Take A Moment To Promote Your Work Efficiently (pinterest

This is good information and I haven't been doing it. I think I need to edit some of my own pinned work when I get a chance.

I agree good information. Although I am on Pinterest, I'm not really active. (not as active as I want to be). I started an account when Pinterest first began, but then I canceled it, and couldn't recreate another one for awhile. BTW, thanks Ifourdezign for pinning one of my photos. :)

You have work pinned from at last one artist no longer here. Do you go back and unpin those?

Still learning to use Pinterest. I was told you can use hashtags, hope that's right.

Tbh Andee, that is the artist's problem - if they don't remove their pins, they cannot expect people to do it for them! I manage my own pins, so should everyone else! We are all responsible for our own boards!

I'm not doing this to score brownie points, or getting paid some commission. I just want to share my work and your work with everyone else. Simples....And if you know that the work is no longer there, maybe message the artist :)

I can only do so much to help. I am not making any favourites either - obviously the ones that are labelled will get noticed. I am just pinning what I like

- the idea is you guys set up your own boards and do the same, you never know we might actually generate some sales for each other. If not, we haven't lost anything by doing it.

Yes Karyn you can use Hashtags, exactly like you would on Twitter or other social media. I probably do it too much - as long as you stay within 160 characters, it should be fine - the key thing with pinterest is to get your links right - otherwise you end up on some random site in outer mongolia, Which I'm sure is very nice...but a bit pointless to make a sale with.

Just added a nother 100 odd pins....But now I have wrist ache and need to do some of my own work - remember this is just an idea to keep Fine Art America in the ethos - If you don't like the idea, don't follow.

If you do, I'll see you there sometime! :D


PS: I am also noting those folks who NEVER get work pinned at all - I often fall into this catagory myself. So just think of the people you might cheer up today along the way for just looking at their work for a moment, instead of falling into the repeating faves scenario on here.

Now I am going for a little while. :)

If it is on your boards they can not remove them. The pins to their works are just dead links now that they are no longer on FAA

Then I'm afraid unless you tell me what it is I can't remove it - but the same applies. You can't expect people to know this. I'm not psychic. I am just grabbing from a Fine Art America Search!

If the work is there to pin, then it is there to pin - I don't see what harm it is doing. If you want to pick fault with the idea Andee so be it. I'm just trying to help a little

I am not picking fault. I merely pointed out a member on your board that is no longer here. You have a good day. I am outta here too hostile for me.

LOL the last thing this was supposed to create was hostilty Andee - all I need is a name, even a private message and I will remove seeing as it is causing so much upset. I am sorry I don't know everyone yet by name and rank. Maybe when I have been here a while longer I will be on the same wavelength. :)

Last week I found one of my pins on the Sucrets on their allergies board and they had removed all my information. Word to the wise for folks pinning their work to check occasionally to see if your information is intact.

Good Points iFour. I admit that I have been lax in the description area of my pins and am on my way now to add my name to all.

I personally pin my work from my artistwebsites so that those visiting a work stays in my galleries instead of wondering off into all the different works of FAA. I would prefer a link back to my artistwebsites page rather than to FAA's main site when pinning my work.

Now that Pinterest has stopped putting a pricing banner over the artwork I'm going to test adding a starting price in the description.

Jean-moore.artistwebsites.com

I've been being more detailed when I pin artwork, especially more recent pins. I have two boards, one with my art and another for other peoples art/photos. Thanks for pointing this out, I just checked and there are some earlier pins that need better descriptions.

I opened a pinterest account but somehow managed to pin a bunch of stuff I didn't want when I created it - I thought I had to pick some groups or something when I was setting up house. Then I got confused and just left. There is not one thing in my pinterest account that I put there deliberately :) I've marked this discussion to follow so that when I get back to pinterest to figure things out, I'll know who to go to for help :)
-Nikolyn

I'd like to say TY to those of you who have followed in the last 24 hours. As I stated in my post yesterday - I'm not scoring brownie points here, just an artist trying to get Fine Art America artists a little more exposure. The idea is, if we all create boards for ourselves and to help promote FAA, it keeps us in the big circle of life!

Some more advice.

I did a few more searches last night, this time on Pixels.com. Tbh very few FAA artist show up - however if you simply include somewhere in your Pin description either Fine Art America and Pixels.com you will show up in the searches.

I had about 13 new followers checking boards yesterday, but there are still an awful lot of you out there I bypassed.

The notable error is coming from the fact that when you create your own board, you (logically think) "it's my board with my art in it, so I will just type stuff in it that is applicable to me" — And that's fine to, but as I have said, once someone else pins your work, it isn't quite so obvious to the other user, what it is they have actually pinned.


