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UPDATE: Pinteresting Strategies is now updated and current as of March 2023!
It’s been nearly 7.5 years since I started blogging, and 6 years since I launched the popular ebook Pinteresting Strategies! Since then, it has sold nearly over 10,000 copies on WORD OF MOUTH ALONE – I STILL don’t pay to advertise it!
And, while I use Tailwind from time to time when I take a holiday, I STILL pin manually 95% of the time! Annnnnnd I STILL have great page views from Pinterest!
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YES – I use Pinterest to get 100k+ page views per month to my blog – with manual pinning!
When I first started blogging and was trying to get page views, I read every single one of these “how to get Pinterest traffic” posts I could find online – for months. Looking for some secret formula that would make Pinterest work for me.
And every. single. post. was a sales pitch for Boardbooster or Tailwind.
Even the expensive courses required you to purchase Boardbooster or Tailwind.
Putting more money into my blog was a non-option, and I decided to do Pinterest without a scheduler. I was desperate to get just enough page views to qualify to apply to a bigger ad network and start making a little money.
But what happened just about knocked my socks off. (Yes – Socks. Off.)
I started pinning in May 2016 and by the end of August 2016 I was working with Adthrive – one of the premier ad networks in the country – and one with a requirement of 100k page view per month.
My pinning-without-a-scheduler method had fast tracked me to a full time blog income.
Read my blog income reports here:
August 2016 Income Report – $483.31
September 2016 Income Report – $3365.39
October 2016 Income Report – $5035.17
November 2016 Income Report – $4768.47
December 2016 Income Report – $5151.57
(As of Jan 2017 I am no longer publishing income reports publicly to the blog – for many reasons. BUT if you love reading income reports, you can get on my list to receive them here.)
So of course I wrote an ebook.
Unfortunately, it is NOT as easy as just pinning and hoping. I put in days and weeks of experimenting with what works and what doesn’t.
And I got it down to a science. Some days, I literally watch my page views climb for the day when I pin.
There is no “Pinterest Secret” (sorry!). BUT there are some crazy important things about Pinterest that you are probably missing.
Everything you could ever want to know about Pinterest is available for us to learn when when dig into it… but no one is spending time IN Pinterest learning. We’re all just scheduling and closing our eyes….
And wondering where the page views are.
So of course, I wrote an ebook, detailing my Pinterest strategy.
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE PINTERESTING STRATEGIES 2.0.
I didn’t really think anyone would buy it – ever.
But I was more than wrong.
I was wrong to the tune of over 1500 people – in the books first year. And it sells almost 100% by word of mouth. (I don’t advertise it. Except for a few a pins on Pinterest – which, ironically, do very poorly. Ha!)
Hundreds of people have read and loved this book, and I get emails almost every day from people who are having success with this strategy – and learning new things about Pinterest.
There was one problem with creating a Pinterest resource. To continue selling it, it needed frequent updating (because Pinterest changes A LOT on a frequent basis). Because of this, I eventually moved the book into a course format. I’ve had feedback that this makes the content a little easier to navigate, and it makes it WAY easier for me to update when needed.
A (hopefully refreshing) paragraph of truth that may bite me in the butt
I have no interest in “hard selling” you my course.
(As a blogger, I am sick to death of the sales pitches. Nothin’ wrong with selling your product. But raise your hand if your inbox is full of desperate sales attempts… and don’t email me twice in one day because “oops, I forgot to add…” am I right?)
So I’ve decided to sell my course the no fuss way:
If you want my strategy – it’s available. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE PINTERESTING STRATEGIES 2.0.
The strategy I use to pin gets me anywhere from 5 – 10k page views per day. (AS OF May 2017 I have had days with 20 – 30,000 page views! That is over 480$ in ad revenue in one day, just in case you’re wondering.)
This course, to my knowledge, is completely different than any other strategy you will purchase anywhere else. (Largely because you don’t need to invest monthly in a scheduler to use it.)
I go MUCH farther into the “Pinterest Algorithm” – you will NOT be just “pinning and hoping!”
Sireesha, the blogger behind crowdworknews.com was one of the first to get a copy of my course and try out the strategies, and she saw awesome results with it – she said:
“Carly’s Pinterest strategies have exploded my Pinterest traffic. I started to implement her strategies in November and by January my Pinterest reach has gone from 700k to over 1 million. This ebook has really changed my Pinterest game.”
