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Pinterest Receives 50 Million Dollar Investment
Posted by Jason & Cinnamon on May 17, 2012
http://marketingonpinterest.com/2012/05/17/pinterest-receives-50-million-dollar-investment/
Fortune Magazine Exclusive With Ben Silbermann
Did you see this great article on Pinterest in this month’s edition of Fortune Magazine? It’s a nice overview of the site, interview with Co-Founder & CEO Ben Silbermann, and insider information, including info about Tim Kendall, the Facebook Monetization Guru joining Pinterest. You can read the full article here. The best quote, from Ben, [...]
Posted by Jason & Cinnamon on April 13, 2012
http://marketingonpinterest.com/2012/04/13/fortune-magazine-exclusive-with-ben-silbermann/
Pinterest News – New Board Covers…
Now we can make Board “Cover Art”. Check out this new functionality outlined on the Pinterest blog. Love it…
Posted by Jason & Cinnamon on April 6, 2012
http://marketingonpinterest.com/2012/04/06/pinterest-news-new-board-covers/
Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann’s Speech at ALT
Video: This speech by Ben Silbermann is phenomenal. He made the fastest growing website in the history of the Internet. And you gotta love the journey he’s been on. A founder’s tale like no other. Catch it here: http://vimeo.com/user10165343/review/35759983/820bd84fa4
Posted by Jason & Cinnamon on March 30, 2012
http://marketingonpinterest.com/2012/03/30/pinterest-ceo-ben-silbermanns-speech-at-alt/
Ben Silbermann of Pinterest Interviewed at Startup Grind
Here is another opportunity to see Ben Silbermann discuss Pinterest. He sits down in Palo Alto at the Startup Grind bimonthly event. The San Jose Mercury news calls Pinterest, “the hottest social network in Silicon Valley”. Learn why…
Posted by Jason & Cinnamon on March 30, 2012
http://marketingonpinterest.com/2012/03/30/ben_silbermann_of_pinterest_interviewed_at_startup_grind/
Recent Pinterest Changes to User Interface and TOS
In the grand cosmos of the change universe, legal wording changes are easy, compared to brilliantly designing addictive user interfaces. Pinterest is learning that the hard way. Pinterest has made 2 significant changes recently. First, they changed their Personal Profile Page Layout. Second, they’ve updated their Terms Of Service, (TOS). How did they do? They [...]
Posted by Jason & Cinnamon on March 24, 2012
http://marketingonpinterest.com/2012/03/24/recent-pinterest-changes-to-user-interface-and-tos/
Pinterest’s Initial Public Grand Opening IPGO
Most radically successful tech firms dream of an I.P.O. (Initial Public Offering). They cash in, become Billionaires, and the employees all start buying cars that ends with the letter ‘i’. But it seems Pinterest has created a new category – the Initial Public Grand Opening” What’s that you ask? To sign up for Pinterest, [Pinterest Sign-Up [...]
Posted by Jason & Cinnamon on March 14, 2012
http://marketingonpinterest.com/2012/03/14/pinterests-initial-public-grand-opening-ipgo/
Keyword Search Vs. Discovery: The WAR has begun…
Cue the music George… Did you catch this Mad Money segment about the “mystery” of Google not hitting it’s quarterly estimates? Cramer is confused, but I’m not. Keywords, (and therefore Pay Per Click Ads), are becoming old school before our eyes. What Cramer said, “The mystery began last Thursday when Google reported a “big earnings miss.” [...]
Posted by Jason & Cinnamon on March 3, 2012
http://marketingonpinterest.com/2012/03/03/keyword-search-vs-discovery-the-war-has-begun/
Pinterest Growth Faster Than Any Other Stand-alone Site In History
According to Techcrunch, Pinterest has reached 10 million unique users faster than any other stand-alone site – EVER! Wow. Read the full article here
Posted by Jason & Cinnamon on February 9, 2012
http://marketingonpinterest.com/2012/02/09/pinterest-growth-faster-than-any-other-stand-alone-site-in-history/
Pinterest January 2012 Traffic Numbers
The information on the January 2012 Pinterest traffic is starting to come in. The first well reported article is this one from Janet Aronica at Sharaholic: Pinterest Drives More Referral Traffic Than Google Plus, YouTube and LinkedIn Combined This chart tells the story: Our prediction – This year Pinterest will emege as the 2nd most [...]
Posted by Jason & Cinnamon on February 1, 2012
http://marketingonpinterest.com/2012/02/01/pinterest-january-2012-traffic-numbers/