For the benefit of anyone who doen't use Pinterest, or is nervous about using it - here's a quick step guide.


1: Firstly get yourself an account and maybe use a name that others on other sites are familiar with. That way folks will find you with ease and know of you when they look you up!

2: Go & create your first board. (Secret Boards are also available if you have specific work you do not want to share with everyone! ie; Work in progress maybe?)

3: Label your board - Tbh this is your choice - I call all my 'artwork boards' by my name first so there is no confusion as to whose board it is and what it contains. ie: ©ifourdezign Art Prints etc..

You could just label one of your boards photography or Fine Art - but if you want to show up in searches for here, may I advise you type in the whole name - Fine Art America Artists or Artists I like on Fine Art America or Pixels.com Artists (Doesn't matter so long as you include the name)

3: Once you have your first board, you then want to create your first pin. EXCITING! :D

Go to either Fine Art America or Pixels.com website, and providing you have the Pinterest share button switched on, you can then pin the work you want to pin from there.

(A little tip - I go to my behind the scenes and do it just for the pics I want, then I remove again, so no one else other than me can pin my work - The only pinning I want to take place is on Pinterest itself!

4: The Pinterest webpage will then generate a small picture of your artwork within their website.

At this point you may get a few options of what you can pin - Some seem to like pinning canvas shots and framed print shots. Personally I just prefer a Watermarked flat picture.

(Now, I've read that folks are worried about theft. One of my largest pieces here on Pinterest is generated from a large 48 / 60 inch canvas, and at it's biggest, it is barely bigger than a postcard - I think no matter what, it is just a risk you take! - You could always post direct from your computer with a huge watermark over it, if you are really worried).

NB: You will NOT be able to post a link from your personal FAA website. If you try, it will show generate an error! (I will address this in a moment). So you must pin from Fine Art America's website / Pixels.com direct.

5: Accept the pin (it has a nice big red button you can press that says PIN IT!), and your artwork will appear in it's own cosy little box. >> THIS is now where all the important info goes!

6: To HELP YOU - Type into your pin area, the name of the artwork, who it is by (don't put things like by me, it really won't help!) Perhaps include a year or even a few #hashtags if it is something specific like #Wildlife or #landscapes etc etc... And as I stated earlier, maybe include Fine Art America or Pixels.com somewhere in the description.

6: Hit Save. And you are done! You have created your first PIN! You can now make yourself a large coffee and celebrate!

NOW......

If like me you have an FAA website address, that you would prefer to use -

1: open up your personal FAA/Pixel.com page - Login and simply click on the artwork you have just pinned,

2: From the MAIN webpage title bar, (NOT THE SMALL LINK THAT YOU GET NEXT TO YOUR WORK - that doesnt work!) copy the URL, go back to your Pinterest, edit your new pin (It's got a tiny pencil icon) and paste the new URL there.

3: Hit save. It should then change Fine Art America or Pixels.com to the name of your website page instead. Click on it and check to see where you are directed. You should be taken to your FAA webpage

And there you have it. It really is THAT simple...Just takes longer to say it :)

I don't want to go back to any negativity that may have been raised previously, but I am checking (if I have time) a few of the pins, to see if they do go back to the site.

But I will state again, it isn't my responsibility or anyone elses for that matter to check to see if pins are live or not. So if you show up in searches and know you are no longer selling the work, remove it from Fine Art America or Pinterest! I can't guarantee it won't still be in another users board though. That's just logic!

Please remember, this is one of my personal boards, I manage it how I see fit! If you would prefer to join a more business orientated boards, then please do so.


I hope this is of some help to you :)

Thank you ifourdezign. I have just signed up to Pinterest. I have previously tried the site for something else a few years ago but never really understood it all that well and gave up. With your helpful tips above, I have now rejoined for my photography and hopefully this time I will be a more active user for promoting myself and other artists on FAA.

I have several boards on Pinterest. My photography board is here: http://www.pinterest.com/oddmetersam/my-photography-mostly-cars/

I've noticed that for my earliest works many of the links back to my FAA sales pages are broken. When I find those I click the edit icon and type in the correct url in the "Source" box, then save. At first, I was doing this in the description box but I think perhaps the source box embeds the url better and can't be edited by anyone else. So far, this has worked great on my own test click-throughs. I'm also systematically adding relevant hashtags in the descriptions, though I've noticed my own stuff doesn't show up in the searches....

So far, I've only been linking back to the FAA sales pages as I mentioned. Do you think it's better to link to our FAA-affiliated artist's website, instead?

