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What is

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Is an online bulletin board.

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As their tagline says:

A place to organize and share things you love.

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HOW TO START

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Open your favorite browser.

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Go to:

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Welcome to Pinterest homepage.

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Unlike any other social media sites where you can register easily to become a member
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here in Pinterest
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How to join?

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Technically, you have to be INVITED to join Pinterest.

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3 options to join.

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Request for an invitation directly from Pinterest.

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Click Request an Invite button.

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Note: It may take days before you will receive an invite from them.

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Second, request an invite on the Pinterest Facebook page.

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And the quickest is to ask a friend who is already a Pinterest user to invite you.

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In this tutorial, I have asked a friend to invite me since its the fastest way .

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Open your email and find your friends Pinterest invitation for you.

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Click Accept Invite button.

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This page will appear.

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You can either log in through your Facebook or Twitter.

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Fill in the information needed.

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Click Sign In button after.

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This page will open.

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Go back to the Pinterest homepage. Click on Login.

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Log in through Facebook/ Twitter, or your registered email address.

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Fill in necessary information.

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Click on Create Account.

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Pinterest will show you lots of categories for you to start with.

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Choose the things you like.

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Click on Follow People button.

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Automatically, you will be following people who matches your interest. You can unfollow later, if you choose.

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Create your own Pinboards by clicking the Create Boards button.

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And what now is a Pinboard?

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A Pinboard is a set of pins.

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And a Pin is an image added to Pinterest.

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You can start with the titles Pinterest suggested, just like below or you can create your own.

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Click on Create button to create your first Pinboard.

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You will be asked to add Pin It button to your bookmark bar.

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Pin It button allows you to grab an image from any website and add it to your pinboard/s.
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A short video will teach you how.

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Or simply follow the steps given.

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Successfully added into the Bookmarks Bar.

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Click on Start Pinning button to start pinning images.

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Click on the name of anyone on your homepage to view their list of Pinboards.

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To pin an image from a website that caught your interest using the bookmarklet, click on the Pin It button

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The image will appear. Note that not all websites image is pintable.

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Hover your mouse over the image and the Pin it button will appear. Click it then.

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A small box will appear and you are now ready to edit the category for the image and write a description.

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You can create a new Pinboard and click Create.

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After typing your own description, hit the Pin It button.

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Pinning...

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You have successfully Pinned.

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Click on See your Pin button to view it.

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Here it goes. Perfect!

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If you find something you like on a users board and that you like to repin.

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For instance, this one.

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Roll over the image and click repin.

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The same with pinning, you may create a new board or directly add to the existing board.

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Then click Pin It.

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You can also like a pin by simply clicking the like button.
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And to comment to a pin?

There are TWO ways.

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First is, by clicking the comment button on the upper right of the pin.
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And, the second is typing right away at the comment box.

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To add things to your board.

Click the Add

+ sign.

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This pop up box will appear.

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To add a Pin, click Add a Pin.

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This will appear. Copy and paste the website address that contains the images you wished to pin.

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Click the Find Images button.

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Now, you are ready to add the image to your board.

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Click the Pin It button.

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Successfully pinned.

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Pinterest Etiquette:
If you are pinning a post from a blog, make sure you write a short description. Do not copy and paste the entire post.
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You can also upload a Pin from your computer by clicking the Upload a Pin button.

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Click the Choose File button to look for the image you want to pin.

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Look into your files and click Open.

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Uploading the Pin

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Just like what we did previously, you may add the pin to a new Pinboard or add it to the existing board.
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And, add a short description. Click Pin it after

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Awesome right?

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So, thats it. A little basic thing about Pinterest.

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Theres still a lot more things to learn

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Familiarize everything and youll love it even more.

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Happy

P I N N I N G.
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