Part 2 - In an earlier post, we talked about how Pinterest can leverage your business visibility and increase your sales and online presence. Here are some basic tips to get you started.
First off, choose an account name that promotes your business or brand. If you'd like help with branding, click here and complete this brief questionnaire. It's a good place to start.

A good relevant account name will help those who use Pinterest to have an idea who you are and what you're about. If you're good with photo editing or graphic design, you can start working on effective pictures/designs to best showcase your work and what you're selling/promoting, or hire a trained VA to do it for you. Create "boards" based on various topics of your choosing that relate to each other and are consistent with your brand and message. You can see what your pins are doing and how your profile/brand fits in with others by using the Analytics page. Pinterest Analytics allows you to gauge interest and see which pins are truly useful to your business. These tips will help you utilize Pinterest in a way that will help you build interest and possibilities in your brand or product.
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In what way do you thing Pinterest can help your business thrive?

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When you first begin, it's easy to get by with "that's good enough for now" gear: an old PC or scratch pad, a corner of the dining room table. Try not to do that! These tools don't enable you to be dynamic and to expand. As you get busier with an ever increasing number of customers, your string and bubblegum set up will crumble like the walls of Jericho.

Having the correct tools will make you increasingly more proficient, more productive and, believe it or not, happier. Hardware and software are not very expensive nowadays – so get everything you need set up right from the start. Among the tools you'll need are a good reliable PC, time tracking software, a project management system, a printer, scanner, email, calendar, anti-virus software, a password manager, video conferencing software, and a tool for screen sharing.

Furthermore, those are just a few tools needed to maintain your own business. To assist your customers with running theirs, you'll also need a PDF editor, MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), and a graphics editor, along with the occasional custom tool for regular and important customers.
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(Guru tip: Keep close track of any tools that have month to month membership fees. It's easy to stop utilizing these when a project ends and unknowingly continue paying for several additional months!)

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