US I NG P I NT ER ES T F O R YO UR FE S T I VA L AND EVE NTS

SOC I A L ME D I A FOR FES T I VA LS

P I N T E R E S T

• A virtual pin-board on which you save interesting images from the internet

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QkMOdW0Kyc

• Images can be clicked to take you to the web page they came from

CRA IL FO O D F E ST I VA L O N P IN TE R E S T

C RA I L F E ST I VA L - P I N TE R E S T

US I N G P I N T E R E S T

• How to sign in - email or Twitter

• Look at news feed for a Pinterest account

• Look at your own profile page with list of boards

• How to edit Profile - check the ‘About You’ page for Crail Festival

P I N N I N G F RO M P I N TE R E S T• From your Pinterest feed or a

search, select a pinned item you wish to pin to one of your boards

• Select the board you wish to pin it to

• review the text - you can amend or add more information

• decide whether you wish to post to Twitter (guideline: occasionally, not every pin)

• Click the Pinit box

P I N N I N G F RO M TH E W E B

• Google Chrome Extensions: PinIt Button, Shareaholic for Pinterest

• https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions

• Some websites will have Pinterest buttons to facilitate sharing

• Safari also has browser extension for Pinterest

PL A N N I N G YOU R I N BOA R D S

• Every pinboard has a unique web address

• https://www.pinterest.com/crailfestival/crail-festival/

• https://www.pinterest.com/crailfoodfest/scotlands-chocolate-larder/

• Think about this when naming your boards to make them easy to find in searches

susan@2crail.compinterest.com/2crail

Twitter: @2crail