!
Julie Syl!
Oh, I never thought that Pinterest can be a big help. I will try it.
Hi Ryan,
Dont try, DO. glad you dropped in! 🙂
I haven’t try using Pinterest but I heard so many benefits. I never thought that it is really working well.
Hi Rose,
if it works for joe it an work for jane. Give it a go! Pinterest is as good as the strategy you use!
Julie Sylvia
I love using Pinterest and so do my clients. These are really nice reasons, you’ve got it right, Julie!
Hi Nicole,
We love Pinterest you and I. GLad to hear it works for you too! Yayyyy!
Julie
Yeah, it works really well with me and I love the benefits!
I am glad you agree Nicole thats what we like to hear! 🙂
Julie Sylvia
This is such a great pep talk for using Pinterest to its best advantage. I need to up that game.
Glad you got the gist Liz, Go make Pinterest awesome for ya!
Julie Sylvia
great seo tips you mentioned here for pinterest
Glad you got value Sheena!
Julie Sylvia
I didnt realize Pinterest could be beneficial for local SEO traffic.
Yes it can, a great deal to boot Ashley! 🙂
Julie Sylvia
I never want to overdue hashtags on Pinterest since I think it turns people off but now I’ll rethink that and use smarter ones.
Indeed over hashtagging is a put off Marcia. Glad you got value!
Julie Silvia
You make very good points. Pinterest does work like a search engine and what’s great is that when people find you your boards are organized according to what they’re looking for. It’s definitely a great way to market products and services especially if you’re offering them.
Hi Eliza,
Glad you agree and indeed Pinterest is a Visual Search engine that has worked for many that know just how much easier it is to rank via that route!
Thanks for your time!
Julie Sylvia!
OMG, I think I love you right now! I had never considered any of this, but you are dead on and exactly right! I have been trying to build my SEO and since rebranding my entire site, and all of my social media, it has been really hard. Thank you so much for bringing the obvious to light for me!
Hi Dora,
Its days like these that I know I am on the right. Thank you so much for sharing and glad you got value! If you apply the lessons in our Pinterest category you will be in a much better place 90+ days from today and thats only Jan! We love you right back!
Julie Sylvia!
I have to say I’ve never really given much thought to people buying off of Pinterest. I always assumed people used it to learn how to make or do things. But why wouldn’t they buy from Pinterest, especially is shopping is only a click away.
Precisely Cindy,
Just as no one goes to facebook to buy or twitter, yet they do! Glad you got value!
Julie Sylvia
I really need to get my Pinterest game on. It’s foreign to me and I feel my boards are all over the place. Gotta take some time and focus on it.
We all start somewhere Sybil and Usually at the Very start or at Zero. You got this gal! 🙂
Julie Sylvia
Julie, it is interesting that pinterest have buyers that are ready to purchase; thanks for all the tips!
Absolutely Lorraine, I am one of them 🙂 Ta for dropping in!
Julie Sylvia
[ Smiles ] Pinterest is certainly worth being on.
And, thank you for sharing your expertise on it!
My pleasure Renard thanks for stopping by! 🙂
Julie Sylvia
[ Smiles ] You are welcome, Julie.
I really need to get on pintrest more. I never really realized how big and how much it can help!
Hi Katie,
Pinterest is simply the beesnees in my view anyways! What yo focus on you start to see results 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
JUlie Sylvia