Pinterest is not only one of the fastest-growing social sharing sites but it is also one of the best referring sites. And what is a referring site? A referring site is a site that directs traffic back to your website, helping you improve your visibility and your rank. When used properly, Pinterest can often be more useful than Facebook or Google+.
For indie authors, getting the most out of Pinterest means doing more than just creating a board and posting an image of your eBook. It means creating multiple boards that help define who you are as a person and an author, sharing images and links that are meaningful to you. Of course, interspersed with all of these images and links that you share will be images of your eBooks with buy links, links to your blog posts, and links to interviews and reviews of you and your eBooks.
Your Writer Platform, a website that provides a variety of resources for authors, offers 34 ways authors can use Pinterest that can help you get started. We urge that, as with all of the platforms you use, you remain authentic and genuine in your pursuit of better visibility.
Our final platform to explore next on the blog: Google+