Going back to the first post in this thread its mentioned about adding a good description and artist name, this seems to be ok on the original pin but when someone else comes along and re-pins your photo this info seems to be lost.
I've just started to re-organised my pins and created a "Transport" board here http://www.pinterest.com/paulgulliver/my-transport-gallery/ with what I believe to be suitable information but if someone repins a photo that comment doesn't get "repinned" - or have I done it incorrectly.

Paul, if the repinner doesn't edit your caption it repins as you have it. But captions are editable. If an image I like comes with too much superfluous caption baggage, for instance, I will cut it back or eliminate it altogether.

Dan Turner
Dan Turner Fine Art
Dan Turner's Seven Keys to Selling Art Online
To Enjoy Dan Turner's Pinterest Boards, Click Here

By default, your comments in the description field are included in the repin. But if the repinner wants to, they can edit, replace or delete anything in the description before they pin it for good. They still have no access to the original source box' url, though.

Dan got in before me...Thanks Mr. Sonor drums!

Pinterest, never heard of it before... Will have to check it out.. Thanks for posting this..

@Dan and @Samuel, thanks for the explanation.

Tbh Paul the fact that another user can edit your pin is a pain in the **s...

I don't like that what you put in your pin can be changed by someone else - I feel it is something that Pinterest need to look into.

However, this is WHY I am stressing to people that they need to consider how they label their pins - The more sloppy ones are likely to be edited, those with proper info are likely to remain as they are. Unfortunately I can't guarantee that someone isn't going to come along and change the info. Not sure why they would tbh.

I also am finding great use for these pins because unlike here on the site, it's just so easy to link to a piece of work - Favourite it or Vote, leave a comment and then come straight back out again and not have to search through only active files.

Just so you are aware, I have been checking those I am pinning and removed about 5 files earlier today that no longer seemed active. So check your pins are working before you post.

Samuel - I'm not sure if it takes a day of or two for your pins to get picked up - a little like here when google starts to log work - I'm afraid that is just hit and miss. Unless others know ways of it's inside workings. I can only tell you based on my own pins.


Another board I came across tonight had some lovely work in it and was begging to be promoted - but I refrained from pinning to it because the user had uploaded all their work from his or her own computer - I will only pin in my board what links to either a personal FAA website or FAA / pixels.


BTW...you can do the same with your smartphones as your art. I also apply the same principal to those as well.

This is my Pinterest site: http://www.pinterest.com/44rd44/my-fine-art-digital-abstracts/

I'm generally a minimalist when it comes to descriptions - for my abstracts they are superfluous. For the photographs - unless they are of some place that warrants it - where it is. As far as I've checked - opening the picture links it back to either the FAA or AW site where I pinned it from.

I have no problem with other people pinning my work - enjoy yourself. I see no reason, but that's me, to say that the work is by me when it's my page and I'm the one that pinned work to my pages.

And very nice they are to Roy - but as they are I wouldn't bother to include them on my FAA board. Not that I am sure that worries you :)

And sorry to sound blunt. But they defeat what I am trying to encourage others to do - It's not that I don't like your work, on the contrary, I love your work, but your pins are designed for you and your board only.

However, noone makes the rules. We are all entitled to do as we please :)

So... hash tags.... do I just put a # in front of my name in the description every time? Same with fineartamerica? and then just words that might have some meaning like a location?

I don't want to abuse them but I also want to make them work for me.

thanks (and thank you I4d for this post, most helpful.)

I pin from my own website, not FAA/AW. I label all my own images with ' "title" #photography by Laureen Murtha ' I try to do the same for other artists' work but it is frustrating, because of the way FAA interacts with Pinterest. Once you hit the pin it button it whites out the image screen so if you don't memorize the title and artist name you have to cancel and start over or try and toggle. I am very thoughtful in that respect, but I know the average surfer isn't going to have the patience for that. I think it would be pretty easy for FAA to add some code to made it automatic when an image was pinned. Etsy does it.

Laureen, as you've noted the FAA Pinterest button doesn't include any caption text. However, if you have Pinterest's "Pin It" button for your browser, all you need to do is highlight the title and artist name on top of the image, press Pin It, and that info is in the caption box. I just straighten up the spacing and add "by" and it's complete.

Dan Turner
Dan Turner Fine Art
Dan Turner's Seven Keys to Selling Art Online
To Enjoy Dan Turner's Pinterest Boards, Click Here

I had started attempting to use Pinterest, but gave up. I found out one of my images has been reused for other purposes through out the re-pinning by others. I admit part of my problem is just not understanding how it all works. I appreciate your taking the time to give out tips, etc. I will give it another look.

I have noticed that some the images here from FAA that I have tried to "pin"... I can't... msg says... "the artist does not want you sharing this image on pintrerest" Is this on purpose or they just haven't activated it because they don't have a pinterest account?

