We all love Pinterest! The graphics, the visuals and the bright colors and bold text. But in a sea of Pinterest pages it can sometimes be difficult trying to know where to get started on a new social network.
Maybe Pinterest is new for you regarding using it for business.
If you are needing to know who would be great to follow, or you want some great tips on what to post and how to grow a following, keep reading!
We have a list of 15 fantastic people that are some of the most valuable people to follow so you certainly want to see what they are doing right.
Do you need to see how to find people within your niche that are putting out excellent content but also look great while doing so with amazing graphics and boards filled with targeted curated content?
This is especially true if you follow social media because that is what I do!
I’ve sought out high and low and have been looking on Pinterest for the best social media content and beyond.
The wait is almost over because now I get to share with you the juicy part! The people that you can start checking out on Pinterest. These are listed in no particular order but I can promise you one thing. They are fantastic in how they have used Pinterest to grow a following and leveraged the power of social media for online engagement and online business.
Kim is an amazing social selling superstar, author, keynote speaker, Forbes Top 10 Social Media Influence andr Twitter expert. I can't say enough great things about Kim. I have personally learned so much from Kim's wisdom. She's the Ace in the deck!
Peg is the co-author of The Art of Social Media, and a Pinterest expert. While she is focusing on social media strategy on Pinterest and visual marketing, Peg knows her stuff and is such a joy to be around.
Cynthia and I both live in South Carolina. Cynthia teaches people how to use Pinterest for business. Her blog is great and filled with100s of FREE tips and tricks.
Being a social media strategist, Elizabeth works for Hootsuite, focusing on community engagement and social media best practices.
Kim Vij & Amanda Boyarshinov are educators, writers, speakers & moms sharing top kids activities, educational activities, kids crafts & parenting resources. Great for all my teacher friends out there.
The leader of a Pinterest marketing agency, Vincent has helped OrgLaMix increase sales by 14%, new visitors by 42% within 2 weeks with Pinterest. Clearly they have some Pinterest know-how!
Donna rocks! She does visual social media and content strategy. She was selected as the Best Australian Business Blog in 2014 and offers free visual content training.
Canada's #1 LinkedIn Expert | Keynote Speaker | LinkedIn & Social Selling Trainer | Author of #1 Bestseller “The LinkedIn Code” | CEO, Top Dog Social Media
I'm no crafty mom, but Holly makes it look so fun and easy with her kids activities blog which is overflowing with fun crafts, art projects, games and activities for kids.
Being a part of Pinterest as an Expert and their “Business Expert Program”, Anna dives deep into helping businesses and does a great job.
Host of The Manly Pinterest Tips Show, Jeff is on Pinterest with a great following and breaking the notion that only women are on Pinterest. Not true. He's a creative brain for hire, visual storyteller, speaker and social media consultant.
Kathleen is a mom, Founder of Katie Shea Design's Boutique Curating and Courier Social Media Co. Now, that's a fun (and busy) life.
Neal knows his stuff! He's the founder of Maximize Your Social, Maximize Social Business, Social Media Center of Excellence as well as Social Tools Summit. As a social media strategy consultant, Neal helps businesses in a real way with great information.
Melissa is a teacher, author, blogger and lover of kids activities and kids learning. By being dedicated to helping reluctant readers, Melissa is shaping the lives of children.
Last but not least, Jenny is the author of picky-palate.com and The Picky Palate Cookbook. She's a food blogger, recipe developer and mother of three boys in Arizona.
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Thanks so much for the mention Heather! Very nice to meet you.
Thanks Anna! Absolutely. You as well and keep up all the greatness over on Pinterest.
What a great roundup of experts to follow, Heather!
Some were new to me, so I’ve been checking them out — thanks for the great resource!
Cathy – I know what you mean because I felt that way also about 6 months ago. It is always great finding new people to check out.
I’ve gotten into Pinterest yet, as I’m just trying to find time to get a handle on Facebook and Twitter. It is next on my list though! Saving this one to read when I’m ready to get started. Thanks so much for the info
Lisa, thanks for coming by and glad you liked the post. Definitely take your time and really get a great hold of the platforms you are using. You are right though in that Pinterest will be a great one to dive into. So many exciting things happening there.
I love pinterest and already follow a few of these people. Thanks for the new suggestions – I’m always looking for inspirational people to follow!
Absolutely Theresa! Glad you love Pinterest too!
I follow a few of these…I guess I have some work to do ☺
Don’t we all Beth..Don’t we all.
Good to know this info. I haven’t used Pinterest much, I find all the graphics mashed together to be distracting. But people seem to like it, so who knows?
Carol, There definitely are things about Pinterest that I really love which is the ability to find such visual information at my finger tips with a particular search.
I tend to follow mostly recipe sites, but I do so much social media that I appreciate this list. You’ve just help me find some new people to follow, thanks!
Crystal, that’s great. Seriously depending on what interests you, there is something that will totally be great for you on Pinterest.
I do follow some, but it’s always great to expand my list 🙂 Thanks for sharing these.
Thanks so much Michael for checking it out!
Thanis for this great list! The few that I already follow are super and so I am eager to check out the rest!
I love using Pinterest. Have been following many of them. Checked out all of them & am now following all of them.
Ohhhhhh thanks for these, I must check them out!
Great job with giving us the best of the best to follow and learn from.
I know some of these peeps and agree that they are great on other platforms. I’m not a Pinterest gal, so I’m off in left field. 😉
Thanks Heather, already followed some of them, but thanks for this list of names. So far I do not really have that much time to follow through also on Pinterest.
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Thank You so much for including me in your post!!! Such an honor to be listed with all those lovely, hard working pinners 🙂
Thank you so much Heather – and sorry that I didn’t catch this earlier!!! #YouRock
Neal, Absolutely. Glad to have you here on my little parcel of the net. #YouRocktoo