In this episode of Adventures in Visibility, Joan Stewart aka The Publicity Hound shares how you can get new followers and traffic to your blog from Pinterest, even if you don’t have a business that lends itself to sexy images.

In fact, you don’t need stunning photos or a sexy topic to attract followers on Pinterest.  Joan goes through the steps she uses to create images of helpful how-to tips, even for the most boring topics, using nothing more than PowerPoint, and then cross-promotes each tip to her blog, website, or a social media site.

Joan Stewart’s Pinterest board of free publicity tips has had the number 1 ranking on Google search for her primary keyword phrase for several months. She explains what she does, how she does it, and how you can too.

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Publicity expert Joan Stewart, aka The Publicity Hound, works with business owners who want to use traditional and social media to establish their credibility, position themselves as experts, and build a loyal following.

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For your convenience, the mp3 is included below:

Stephan Hovnanian wrote up a great summary of the Hangout so I’m including it here to give you more insights to the terrific ideas Joan shared with you.

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But what if you blog about a topic that’s not inherently visual (like food, art, interior design, travel, etc.)? 

What kind of Pinterest Boards can you create if you don’t have a visual business?

The infographic below gives you 142 Pinterest Board Ideas. There are easily dozens you could use in your business…

Infographic created by Launch Grow Joy.

 Still not sure what kind of boards to create for your business? Join me for Adventures In Visibility where I’ll be chatting with Joan Stewart, The Publicity Hound, about how she uses Pinterest to rank #1 on Google (and she doesn’t use pretty images) for one of her top keyword phrases.  Click here to RSVP (free).

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In this Hangout, I experimented with the screen sharing tool to demonstrate a simple way to promote your events on Pinterest, and the one mistake you do not want to make with your images. There were also questions about using Google+ Hangouts which I answered in the second half of the video.

Sites mentioned:

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• List of sites for creating quote images
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