I’ve started with niche boards because they have contributed a huge deal to my Pinterest success. After spending weeks applying to group boards, only 5% responded to my polite requests. And to be honest, the fewer that responded weren’t any good.
One day while networking with other bloggers on Facebook, a blogger suggested creating niche boards. I created around 10 niche boards where all my content would live.
I placed the right keywords in the description section and pinned third party pins that were performing really well on Pinterest. After that, I started pinning my own pins using the Tailwind scheduler.
Tailwind is such a huge time saver for me. I’m able to pin at optimal times on Pinterest without lifting a finger. I will discuss further this awesome Pinterest scheduler in the next point. But in the meantime, get your FREE Tailwind account over here and see how awesome it is!
Nothing happened the first few weeks but a month later, I was singing a different song.
My Pinterest following had moved from 100 to 1000 in 30 days.
I’ve also noticed that whenever I schedule pins to my personal boards, they perform way better than the pins I place on group boards.
See the two images below to understand what I mean.
As you can see above, one of my pins was saved to 129 boards in one day. The Smart Ways to Make Money is my own board.
Let’s look at a different pin from a different personal board that I created
Work From Home Jobs Hiring Now is also my personal board. That pin got saved to 55 boards in one day.
Each board has an owner. If we were to assume that each board owner followed me on that particular day, I would have gained roughly about 184 followers.
Do you now see how powerful niche or personal Pinterest boards are? You absolutely have got to try out this strategy.