Katie, from joyfullmesses.com wrote a post about getting her first viral pin using my tips, and in her post she said:
“Carly put together a strategy I’ve never seen (and I’ve read and devoured everything), and brought me the results I wanted. I literally got my first pin to go viral! When I woke up one day and saw I had 200 people to my site before 8:00 am, and I usually had maybe 20…I couldn’t believe it. Then, it kept going to 500, then 800…I hit a huge milestone for my blog, and I accredit everything I learned in her course. I’m very serious when I tell you its worth your time and money.”
Hilary (the curly one) from pullingcurls.com saw almost instant results:
“I bought Carly’s book after being frustrated by my own Pinning strategy. We live mostly off of our blog income, and I just saw Pinterest traffic dwindling, no matter what I changed with my schedulers. I was using Board Booster, Ahalogy and Tailwind. The day I bought the course, I deleted over 2,000 scheduled pins and started hand pinning. I have had to adjust her plan to work around the days I work 12 hour shifts as a nurse and I am slowly making it work for me. Pinterest traffic is up 30% and I’m excited to keep improving my system based off the principles she showed in the course.”
Amber, who is just starting her blogging journey over at allnaturaljoy.com messaged me and said:
Since reading, ‘Pinteresting Strategies,’ I can’t wait to log in and check my Pinterest followers every day! Before I started implementing all of your secrets, I would go weeks without gaining a follower and now I am getting 30-40 new followers every DAY!!! The best part?? Pinterest is now driving traffic to my blog and I’ve gained 40 subscribers in the last 24 hours!! I’m only half way through the course! I can’t even imagine what finishing it will bring! This is a must read for sure!
I receive emails very often like this one, from Kim @ kimgaleta.com:
“I bought (your course) at the end of May and I’ve been implementing your instructions ever since. I think the biggest takeaway apart from the strategy itself is that I learned to improve my CONTENT! Most of my pins had a couple dozen repins (using BoardBooster for about 8 weeks). Within 2 weeks of using the course, I have hundreds of repins and one even has more than 1k now. My traffic for the first two months of June equaled my entire traffic for the month of May! I can’t wait to see what the end of week brings :)”
(You can read a whole bunch more testimonials over here on the testimonials page!)
I am also going to tell you this:
Lots of people have had GREAT results from using this strategy, and a few have not.
I’m not sure if this is because they’re doing it wrong, or if it’s because they aren’t able to invest the time it takes, or because it just doesn’t work for everyone.
It is impossible to know.
It’s impossible to guarantee that this strategy will work for everyone for many reasons.
Firstly, Pinterest has an ever changing algorithm. I am constantly aware that this strategy might not even work for me forever (this terrifies me). This strategy requires a daily commitment. I spend anywhere from 15 minutes – over an hour on Pinterest per day. This strategy will NOT transform Pinterest pins and pin impressions into clicks over to your blog. YOU need to do that, with pins that scream “click me!”.
There will never be a way to guarantee that this method will work for everyone. But there is also no way to guarantee that any method will work for everyone.
There you go… fair warning. (I am not a sales person. I never have been, and I probably never will be.)
The anti-sales pitch
SO for those reasons, I have been so very hesitant to even try and sell this course.
But, because I spent the time researching it, testing it, and writing it, and because this system works for me (and many others), I’ve decided to just go ahead and put it out there.
There is no launch. There is no sales funnel. There are no guarantees. This is just me saying “This is the method that worked for me, maybe it can work for you too!”
And one last disclaimer. Like I mentioned, this strategy takes a commitment to manual pinning. It will require time every day. I put up to an hour per day into Pinterest. And I make over 2000 dollars per month in ad income on average, which comes directly from page views.
Totally. Worth. My. Time.
So if my experiment in brutal honesty hasn’t scared you away – grab this Pinterest strategy and get pinning.
(If I HAVE scared you but you’re still looking for ways to increase traffic, the Traffic Transformation Guide by Lena Gott is freaking AMAZING, and covers much more than just Pinterest. I have read this book three times… and I will read it again. Possibly my favorite blogging book EVER! She details 21 strategies she used to go from 17k page views to over 400k page views in ten months.)
