How to open a Pinterest Business Account in 5 steps!

Why you should create a Pinterest Business account

When I first started using Pinterest, I mainly used it for collecting beautiful quotes, and for home decoration inspiration. I didn’t realize Pinterest had way more to offer than just collecting a few pictures and sharing ideas. It never occurred to me that Pinterest means big business for many business owners, big and small.

When you use Pinterest for personal purposes only, it just doesn’t occur to you, you can earn money on Pinterest, too. Or at least, it didn’t occur to me. And many people that I talk to about Pinterest, didn’t know either!  

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Pinterest is Big Business people!

Pinterest has approximately 175 million active users per month. Of these users, 55% use Pinterest for shopping! Pinterest is basically Google’s visual equivalent. And visual search is booming in 2021! This means Pinterest is the place to be! This is especially so for niches that women are interested in. 7 out of 10 users on Pinterest are female. However, the representation of niches focussed on men is on the rise, too! So, men, this is the right moment to start!

If this is still not enough to convince you to start your own business account on Pinterest, I’d like to add on top of these facts, that 75% of the content that is posted on Pinterest, is shared by businesses. Yes, you read it right… 75%, my friends! Pinterest is extremely effective when it comes to generating more traffic to your site. And more traffic = more sales! 

If there are so many business opportunities for grabs on Pinterest for other businesses, there must also be plenty of opportunities for your business too, right?!

So, if you own a fantastic blog/website that is in desperate need to be seen by a bigger audience, you really sell yourself short if you don’t have a Pinterest Business account. 

How to be successful on Pinterest?

Now, you wonder, what do I need to do to get myself a piece of that Pinterest-pie. as well? How to start using Pinterest for my business?

The first step to Pinterest success is setting up your very own business account.

But remember, aside from you, many others are blogging about precisely the same things you’re blogging about. The competition is fierce! Therefore, a properly set-up Pinterest account, combined with high-quality content, and a rock-solid Pin strategy is key to getting top rankings for your Pins in Pinterest’s search results.

Let me tell you… getting ranked at the top is quite an art. But nothing is impossible either. I rank at the top with quite some pins now! If I can do it, you can do it too! You just need to know how to do it, have some patience, and be passionate about your blog

To get you started, I will explain below how to set up your Pinterest business account. After following these 5 quick steps, you’re ready to embark on your Pinterest adventure with a fully optimized business account that’s set up for success!

Great! But how do I create a Pinterest business account?

Why do I need a Business account, and what is the difference between a personal and a business Pinterest account?

The first reason you need a business account is that it’s required if you want to make a buck out of Pinterest. But more importantly, you can do much more with a business account. For starters, you can link your website to your Pinterest account and display your website and blog/business name in your profile.

This way, both Pinterest and its users will know that any content that links to your blog is original content from this Pinterest account.

A business account just gives your blog/company a more professional look and feel!

As a business user, you’ll also gain access to Rich pins, Promoted pins, and – the best part; your statistics! You can keep track of the number of views and clicks, and which of your boards are the most popular.

Create a Pinterest Business-account in 5 simple steps:

Step 1: Create A Pinterest Business-account

• There are 3 options:
  • you can add a business profile to your personal Pinterest-account
  • you can create a new business account
  • or you can convert a personal account into a business account.
• Go to Get A Business Account and follow the steps.

Congrats! You are now the proud owner of a Pinterest business account.🙂 Now, let’s get your account up and running!

Step 2: Optimize your profile

• Go to your profile and click on Edit. 
• Add a profile picture. Tip: I strongly recommend using a clear headshot. I know this might be a scary thing to some of you, but you have to overcome these feelings to become successful.
• Display name: fill in your name and your company name.
• About your profile: This is where you tell your readers exactly what you’re doing and what you stand for.
• Click Done. 

This is what it will look like 🙂

Step 3: Claim Your Website

Go to Claim in the left menu.

This is where you claim your website, to let Pinterest know this website is yours!

Pinterest and its users now know this website is connected to this Pinterest account, and that the Pins that link to this website are your original content.

This is how you claim your website:

• Enter the URL of your website and click on Claim.
• You now need to verify that you are the owner of this website. There are several options to do this.
• Go to this page if you need any help: Claim Your Website

Step 4: Claim Your Etsy, YouTube & Instagram Account

Go to Claim other accounts to claim your Etsy, YouTube, and Instagram accounts here as well!

Step 5: Activate Rich Pins!!

One of the best features of a Business account is the option to activate Rich Pins, which I highly recommend to every blogger and business owner. Rich Pins add more context to your pins.  A Rich Pin shows additional information on the pin itself, like a direct link to your website, the title of the article, the description, ingredients, and ratings.

There are 4 different types of Rich pins:  

• Article pins – Pins for articles, blog posts, stories
• Recipe pins – Show the ingredients of a recipe, cooking times, serving information, ratings
• Product pins – Show information about the items you sell; price, availability, buy location

But there are even more reasons why Rich Pins are fantastic! They rank higher in the Pinterest search results, ánd when you update the data of your blog posts, the data in Pinterest will be updated to the new descriptions automatically!

Activate Rich Pins:

• Go to the Pinterest URL Debugger.
• Enter a link to a page of your website that you wrote metadata for and click on Validate.
• Once Pinterest has validated your Rich Pins, the additional information will be added to your pins. Looks great, huh? :))

DONE!

Your business Pinterest account is ready to use! You can now start using Pinterest for your business! Go ahead, start creating some boards & pins, and have yourself some Pinterest fun!

And when you’re ready for it, I recommend you to read the following tutorials about Pinterest marketing for your business:

• Learn how to organize your Pinterest Boards for Pinterest SEO
• The best tips & tricks to drive more Pinterest traffic to your website
• Free downloadable Pinterest Audit Checklist
• Pinterest marketing strategies that are hurting your growth

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XOXO

Angie

Angie

Angie is a blogger and creative entrepreneur from the Netherlands who is currently residing as a digital nomad in Serbia together with her husband and 2-year old daughter Ana Milena. She is the creator of She Can Blog and works as a Pinterest manager for several Dutch companies.