Or is there something we need to be concerned about having our images on pinterest?

thanks

bob

Thanks for posting this. I just created this board

http://www.pinterest.com/wildflower769/lara-ellis-digital-photo-art/

Like twitter I am a newby at all of this and really don't completely understand it all but you have some good points about descriptions so I tried to create this board with hopefully better descriptions that at least have my name on them.

Hi Bob,

not sure about you pinning other people's work - the post wasn't set up with that in mind - it was really intended to focus on how you manage your own boards. Some people, including myself, are quite protective about who pin's what - The frank honest reason I am, is because despite it's valuble use, I don't like (what I mentioned previously), the fact that you can edit other people's pins. I still don't get WHY Pinterest allows this. It's a bit like violating someone else's posts here. Sadly that may not change.

The purpose of my post was to inform folks about how I personally go about pinning from Pinterest. Other here may have their own ways of doing things, but it works for me :)

Also about Hashtags - I can't be 100% certain they actually make a difference. But given so many sites use them these days I figured they may well make it easier to seek things out. But there is nothing to suggest they do or don't get you more views

Lara, that is perfectly fine. It really is THAT simple.

I should also say, there is NO favouritism going on here with any particular artist. I am being selective, this is not to pee anyone off, just posting what I like and trying to give everyones boards a fair chance of featuring.

I haven't even included all my own...well...not yet :D Maybe over time :)

tHANK you kindly for this thread....it made me test out my pages (2). What astounds me is, if I Pin my own work from FAA button, it appears properly, but, the link goes back to general FAA , not to my page here, even though I post my website www address right there..........Please could you explain how to avoid that? Seems useless to PIN if the visitor doesn't get to my page here. Thank you very much.

Have you got a link to your page Vivian? I will have a look

Thank you. I 'think' this is it........I have it at my bio, not html/link/blue.....too hard basket for me

http://pinterest.com/anderson2943/vivian-anderson-my-artwork/

OK I'm getting the Whoops we couldn't find that page.

Have you got an account already set up?

Thanks again for the tips Ifourdezign :)

Vivian - I have actually just done a search on your name and there are already quite a lot of your pieces showing up as pinned to others boards? - Which is nice, providing they have credited you!

@Dan Thanks for the tip, but like I said its less about my pinning habits and more about the general populous. Why not make it automatically fill in the info? It can't be that difficult.

Right you lovely people. I'm sorry if I haven't been able to answer all queries (Pinterest should pay me a commission!) But I need to get myself off to bed. I may be back later. Only it's approaching 2am in UK and my other half goes to work in an hour! O_O

Feel free to message me if there's anything specific, but I'm sure you are all clever enough to figure it out :D

Speaketh soon...and happy pinning!

Thank you I4D.............I used your link to my a/c - for my bio - and now know the important thing when pinning one's own work........to get the visitor to the image, the pin must emanate from one's AW..........not the faa image link..............Thank you for that so much.

OH... ok.. so you are not pinning other artistis directly from FAA, but from their Pinterest pages... is that correct? Because what I want to do is what you did, make a pintrest page of my favorites from FAA artists. not mine. although I will probably be adding a couple ;O)

bob

I have an image that that has the number 807 by the Pinterest button. Does that really mean it has been pinned 807 times? That seems like an insane amount...
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/rain-boots-christy-beckwith.html

Thanks for including 2 of my images on your Pinterest board, I4D. Much appreciated!
-Sam

@ Christy Yes your image has been pinned 807 times. That is what that means. Rain Boots is a very good image and I can see why it has such mass appeal on Pinterest.

ifour said, I don't like that what you put in your pin can be changed by someone else - I feel it is something that Pinterest need to look into.

However, this is WHY I am stressing to people that they need to consider how they label their pins - The more sloppy ones are likely to be edited, those with proper info are likely to remain as they are. Unfortunately I can't guarantee that someone isn't going to come along and change the info. Not sure why they would tbh

I would disagree as I have found that most pins especially to artwork as you have said has little, sloppy or no description. I've often had to hunt down the source and artist especially when the Pins have come from Tumbler. Then when re-pinning I go and edit with the information that should be in there. If Pinterest changed so that you couldn't edit other's pins those pins would remain without a correct attribution. 9 times out of 10 this is more likely the case than someone wanting to remove an aritst's title, name, and link.

I've completely forgotten how to follow someone (back), or two or three....bad me! Directions!? Please?

Jean — I actually agree with you - and paranoia with tidy buttons is always niggling away at me. BUT - seeing as they are not my pins I don't edit them - What is to stop someone going to one of mine now and editing it to be how they want it - answer nothing. But I would be quite furious is someone does! If folks want to remain ignorant and don't want to change their work to suit the searches and make it easier for others to find them, that is their problem, not mine!