Buuut if you’re not ready to buy it just yet – you can still take advantage of the FREE Traffic Bonus Guide Lena offers!
Happy Pinning!
If you want some seriously awesome totally FREE Pinterest tips… well, look no further:
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(UPDATE: As of May 2017 I have had days with 20 – 30,000 page views! That is over 480$ in ad revenue in one day, just in case you’re wondering.)
That is definitely not with Adsense, right? Thank you 🙂
HI Marie! Your comment made me LOL. NO, that is definitely not adsense. I am with Adthrive now, which you can apply to as soon as you have 100k page view per month. To my knowledge, Adthrive is the leading network for bloggers in North America and I LOVE THEM!
Hi Carla, cant seem to find the link which would lead to pinteresting strategies. it links me to pottiegirl’s book. would you mind telling me where i could find the link so i can check the pricee 🙂
HI Charlotte! The link is in the big picture that says “click here to buy the ebook”. I am technology challenged and can’t find a way to use the send owl links to deeplink without it taking the buyer STRAIGHT to paypal (no cart) and I don’t like that. The price is 32$ 🙂
Hi Carly! I’m very intrigued about your strategy and am seriously considering buying your book. One question! I currently use BB and Tailwind…if I buy your book and start your strategy, should I pause all activity on both of those schedulers? Thanks!
HI Breanna! I would at least TRY pausing it! You can always turn it back on if you don’t see an improvement 🙂 I can’t find a good reason to keep the schedulers on. They just do NOTHING for me. (Sometimes I almost think things get WORSE when I run them…)
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Hey Carly! Love your analytical mind and the way you make decisions based on the data. I have also figured out that Pinterest picks up on similar style pins and lumps them together. So if you are using a software like Canva to create your Pinterest pictures it can confuse Pinterest! Mix the designs up and make them your own. I learned the hard way and am currently working on redesigning!
Interesting!! I’ve never used canva but that’s important for people to know – that you for sharing!
So is this mean that I cant use canva for design pin? Sory, can you explain more?
I’m really struggling with Pinterest and the prices for most Pinterest courses are just through the roof. Thank you for availing an ebook that’s cost-effective. I’ve just bought your ebook. Hoping to come back with good news a few months from now.
I would LOVE to hear back from you as to how it goes Virginia!! Good luck!
Hi Carly! Is the new version out yet? Also, which type of blogger do you think would benefit most from your strategy, or does it not matter, in your opinion? Thx.
HI Katherine!! The new version is up as far as information goes, but I am still working on getting the updated design ironed out. Can you clarify what you mean as far as “type” of blogger?? (sorry!!)
Hi! I’m curious if the new book update has come out yet or not. I bought and downloaded the book on June 11. Thanks!
H Jennifer! If you downloaded on June 11th you DO have the updated INFORMATION but there is going to be an updated DESIGN in the near future as well.
Thank you, Carly! I’ve been implementing your strategy and it is WORKING. My clickthroughs have already doubled. Thank you so much!
EEEEEKKKKKKK You have no idea how much I love reading this <3
So Carly, I’m on page 46 and my jaw is dropping deeper with every page! WOW! You have really revealed some secret sauce here! As a relatively new blogger, I’ve been devouring all the Pinteresting information I possibly can and I have NEVER read ANYTHING like this. This is sure to be one of the best investments I’ve made for my blog. Thank you!
This has to be one of my favorite reader comments of all time. I love you for this <3
Hello
I am wanting to buy the ebook but I don’t see a link for purchase? I want to learn more about your strategies!
Morgan England
HI Morgan! You can purchase the book by clicking on the image that says “click here to buy the ebook” in purple writing. I haven’t been able to figure out how to deep link from sendowl, without sending buyers directly to paypal – bypassing the shopping cart – and I don’t like that. So I’ve had to stick with the image link. Sorry for any confusion!
Hi Carly..
So I just finished reading the ebook. Loved and enjoyed every bit of it. Cross fingers for increasing my page views using the techniques that you shared.
But I have few doubts. Hope you don’t mind clearing those.
