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Creating pin contests

Creating pin contests - Pinterest Tutorial

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Creating pin contests

Pinterest contests are a great way to attract new followers, and drive traffic. And the company makes it easy. Thanks to some of the least restrictive terms in all of social network dom. In fact, the only restriction is that you can't run a contest where the entrant gets the most likes or re-pins. Which is known as pin-to-win. Other then that, everything's on the table. One of the most popular types of contests is a follow me contest. To enter, the pinner must do the following. First they must follow you. Then they must create a board with a specific theme. Something like the best fan pictures or fan merch ideas. They must pin at least five items to the board which tells the story. Then they must add a designated hashtag to each pin. Something like hashtag fan pictures, or hashtag the en-signed on your band, or hashtag merch ideas or dream gig. Then they must share the URL of their board either on a special contest submission page on your website or blog. Or by making a comment on the…

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