I do however do this on more personal pins that I have on other boards. Simply because the (...) drives me a bit nuts - but for the purpose of THIS project I am not changing anything. This is why I am telling others to make a mental note of what they include on their's.

My point of this task is simple - I will pin what is credited, named and has a live link to either FAA or an FAA website

I have to say, going quite well so far guys. At least 313 pins worth of lovely stuff - I know it doesn't sound a lot, but please appreciate I am an artist that does have to try and utilise my time on my own work as well as the work of promoting others. So if you have yet to be included, be patient. I may get to you eventually.

Christy — consider yourself very lucky if that's the case! :D That is some number. It's unikely to be a bot.

Vivian - You don't have to follow someone, you can follow just a board - I don't expect folks to want to follow my obsessions with certain TV actors, so just go to the person, and follow their boards. I won't scold anyone for not wanting to bother following my more cheeky stuff! :D

Christy - just did a search on Pinterest - you are pinned a few times, but I must admit I don't see 807! So not sure entirely why it's quite so high

I would say though that you are not including your name on your own pins or putting the titles on your pieces, so again it's not likely to turn up in my FAA board atm. Your choice of course, but maybe consider just adding your name and the title of your work into your pins, and I will willingly include your beautiful work in the board.

That is not a demand, Just a suggestion :D

Just edited all my photo pins. Thanks for posting!

http://www.pinterest.com/felheadrick/

Thank you so much...Cheers...V

Nice one Joseph/Felicia - I will add some stuff on - Now I best go and do some work O_O

No problem Vivian

Still going strong - up to 420 pins now - and I have actually seen at least 3 pieces of artwork on the sales chart today that I did recently pin.

- I doubt there is any connection...but who knows. I have also had people add me onto Behance and other sites recently. So you never know. Maybe we are getting seen....

We can but hope....Can't we? :)

Love to ! thanx.

http://www.pinterest.com/janineriley56/boards/

My board " Journeys" is for FAA friend's work, & " Paint your world a prettier place" has a few pieces of my work - but mainly painting tips & tutorials if any one is interested.

I'm pinning you :D I would just say though - if you want more of yours pinned I would include your name. I know folks may think I'm being a stickler for this, but I want folks to get proper exposure. I'm trying to get folks to include Name of Work and Artist

See my original post if you missed out what I spoke about a few days ago.

Just to let you know we have hit the 500 mark (Pins, not quite followers...yet!) :D - I also tweeted a link this morning and still getting new folks following! There's a good few of you in this now, so please feel free to look! :D

http://www.pinterest.com/ifourdezign/fine-art-america-pixelcom-artists/ - I update as often as I can.

Remember it's got just one simple request if you want to feature. Name of the artwork / and the artist's name (Yes that includes yourself if it is your own board)

Happy pinning!


NB: remember this is only links already on pinterest. I am NOT pinning anything from Fine art America/pixels.com

Hi everyone - i could swear I read the advantage of having a business vs a personal page on pinterest but now can't find it :(
Is it just that you get the analytics? thx!

I recently started to do more on Pinterest, feel free to take a look:

http://www.pinterest.com/hauserfoto/

Thank you and many greetings from Germany

Matthias

Such good advice about making sure each piece is titled and it has the artist name on it. I've been at it most of the morning - and I'm not quite finished yet. http://www.pinterest.com/44rd44/boards/

Thank you Ifour : )


I will mention this is the coffee shop thread & remind everyone to credit their pins.

I created a Pinterest account yesterday morning and added several of my photos, along with descriptions. None of my pins come up when I run a search and my board won't come up when I run a search. It has been over 24 hours since I loaded the pins. I admit I'm not a fan of social media sites but I am trying to promote and would like to get it right. I've found no information about why my photos won't come up in a search. I even selected "just my pins". Any ideas?

Hi all,

sorry, been a bit of a mad 24 hours. Thought I was going to be hit by a storm - namely St Jude, but well tbh it was a bit of a damp squib!

Right...OK I will work my way through any issues - glad to see this is still working for you all. Remember to tell your chums, it will all help YOU :)

Kathleen, you say you have a board...Have you got a link I can look at - I will look you up to see what is showing

Sorry Maggie...can't help on Business pages. There are a few members however on here I believe have one.

Thanks! Here's the link to my board -
http://www.pinterest.com/bishop1951/kathleen-bishop/

Kathleen I've included a couple for now

The two I pinned were the ones marked up with the name of the painting/photo and your name. :)

http://www.pinterest.com/ifourdezign/fine-art-america-pixelcom-artists/

Thank you! Do you know why none of my pins pull up in a search? I've searched by title, description and by my name, Nada. Someone pinned one of my FAA photos quite a while ago and it comes up in a search "Fox By Kathleen Bishop" but none of the ones I posted will.

