Want to look legit on Pinterest with a little checkmark just like how Twitter has verified accounts? Verifying your website lets people see the full URL on your profile and in search results. –Pinterest Follow the steps below. It does require you to upload a file to your root fo

As part of my release for my SEO e-book, I hosted a “Pin It to Win It” contest. To determine the winner, I had to find out who pinned my photo on Pinterest. It’s rather easy. All you have to do is insert your desired URL after the following: http://pinterest.com/sour

A number of readers asked me how to garner an audience for Pinterest. In a nutshell, Pinterest is a photo sharing site. Therefore, these are some basic concepts: Create good content worth sharing. Link your Pinterest account to your social media profiles – Facebook, Twitter, etc

Hello all, I have made a number of updates on the Pinterest Plugin since the version released two days ago :P Users emailed me about suggestions and I’ve implemented them all thus far. You’re welcome to leave feedback here. Change Log for Version 1.7 1. Plugin reads file U

Don’t you just hate it … No more getting the codes from Pinterest Goodies for each photo. Bleh. No more hitting the Pin It button at the bottom of a Page and having to search for the photo. Bleh. No hover (mouse over) to activate, which isn’t so great for mobile view

On the rare occasions that I get to hang out with John Michael Cooper, he always has interesting stories to share. One time, he parted an analogy of a naked man. Imagine that you’re looking through a book of beautiful women … flipping page after page. However, right in the

First, there was MySpace. Then, there was Facebook. Eventually, Twitter popped up. Instagram (@tofurious) hopped on board. Google decided to play with Plus. And now, we have Pinterest. How do we keep up with all of these things on top of blogging? Simply put – you just do. In fa

I had the privilege of going to SXSW again for their 2012 Interactive technology festival. It was everything I expected: wicked. A more accurate word would be serendipitous, which was their theme for this year. One hot topic was the interview of Ben Silbermann (co-founder of Pinterest