In general, I don’t like it when people post an infographic on their blog and let it stand as content with no explanation. But I came across this fabulous infographic today and had to share it with you. Not only is it extremely clever, it contains a wealth of information you simply must have if you intend to use Pinterest for business.
The 10 Commandments of Using Pinterest for Business
1. Plan for thy pinning success
2. Honor thy source
3. Thou shalt pin strategically
4. Thou shalt remember to be social
5. Thou shalt produce pinnable visual content
6. Thou shalt create as well as curate
7. Promote thy business creatively
8. Thou shalt consider referral traffic and seo
9. Take advantage of thy tools
10. Research and measure thy pins
In the interest of honoring commandment #2, “Honor Thy Source,” I have to say that finding out the original source was quite an undertaking.
I found this article because the infographic was pinned on Pinterest by Peg Corwin from a HubSpot Article entitled, “A Simple Cheat Sheet for using Pinterest for Marketing,” by Pamela Vaughan. But she actually found the infographic over at SociallySorted.com.au in an article entitled simply “Pinterest Infographic.”
But THAT article revealed that the graphic was created in honor of SociallySorted’s Donna Moritz having been asked to be the first guest blogger at Amy Porterfield’s blog. Amy and I were in the inaugural “Mentor With Mari” class back in 2009 when we were first learning social media, and Amy has gone on to be a real mover and shaker in the social media world. So I decided that Donna’s article on Amy’s blog should be the original source.
Confused yet? You won’t be confused about Pinterest after you check out this infographic.
Scroll all the way down to the bottom for all the rest of the sharing buttons – and don’t forget to Pin It!
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Hugh Rustad
June 17, 2012 at 3:27 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thanks for your article! I have used pinterest on my website and the result was great, it jumped from #124 to #3 in just 3 weeks time.
The key is we must got our website pinned and repinned by many people, which is the hardest part. Most of pinterest users won’t doing repin when they aren’t like what we pinned.
I do simple thing to outsource it on fiverr and got my site pinned by 75 people, I don’t know how can he did it just search by typing pinterest on fiverr and you will find it on the TOP. Many other seller offer pinterest service on fiverr but in my experience they can’t make my website increase in SEO. I don’t know why.
Benefits of Pinterest for SEO:
1. Once our website pinned it has backlinks counts.
2. You need to ping the links of your pins to the to get your website increase in SEO.
3. Even though Pinterest does not support anchor text (except the url link), it’s still perfect for placing our keywords in description.
Meygann
June 17, 2012 at 7:09 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I love those 10 commandments of Pinterest and I think this is really interesting.. Anyway, I just like this infograpic you have here..
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money
June 19, 2012 at 11:30 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
This is a great post, thanks!
Carele Belanger
June 26, 2012 at 9:58 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
So interesting. Thank you for your wonderful article and talking about Pinterest. Congrats!
Lisa Frederiksen - BreakingTheCycles.com
June 26, 2012 at 10:33 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Wow! I haven’t started Pininterest, yet, but I’ve bookmarked this for when I do. Thank you!
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Carolyn Hughes
June 26, 2012 at 12:20 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
What a fabulous Pinterest post! I’ve only recently started on PInterest so this was a must read and must save (and a must pin! ) for me!
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Mandy Edwards
June 26, 2012 at 12:43 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I love this! I agree with the 10 commandments! Finding the source is very important!
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Sharon G. Cobb
June 26, 2012 at 2:16 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I LOVE this graphic piece! Thanks for adding some content to it. I so need to pick up my Pinterest doings.
Gretchen Pritts
June 26, 2012 at 2:54 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
This is a great post Susan and the graphic totally ROCKS. I love Pinterest, but am having a hard time fitting it into my daily schedule. I think I need to rethink my strategy
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Olga Hermans
June 26, 2012 at 5:20 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Very interesting; I didn’t know that it is good to ping your pinterest link…..thanks for al the details!!
Sherie
June 26, 2012 at 5:50 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
That graphic is totally awesome! I have just done a few things on Pinterest, so need to study this in more depth. Thanks so much for the post! : D
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Martha Giffen
June 26, 2012 at 11:17 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
What a great breakdown of how to REALLY use Pinterest for business! Thanks so much!
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Sherry Nouraini
June 27, 2012 at 12:03 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
What a great infograph, very informative! Great of you to research so much to find the original source of the infograph, most people don’t do that!
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Anita
June 27, 2012 at 7:00 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
You are right! Great info graphic!! I am using Pinterest but I am slow to get interested…Don’t know why I just don’t care to hang out there
Perhaps that will change 
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elizabeth
June 27, 2012 at 3:08 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Wonderful article and I need to work on finding the source and not just repin! Thank you for the tips1 I need to get in there and really work my pinterest the way I could!
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Barbara Peters
June 27, 2012 at 3:10 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Pinterest is so much fun.. you can really get addicted to it1 Thanks for all the great tips about using it correctly because I had no idea about so of the things you have pointed out!
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Karla Campos
June 27, 2012 at 7:22 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Great infographic about Pinterest, I like how you type out an overview because sometimes infographics are hard to read.
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Helena Ritchie
June 27, 2012 at 10:45 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Great graphic! I wasn’t a big fan of Pinterest at first but am slowly getting more interested.
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Sally K Witt
June 28, 2012 at 1:48 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I am going to read this again and study it tomorrow. So many awesome points there!
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Sharon O'Day
June 28, 2012 at 3:23 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Love that you gave the trail of the infographic. What’s a shame is that so often they get separated from their original source or creator … who ought to be getting the glory for the creativity and knowledge.
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Lisa Birnesser
June 29, 2012 at 10:58 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I love this infographic! I think Pinterest is a blast. I have pinned this on my board and will definitely use these tips. Thanks, Susan!
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Bill Spicer
July 5, 2012 at 11:50 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
The 10 commandments of Pinterest are really interesting, quick and easy to understand. I’ve also bookmarked this for reference.
JFERREIRAMKT
July 11, 2012 at 8:32 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Awesome post! Hope you don´t mind me sharing it (with the due credits, obviously).
Cheers!