I've started following a few of you. Here is a link to mine....
So far, I've only got two "Art" boards. One board is specifically my own art, and it includes Pixel phone cases because that's what I tend to sell. The second one is Art in general, but the pins come from all over the web, not just FAA. I will try to add another board specifically for FAA Artists soon.
http://www.pinterest.com/lyleeloo/boards/

Here is my link:

http://www.pinterest.com/shaolin3074/boards/

Still going strong my FAA friends....

Over 600 pins of your fine and lovely work now - aiming for a 1000 (not all today you understand!)


Can I please make the same request though to all of you who keep sending me your board links and keep following the board - I cannot stress enough that if you DO NOT HAVE

The Title of the work / or the name of the artist showing I WILL NOT include your work.

I think some of you think that your own boards automatically do this - they don't! I am NOT prepared to edit peoples pins. I can be pinning from my iphone as many as 30 / 40 a day in one session. I need to see quick and instant Live to FAA pins.

There is some fantastic work in a lot of folders I have been searching that I am just not able to include.

I have said SO many times, I am beginning to bore myself now that, if you have on your pin nothing more than — "painted back in November 1800s" "Or my Cat, painted in egg yolk that fell out of the tree yesterday" or something to that effect on your description, you will NOT be included in this board. Sorry call me anal, but those are my rules! And I don't make 'em often :)


For those of you listening, I hope your lovely work gets seen by lots and lots of new buyers.

Good luck.... :D


http://www.pinterest.com/ifourdezign/fine-art-america-pixelcom-artists/


ALL are welcome to join - there is no artist favouritism or specialist subjects included - anything goes....


Oh...and last but not least - where possible label Boards Fine Art America or Pixels.com or both - it makes you so much easier to find in the searches :D

Kathleen - not sure tbh I have found your board - (15 pins?) But one piece of advice, I would consider cutting down the descriptions - At the end of the day folks do not have time to hang around on these boards long enough to read lengthy descriptions. So long as you include the essentials, folks will still see your lovely pics.

I will happily pin more as long as you have Artwork titles and name included :D

Thank you, Ifourdezign! I'm not big on long descriptions but I thought there was some strategy behind using "long-tail" tags/descriptions . Didn't I read another thread somewhere on here that discussed the advantages of using them because of Google's hummingbird algorithm? Personally, I find my descriptions corny and banal but if it helps get exposure, I'll do it.

On another note, I was complaining that none of my pins would come up in a search. I later found out that it can take days for them to be indexed on Pinterest. Some of my pins will show in a search now so I'm plugging away at adding more pins this morning.

Well, I have no idea about the google thing...you would have to teach me about that, but on the latter I can assist you.

I really don't want folks to change things if it isn't going to suit them, but it really just makes it so much easier for me to find stuff and pin it with ease. I will keep a look out for your work :)

Bumping this - in case anyone who wants to join or follow hasn't seen the post


http://www.pinterest.com/ifourdezign/fine-art-america-pixelcom-artists/


- up to about 700 pins now and 67 followers. Will continue to pin work as often as I can providing it falls into the given request. :D

Maybe a stupid question but how do I enable pinterest on my account?
I believe I turned it off when I signed up.

I have been on Pinterest a short time...love it! I try to make sure my work, that it has a link back to my artist website.

http://www.pinterest.com/kkphoto1/boards/

Brian - just go to Behind the Scenes and switch it on in your Sharing Buttons. However - the point of this topic was not about Pinterest here, this thread was for pinning from Pinterest itself :)

Kay you are more than welcome to follow - I have slacked a bit last few days simply cause I've been a bit busy. But always try to add a few a day. Target is at least 1000 atm (getting there slowly!) :)

Still getting a few new followers daily - Remember it helps if you include on your board somewhere in the title Fine Art America, if you specifically want work to be pinned from that board - 'cause trust me, there are a lot of you on there already. :D

http://www.pinterest.com/ifourdezign/fine-art-america-pixelcom-artists/

If you are already on there following my board, and see something you don't want there, let me know and I can remove.

Thanks just did my first pin of my photographs. I also did follow your board. I did put in mine the FAA site and also the name, my name and starting price. I will also add descriptions in some prints that I think need more info--thank you so much for all of this information as I never used a pin before and I know it is going to be something I want to do right

Hi Denyse - I saw you

- and that goes for anyone - I do get the notifications on who has followed the board.

