Curious thing last week. As the world held its breath to hear about Facebook going public, it’s curiosity to that news was secondary to a new social website called Pinterest. And why are you not on it??

Why Another Website?

I was like you when I stared to see all the coverage for this new website.  Actually I was teaching a internet marketing class when I was asked about it.

Another social website to work?  Really?  Another “must be on” website to manage?? Not interested. So I thought.  Seriously not interested when I heard that they change your affiliate marketing links to their own.  That was a big turn off.  Cashing in early, I grumbled.

Affiliate Marketers Dream

Than this morning, I could not get out of bed fast enough to get signed up.  I remembered I received an invite last week and buried it in my email.   Its in beta and by invite only.  (if you need an invite, drop me a line)  Thankfully I saved mine.

So now you are asking “Why the sudden change??”  I thought about it.  Actually I dreamed about it….  Pinterest is a photo/video driven website.  Populated mostly by women (major decision makers) and its all about what the members like.   Think of it as a world wide community bulletin board. Following me so far??

According to stats, this site is driving more traffic than almost any other social website. Driving huge amounts of traffic to e-commerce sights.

“But Mark, They change your affiliate codes if you are posting an affiliate link. I can’t make any money on Pinterest.”  Oh Yes… You Can…   Don’t post the affiliate link, post the photo from your blog that has the affiliate links in it,   You blog about the affiliate product.  With a photo of the product.  Your affiliate code is on the link on your website.  they don’t change that!!

Double Bonus Points!

So you update your blog more frequently, talking about products and services.  Or if you are niche blogging, you update a variety of websites, you “pin” the posts to your account under the appropriate category.

You are now updating the blog more often.  This means Google is spidering your blog more.  Keep it quality, and Google gives you more juice.  You start working your account on Pinterest, start liking and linking, you will quickly start to get more traffic from your Pinterest profile to your website.

Finally, if Pinterest is such a popular website, you get juice from the search engine for linking properly to a popular website. You, as an affiliate marketer, can’t lose by being on Pinterest.

Remember: Quality.  Not quantity.   Kick the tires.  Look around before you start posting or pinning…  Get the lay of the land and see how others do it.  Be creative when you name your categories and when you write a brief description.

This is an Affiliate Marketing person’s Dream website!!