What Is The 'safest' Way To Put My Images On Pinterest?

there is no safe way. they take it from this site, the search or where ever it can be grabbed. i pin them just like anyone else would. if you turn off the ability they will find other ways to get it. if you have the watermark here, it should be there as well.

if you uploaded the images to there, you would have to create links going back to here, which is a pain. and its a waste of time.

---Mike Savad
http://www.MikeSavad.com

When you pin from here or from your Artist Website (which is what I recommend), you have options for the size image you post. There is usually the 900px option, and one smaller one, and then other things like pillows and whatnot.

Your pins send people back to wherever you linked from. Best to send them somewhere where they can immediately shop and buy if you want to promote that.

My image and product pins link back to my artist website here, (http://cynthia-decker.pixels.com/).

You just pin them, as you would anyone else's. The people want to see them, if they like them enough to download the low rez versions they will regardless of watermark. Though it'll slow the thieves (the pesky ones who'll try to use your work for their own phonecases) theyll still look online for a non-watermarked version if there is one.

As far as sales through pinterest go - that's where I'm the most popular - but it hasn't translated into a sale yet. The main thing is to put your images on there before someone else does, and doesn't include links or credit you.

I had my pinterest button disabled for a few years, as said above, they were still taken and that being without links to my website. Not too long ago, I started pinning myself just so there would be that link. If you can't beat them, join them!

Pinning your image is as safe as hosting it on FAA, essentially there is no difference.

Cynthia - When I pin directly from my website directly to my Pinterest page, I don't see anywhere to select a size. The images on my website are about 1000px so I'm close anyway. Do you think?

My website is not hosted at FAA so maybe that's why it's different. I see that it links to where you pin from so yes, I'd like it to be my website. BTW, I liked, followed, etc. your work. Very interesting and thought-provoking. Reminds me of the fabulous artist, Jerry Uelsmann, who freaked me out with the fact his surreal work was done with film in a darkroom.

I always try to pin from my AW site (now Pixels), and I also post a description for the pinned image, basically a shortened version of the description from Pixels (AW).

You get size choices (at least I do), when you pin from your artist website provided by FAA/Pixels.

Cynthia,

Where are the size choices located? I pin from my AW.

It just pops up, I use the pinterest pin add-on for firefox, and it lets you choose from an assortment the images available on the page. If you just use the "pin it" button that shows up on the image, or the one to the right with the other SM icons, you only get the one full size image, I think.

I have the pin add on for chrome. Same thing. You select which board you want to add the pin to.

I also pin my blog entries to my blog board on Pinterest. Just adding blog entries as they are written.

Dave

Thanks for the info, Cynthia. I use FF, so I'll look for that.

Jill, scale down your images and stick you signature on them. Mine are 960px on the long side, all watermarked when uploaded to social media.
Add a pin manually rather than just doing it from the website.
Upload the image, and add the link to it on here. Done.