I confess I can't be pinning all work 24/7 or everyday in 100s - but if I see you join the board, I will do my best to add some of your pics - (this may not all be in one go).

Course, the idea is we all start to share each others work, so I would also be grateful for any appreciation on anything I do.

I stated, that I am not doing it for brownie points, or special awards, just appreciating good art that deserves to be seen by others. Alot of what I pin, doesn't appear to be artwork that is getting mass views, so I can only hope it helps a little. Other people on this site probably have other ways, but this way works for me.

Also, I appreciate that not everyone may want to be pinned. My only answer to that is don't activate your share button. That way, noone will pin your work! (And yet I can't help but think that doesn't make sense) - However, (that said) mine is switched off, only because I am a control freak and have it set up exactly as I want on Pinterest :D


Dan you are firing blanks - unless that was your intention? LOL

Right it's very late again so off to bed. Will try to pin more later today...

Janine, thanks so much for the part about changing the source url. I have been pinning mostly from my Pixels, but just started a few from my AW site. I'm still fairly new with actually pinning on my account. I now pin all my work directly from my AW account, and that way I don't have to go back and change the source. I do have boards set up with topics and added © Carolyn Marshall at the end of the title. Also put in every description that prints can be purchased from my website and give the url. (I do have a business Pinterest.) I also added an "Other Artists" board and have started going through and trying to pin other works, including some from my friends on Zazzle and other places. Thanks again for the tip!

http://www.pinterest.com/livinglifephoto/
http://www.livinglifephoto.com/

Thank you for pinning me at your FAA board, much appreciated.....only about 3weeks since we talked Pin,and finally got there!

http://www.pinterest.com/anderson2943/

Finally got there guys today HIT THE BIG 1000!! (And 1)

There are SO many of you here featured there now, but always room for more of you!

Remember - this is my own board that is shared to anyone who follows it - I am NOT a representative of FAA or seeking any special favours for doing it - just doing my bit to help promote others, and hopefully you will all feel you can do the same in return.

Hope you are getting hits / more views / even sales. If not, live in hope! :D (I am daily!!)

I do check all the boards of those starting to follow as often as I can. So if you haven't yet been included, you may well do so at some point. No favouritism held over any one artist, just add what I like and what I see.

Also - if you do already have the work of other people from FAA on your boards - do them a service and correctly credit them. It is no use to any artist if you simply put on it - a nice painting from someone on FAA. CREDIT US PROPERLY PRETTY PLEASE.


http://www.pinterest.com/ifourdezign/fine-art-america-pixelcom-artists/


NB: Artwork links being added MUST link back to either FAA / Pixels.com or an AW website - I will NOT include FAA artwork uploaded from Tumblr, Flickr, Facebook, by the Pinner. It would defeat the soul purpose of the project!


Happy Pinning :)

Ifourdezign, first, THANK you for sharing all your hard work with us. I THINK I've got it right. But I don't know how to pin my own work to someone else's page- do I email and ask permission? http://www.pinterest.com/FeminaPhotoArt/ Thanks so much again for your patience and your time :)

Maggie, pinners will see your work only if they are following you, or they'll see pins on a specific board if they follow that. Your pins will show up in their stream. If they repin something from your boards onto theirs, their followers will see it.

There isn't a way to pin directly to their boards.

Dan Turner
Dan Turner Fine Art
Dan Turner's Seven Keys to Selling Art Online
To Enjoy Dan Turner's Pinterest Boards, Click Here

Hello

My English is very basic and do not know if I understood your excellent explanation.
You be so kind to visit my Pintrest and tell me your honest opinion.

Pins: http://www.pinterest.com/gabrielttoro/pins/
Pins FAA: http://www.pinterest.com/search/my_pins/?q=fineartamerica

Thank you!

Greetings from Spain

Thank you Dan. That's what I thought. But it's the group boards that are confusing me. e.g. fourdezign seems to be referring to boards or pins sent to him?
And I couldn't get on the FAA boards previously either. Now I've made sure to put a #FineArtAmerica on every post and Board Explanation...no sure what else I
should do... Anyway I'll visit your board, will you check out mine? And the same to you Gabriel :)

Dan I LOVE your work, and your website! Would you mind very much if I used your "cropped for Pinterest" idea?

Hello everyone great information and discussion here is my pinterest boards http://www.pinterest.com/jmfischer4211/boards/

Thanks, Maggie. By all means, use the "cropped for Pinterest" technique wherever it fits. I've written a blog post for anyone wanting a complete explanation:
http://danturnerfineart.com/bigger-images-pinterest-crop-tool/

Dan Turner
Dan Turner Fine Art
Dan Turner's Seven Keys to Selling Art Online
To Enjoy Dan Turner's Pinterest Boards, Click Here

I just started a Pinterest board but I'd LOVE for you all to check it out - it's focused on my Christmas and Holiday cards, but of course, links back to FAA and mentions it prominently. I will be expanding to my regular art outside of cards as time goes by!

http://www.pinterest.com/mimmimee/original-fine-art-holiday-and-christmas-cards/

Thank you SOOO much Dan!!!

