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How to make Pins

On Pinterest, your content appears as ‘Pins’. Every Pin can link directly to your site and includes images, videos or a mix of both. Use them to sell products, share ideas or showcase your brand’s story.

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A pin layered on top of cartoon-like boxes and Pinterest buttons, with a button reading ‘Publish’ on the right. In the middle, there is an image of a white shelf with several plants sitting on top of it. A light green picture frame sits in the background.
Mobile view of a home feed featuring a variety of Pins such as posed brown hands showing off nail art, a Black man in a face mask, a meal on a plate and outdoor décor.
Image of a mobile app search tab with a top-aligned search bar showing three stacked nail Idea Pins titled ‘Pearlescent nails: Shimmer like glitter on the soft side of glam’. Below, a section titled ‘Ideas for you: Iced Coffee Recipes’ with four pins and another section titled ‘Popular: Bedroom décor’, also with four pins.
Mobile view of the Pinterest app showing the Related Pin feature, titled ‘More like this’, below a focused view of a MILE45 ‘Sustainable Cotton’ pin.

How content gets discovered

People browse their feeds for new ideas.

Keyword and visual searches bring people closer to decisions.

When people take a closer look at Pins that they like, we display similar Pins nearby.

Shopping features and product Pins help people to discover new products, and then easily check out.

Flexible formats that bring your ideas to life

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Use eye-catching images, videos or both to highlight products, recipes, photos and more. Let your creativity shine with fun features such as music, stickers and text overlay.

Three Pins stacked on top of one another, with the most prominent one featuring a smiling Black man posing in a striped robe.
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Pay to promote your Pins

Get strong business results with easy-to-use ad formats. Run campaigns for goals such as awareness, consideration or conversions, and track real-time results with our self-service management tools.

Two promoted Pins featuring various hair and body accessories such as combs, sunglasses and bags.

Making Pins: Tricks and Tips

Create Pins in no time with our flexible tools. You can start from scratch, or repurpose existing assets.

Upload images or videos
Create and edit Pins directly from our app or desktop site. You can make one Pin at a time, or upload assets in bulk.

Add your product feed
Connect a product feed and we’ll turn every product into its own Pin.

Publish from your site
Link your site’s RSS feed and we’ll automatically create Pins for new images in the feed.

Image collage of a leather armchair against an orange wall and a small wooden stool on grass with a skincare set, linked by a plus symbol.

Work with experts

Find a third-party partner to create Pins, manage your content strategy or build a stronger presence on Pinterest.

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A winning Pin strategy

Create regularly

Create new original Pins at least once a week, for a steady stream of content.

Schedule your Pins

Put your Pin uploads on autopilot using our scheduling tool.

Add a URL

Make your Pins actionable by adding a URL that drives traffic back to your site.

Organise Pins into well-named boards

Give boards clear and descriptive titles, such as ’Easy no-bake dinners’ to help with search.

Make Pins that get noticed

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