06 Jan

Guide for the Marketers on Pinterest

Understanding social media:

To understand and work on the social media platforms can be a little challenging for a marketer. There are latest sites of social media which can have the marketers buzzing a lot these days and these are the ones like Pinterest. There are experts who have found that Pinterest is in number three (it ranks 3rd) on the SMO Services sites on the internet and it is slightly ahead of LinkedIn. There is also a lot of growth and also popularity which can prove that Pinterest is indeed a good avenue for the next strategy of earning dollars. You need to use it here.

Have Pinterest as your guide:

You need to understand one thing about the Pinterest and know what it is all about. This is a site which is known to share the content and this service allows the members for pinning images and videos and a lot more on the pin board. Pinterest is known to allow the users into creating all the themed, customized boards for pinning the videos and images. The theme and the board are really a lot creative and this holds both for the marketers and also the individuals who can ripe the benefits with the talent.

What about the demographics?

Some experts have classified Pinterest into the given three categories:

Babies and Bliss: This category is known to represent the lifestyle for the bigger families in the UK. This includes a number of households which are containing five people at least and this is a segment which is meant for the big broods in the suburban and the subdivisions. The parents who are in this segment are generally within 30 to 40 years of age.

Families matter the most: This is a segment which is surely growing fast. This segment is known to consist of the middle class and young families in the suburban locations who known to lead the family focused lifestyle in a focus manner. 90% of these families have kids and a majority is having a lot of kids.

The Boomerangs and the Boomers: This is a contemporary consumer segment which consists of the baby boomer age group of parents and also their children who are grown-up and all staying in the same house. When it comes to these upscale households a lot of the parents are known to be in their 50s or early 60s and also of their off-springs are either teenagers or even in their 20s.

Now when it comes to the gender thing, a huge percentage of the users are of the feminine gender on Pinterest. The Ad Planner shows that Pinterest has 80 percent female account users and visitors while the male demography is 20 percent. These are between the ages of 25 to 44. It is no surprise as the site is very well catering to their needs.

However, there is a change which will be taking place in this result soon as men are now migrating slowly to the site and they are finding it interesting in their ways. There are even sports teams which have their Pinterest boards for their male members and audience.