Miriam and Jean, here's mine

http://www.pinterest.com/FeminaPhotoArt/

As we are retired, have been spending 8 hours or more a day promoting FAA members along with our work. Don't spend much time painting or taking photos any longer as at 84 have some disabilities. But have over 135,000 images of our work from the past. :)
Have a board with quite a bit on it that Ive been promoting, and in one of my Groups, have a discussion Group which promotes each other in their boards.

This is my Entire board where there is about 50 different albums.
http://www.pinterest.com/grandcanyonpics/boards/

This is the board where I am pinning other FAA Members from the group...
When I pin the work here, about ten per day are also sent to my Tweet account, where it is followed by over 37,000 twitter users and over 1200 of them are ReTweeting or Forwarding the images to their followers. Though they have an average of 500-120,000 followers, the % who may actually see them depend on variables. First many only read tweets that come when they are on twitter, which may be an hour or two per day..
http://www.pinterest.com/grandcanyonpics/my-friends-fine-art-america-artists/

This is the Discussion Group where we pin each others work, anyone can join in if they follow the rules.
http://fineartamerica.com/groups/artists-news.html?showmessage=true&messageid=1399965

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I have just had a quick check and my stuff is going to hell in all kinds of different directions! I would never have picked it up myself. Will repair and let you know when it's fit for public consumption. Thanks again.

I have some of my photos there but I got a little concerned that someone could click on the photo,see the larger image,right click & save as,am I wrong?

Hopefully all fixed, a little leaner but everything is now pointing in the right direction. Many thanks for posting this thread and feel free to check it out.

http://www.pinterest.com/amandastadther/

I'm curious if the majority of people visiting pinterest are not really buyer types just freebee lookers or playing around. I don't have an account. Maybe you get enough spin off effects to create buyers. I don't know.

Just joined Pintrest and learning all the ropes. Would love to have more followers.

http://www.pinterest.com/ralphjoallen/my-photographs/

For those concerned about theft of images, what you may not realize if someone wishes to grab and print them none are Theft Proof, not even from FAA, which displays our prints in about the largest size anywhere. Anyone who knows how, can copy it right off FAA.

The only chance you have to protect them, is to copyright them and use Digimarc, which is your permanent identification, imbedded in the image file. It is not possible to remove it, and can be read with Photoshop, and possibly GIMP, which is free and has many of the features of Photoshop.".

Digimarc scans millions of websites daily looking for images with the IDs who join, when they find them used on websites, they notify you. But, even this can not protect you from those who would make their own prints. Basically all programmers can do, is give some protection which keeps most people honest.

With Digimarc you can use your time creatively, instead of searching yourself to see if they are available on websites, etc. and without Digimarc Identification, its difficult to even prove it is yours, unless you sent the fee and had them copyrighted. Digimarc imbeds YOUR identification within the image, so even if someone alter it, you can prove it is yours.
Digimarc comes installed in Photoshop, so anyone can read an image. That way companies who want to use an image, can easily trace the real owner. You can even mark your images in Photoshop, without the searching service which costs you $99 for 2000 images each year.

But, you need Photoshop or Elements in order to insert your ID into the image.

There is no more danger in using Pinterest than FAA. Anyone who knows can steal an ever better, larger copy from FAA, than they can from Pinterest.
There are programs which do it virtually AUTOMATICALLY. You can use Digimarc, the best protection available and should be even if only posting on FAA.

They search millions of images daily looking for those digitally marked with your code ID. If anyone looks at your image with Digimarc software, they get all your info or a link to your website like FAA. They turn up images daily for members, so even if it is stolen from FAA you get notified. You can forget about it, and spend you time working with your art, instead of trying to see if it was stolen.

Digimarc was founded by Geoff Rhoads, an astrophysicist with a background in deep space imaging. Initial inspiration for the company came while photographing images of the planet Jupiter. He felt that his digital images were vulnerable on the internet, even with copyright protection. Recognizing the need for a better way to protect and track digital images, Rhoads began the initial research and development of invisible watermarking, laying the foundation of Digimarc Corporation, which was founded in May, 1995.

Digimarc is not visible to the eye in your image, this is a sample of a Digimarc'ed image

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/autumn-in-red-rock-state-park-nadine-and-bob-johnston.html