Gadgetory

hey guys I'm Sharon Vaknin and chances are you've heard some buzz about Pinterest it's a new social network that lets you visually bookmark and share things you find on the web and from other users on Pinterest it lets you categorize things like recipes clothing do-it-yourself projects or anything else for that matter into boards once you see something you like you pin it and add a little description then categorize it into one of your boards it'll be saved to that board and show up in your friends feeds so I have a board for all the veggie recipes I find places I want to visit and DIY projects I'll get around to someday ladies are obsessed with it but you gentlemen are more than welcomed and encouraged to join once you get the basics down like pinning reap inning and creating your own boards its super addicting I'm a little bit obsessed too so here are my top tips for making the most of Pinterest if you haven't already installed the bookmarklet lets you quickly pin things you find around the web without having to go to Pinterest first here's how it works go to pinterest com / about / goodies and drag this pin it button to your bookmarks bar now when you see something you want to pin it just click this bookmark and select the image to create your pin just like Twitter you can connect with other people by following them that also means you can tag them pinterest lets you tag friends and posts and comments to get their attention about something you find in the description or a comment type at followed by the person's name select them from the drop-down and they'll be notified you tag them let's say a friend and I have a joint obsession with dessert recipes with pinterest collaboration feature we can both contribute to one pin board head to one of your boards and click Edit board next to who can pin select me plus contributors and enter the name of one or more friends they'll get an email invitation and if they accept it they can start contributing to the board in general the more descriptive your pin is the easier it will be to find meaning more pins and more followers and so on so think about what people might search for to find your pin then type a hash sign then the keyword you can add as many as you want just don't go overboard or it'll look a little spammy now your pins will be easier to find meaning you're more likely to be repin if you want to find out what's popular on pinterest from a specific site it's easy this is one of my favorite tricks just go to pinterest com / source / the web URL like how to cnet com and another / hit enter and you'll see everything that's already been pinned from that site if you have any questions shoot me a tweet and subscribe to my facebook profile for more tips like this and don't forget to follow see nuts pinterest boards for everything gadgets and geeky frisina com I'm Sharon Vaknin