We have all used Pinterest at some point in our life, or in some cases almost all days of our lives but to look for workout pins, recipe pins, or home décor pins. Pinterest is much more than that, people can make money using Pinterest. Yes, this is true and people have been making real money for quite some time now using Pinterest. Maybe you have heard of it too and ignored it anyway as you were a bit skeptical about it, well who wouldn’t be.
In a world where being online has become a necessity but with all these scams around, we can never be careful enough. Can we?
Let us clear the fog right now and right here. Pinterest is not a social media, it is a search engine where people are often found looking for ideas and inspirations. But the idea of making money through Pinterest is quite much the side hustle that you can get your hands into. After all, a little more money never hurts. People have been hustling doing site surveys on sites like Survey Junkie which is fine but one can earn more than the money these survey sites have to offer just by using Pinterest.
9 ways to make money on Pinterest
Create Monetized Pages on Your Website:
You must think that you need to be tech-savvy or a very good writer to write a blog and start making money on Pinterest. But this is not the truth at all. You just have got to make your blogs eye-catching or creative enough for people to be wanting to click on them and visit your websites. The viewers/users need to be funneled to be clicking on the affiliate link on the website to drive the traffic into the monetized website. And by saying “catchy”, you do not have to go all colors or something. Let’s say you have created a blog to say 10 ways to make money using Pinterest and the viewers click on your link and it is all about the click. There comes your money. It is all about driving the free tariff to the websites.
Create money by teaching how to make money:
As ironic as it sounds making money by teaching people how to make money can be the best way to earn money. As I said before, a little extra money does not hurt and it is the same for all. You can pins like ‘best work from jobs online’, ‘best survey sites to make money with’, and it goes on. You know the idea, you will figure out the drill.
Selling your favorite styles:
It might sound crazy but the public online is constantly looking at styling ideas online and they will save those pins to create the look someday. But if you curate the shopping sites in these pins so that their click directly takes them to the shopping sites then your job here is done. Create blogs for styling and add the websites from where they can buy these outfits to complete their look.
Selling home décor ideas:
Well, selling home décor ideas is the same as the styling idea. You need to create blogs using the home décor ideas like ’10 ways to style your living room with plants’, or ‘10 life-saving organizing items’. The internet is going gaga over having more indoor plants and keeping their place organized. So, you might as well make some money selling these ideas. But do not forget to include the links to the websites.
Advertising Online Courses:
The COVID period and the work-from-home scenarios have changed the ways people think when it comes to a career. People are now trying to skill up more than ever. Use this opportunity to make blogs for the courses that can offer them a good opportunity to skill up and include the links to the sites and there is your sale. You can also drive the tariff to your online course if you have any to offer.
Promoting Podcasts:
With the world being motivated every alternate minute and being demotivated every alternate minute, one is always looking for some inspiration or a great talk from someone assuming they have got it all together. Well, use this opportunity to sell the link to your podcast. Create a blog and drive the traffic to the sites with these podcasts.
Be a Virtual Assistant at Pinterest:
You do not want to have your website or blog and that is perfectly okay. I understand that having your website is a lot more commitment and devotion and we might not be ready for that yet. Do not worry. You can become a virtual assistant at Pinterest and this involves creating pins for clients, scheduling the clients’ pins to go live. There are courses to learn how to become a Virtual Assistant (VA).
Affiliate Marketing on Pinterest:
Affiliate Marketing is when you come together with companies or brands to promote their products or services by using the links that they provide you with to drive the tariff to their site to make their positive sale. But remember, some companies do not allow to use of their affiliate links on Pinterest and it is always better to be checking with the company before using their link. Similarly, some companies will not let you use their image as well.
Use Pinterest to drive the tariff to your e-commerce website:
Like the ideas discussed above regarding styling, décor, and online courses driving the tariff to other websites you can simply create your e-commerce website as well. Shopify is one such site that can help you do so and you can use these links in your blogs and drive the tariff completely to your website to make a positive sale.
It is always better to be extra careful when using links to other websites and this is a very important thing to keep in mind. Other than that, make sure your blogs have got an eye-catching pin because the first thing that a viewer checks on Pinterest are the pink. Make sure it is catchy enough for the viewer to want to click on that. Use a media kit such as Canva to make your info-graphic pins or anything similar. Also, always remember that Pinterest is a search engine and you do not need to be well versed with Search Engine Optimization (SEO) but know how to describe your pins well for it to be discoverable. You can come with that by searching keywords similar to your niche and then forming your own.