1. When you say that you spend 1 hour on Pinterest atleast. So I wanted to know do you distribute the time between mornings and evenings.
2. How many times do you pin at a given point of time. Can we pin non stop in that 1 hour. Won’t it be spammy?
3. If I plan to pin 30 pins a day. Do I need to break it down to say 2 each hour or can I pin 30 in that 1 hour time.
Thank you so much for this great book. Will get back to you to share how it worked out for me. 🙂
HI Sushma 🙂 When I say I spend an hour on Pinterest per day, often that is split into morning / early afternoon and evening yes. Sometimes, it’s just one big chunk of time… but I rarely GET big chunks of time so it’s more often divided up. I pin non-stop in my time on Pintrest yes. 30 pins back to back is no problem, up to 3 or 4 copies of the same URL (to different boards).
I have my fingers crossed for you too 🙂
Nice! I have like NO pinterest strategy so I need this
LOL yes, you DO, because you NEED a Pinterest Strategy!
Just what I was looking for – so i’m off to buy your book. BTW ” potiegirl’s Advance Pinterest Tips” is really PotPieGirl, just sayin’ 🙂
LOL – Alex, I will fix that right now. I hope you enjoy the book!!!
Hi Carly,
Your eBook was really helpful and I’m seeing a jump in traffic and subscribers after just a couple weeks of implementing the strategies!
I would love to promote your book, but I don’t see an affiliate option – do you offer an affiliate program? If so, I’d love to apply.
Hey Melanie! First of all, I am SO EXCITED that you have seen good results – I never get tired of hearing that 🙂 YAY!
Second, yes PLEASE join my affiliate program, I have bloggers who do very well with it. The vast majority of my books are sold by other bloggers and I am always happy to have one more. The link to join the program is on the last page of the book.
This is some great info! Thank you!
xo, L
http://www.ChangeWithUsBlog.com
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Hi! Thank you for good article! Although I heard many times from the other people that Pinterest is good way to get a traffic to our blog, I don’t know how should I do in Pinterest. Maybe I need to learn some stragies. I ll hek the Ebook to find the secrets. Thank you!!
I hope you love the Ebook Fumiko!
Hey Carly I was planning to buy tailwind as I plan to pin 45-50 pins a day.
I get somewhat 100 views per day .
If I buy your book do you think I can reach to 1,00,000 page views a month ever?
Hi 🙂 I honestly can’t say if you will ever get 100,000 pageviews per month… I HOPE so! I know lots of bloggers who get that (and much more) with Pinterest, so it’s certainly possible!
Hi Carly,
I ordered the ebook, and was so looking forward to it. I’m not easy to convince to buy an ebook or ecourse, but Pinteresting strategies sounds amazing and I can’t wait to start implementing it.
But even though the payment went through, the ebook didn’t arrive. My friend orderd it and checked it “as a gift” and wrote my email address, but an hour later, there’s nothing in my, nor in her, inbox. What should I do?
Hey Tina! I have sent the book over to you 🙂 Sorry for the trouble! Sendowl just drops the ball sometimes.
I just purchased your book and I love your ideas, however I am concerned. I started to use some of your strategies and I kept getting Pinterest alerts that I am being blocked for suspicious activity. I want to try your strategies but I am apparently making Pinterest angry with me and I definitely don’t want to do that! Have you heard of this happening with anyone else? Not sure what I should do. Thanks for any advice.
HI Julie – yikes! no I haven’t ever had that happen or heard of that happening. Does it tell you what you’re doing that is “suspicious” in particular???! I have heard of people getting blocked in follow threads before for following too many accounts at once, but I don’t recommend doing that.
Hi, No it didn’t tell me what was suspicious, but I was doing some of your techniques. Not sure but I’m nervous to try things now. 🙁 I guess taking it slow is best because I tried a couple in a row.
Julie, sorry to get into the conversation. I’m curious which strategy exactly got you blocked? After reading so many paid and free resources, THIS is the only book that made sense to the logical side of my brain and I had a clear conscience I’m finally doing what Pinterest would want an ideal pinner to do and what Pinterest is actually made for. If you’d like to discuss in detail, you can get in touch with me, may be I can help you with
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<3 That is so kind of you to offer Hena!! Pinterest is just CRAZY sometimes!