Pinterest Promoted Pins?? & GIVEAWAY

Carol Dekle-Foss

In an effort to pull my website out of an internet no man's wasteland, I have been tweaking my keywords, meta tags, descriptions etc etc..to the point of my brain turning to mush. Google insists that my site remain barren, with only the occasional lost soul tripping and falling down my URL. So to try and increase traffic, I strolled down the path of Pinterest Promoted Pins.  My intent was one of hope for us all. I was going to test it out and do a post today to share my amazing results. The Pinterest Promoted Pins mysterious marketing marvel ended up being just..meh.

The results were 45 repins with 8 clicks to my website. The below stats say it had 56 repins, so maybe 11 to secret boards?? Will I do it again? Maybe. Maybe not. As expected, the campaign didn't attract all that many buyers. 

Now they are launching Buyable Pins, showing up on iphones and ipads very soon. Sigh. As of now, this is something I WON'T be trying. Is it just me? I find this very scary and can visualize customer nightmares galore. Products out of stock, wrong products being shipped, customer not receiving refunds...etc etc. I know, I'm being pessimistic. It will be very interesting to see what happens with Pinterest in the upcoming months.

Okay, enough about Pinterest... Let's talk GIVEAWAY!!!

I've had a few requests to purchase my sandblasted pendants, so I've decided to start selling them on my website. I've listed some, and will be listing more in the next few days.

To celebrate, I am offering this sandblasted pendant and ceramic beads set as a GIVEAWAY!

The stone is a pretty red fossil coral sandblasted with my Tree of Life design. 

To win, just leave a comment on your thoughts about Pinterest. Do you hate the Promoted Pins or do they not bother you?  Have you ever pinned a Promoted Pin? If you run into a Buyable Pin will you purchase through Pinterest? We would love to hear your thoughts on the matter!

Also, to enter more than once, you can share this post, like my Facebook page, or follow me on Pinterest. Just let me know in your comments.

UPDATE: Oops! I forgot to add that I will be announcing the winner on my next post scheduled for July 15th. Thank you everyone for your comments and input! It's greatly appreciated!!!

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer!