According to Repinly, in January 2013, 20% of the most popular pins on Pinterest were divided between only 2 of of over 30 available categories:
- DIY and Crafting
- Food and Drink
Bloggers from many niches have seen the results of these popular categories reflected in increased traffic to their sites from projects pinned to Pinterest.
Traffic is great but how can bloggers maximize this increased traffic from their Pinterest pins? How can they make money from Pinterest?
Jennifer Chapman, a woman with an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for Pinterest has created a business to help bloggers do just that. She has created a service called MystiKit.
Pinterest inspires people each day, but often those inspirations go unfulfilled because getting the supplies to complete the project is a problem. MystiKit provides a way for readers to easily get the supplies they need to create projects with the click of a button. Bloggers who create an account with MystiKit receive a portion of the sales.
The video below demonstrates just how easy it is:
In this episode of the podcast, Jennifer and I talk about her love of Pinterest and how that led to her winning Startup Weekend in Jacksonville, Florida to launch the business.
We also discover:
- How bloggers and retailers can utilize Pinterest and MystiKit to generate revenue.
- How bloggers can use MystiKit to help their readers and save time.
- How to incorporate MystiKit to Pinterest parties.
Last fall, I created and wrote about a Halloween wreath project I found on Pinterest. With MystiKit I added a bit of code to my post to create a button that will take readers to MystiKit and give them the option to purchase all of the needed materials to create the project themselves.
Here’s a look at what the reader will find on the linked MystiKit page.
MystiKit is an easy way to help your readers get the supplies they need to recreate the project you wrote about and a way for you to make some money for all of your hard work. With the traffic potential form Pinterest for projects and recipes, who knows where that could take you?
Thanks for coming by the blog and listening to my chat with Jennifer. I hope you enjoyed our conversation and got some ideas on ways you can use Pinterest to generate income form the projects you write about.
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