Pinterest – a great upstart and ranked in top 50 most visited websites. Pinterest was a little known startup, gradually grown up and now Pinterest joined the list of top social networking sites among Facebook and Twitter. In January, Pinterest had 28 million monthly unique visitors according to digital research firm comScore.
Few stats about ‘The Evolution of Pinterest’:
- Pinterest launched in March 2010
- Pinterest had 17 million users by February 2012.
- Pinterest ranked 50th most visited website in October 2012.
- Pinterest had 28 million monthly unique visitors in January 2013.
Why Pinterest for Business?
Pinterest gives you an option to convert your existing account to Business account or you can create a new business account. It gives you a platform to showcase what your business is all about and how you are or your business is different from others. You can use Pinterest to divert traffic to your business site.
Not too old but a quite interesting feature added in Pinterest i.e. Secret Boards.
“You can use secret boards to keep track of holiday gifts, plan a special event or work on a project you aren’t yet ready to share with the rest of the world”, said on the official blog.
Other brands using Pinterest well:
Sony Electronics
Myntra
Future of Pinterest
It is said that, “Pinterest can be the next Facebook.” E-Commerce business is doing great and is successfully achieving their goals on Pinterest. I think after Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Tumblr, Pinterest could be the future of social networking as it approaches multimedia method.
Feel free to share your thoughts with me.
