Have you ever been on a website or blog, clicked a “Pin It” icon or button somewhere on the page, and not been able to pin the photo you wanted to pin?
This happens to me all the time. And this month, when working on the project I shared last week, I re-discovered something I thought worth sharing:
For pinning, nothing beats using the REAL Pin It button from the Pinterest Development Team.
Why? Because (a) it’s consistent (you know exactly where to click the bookmark or access the browser plugin/extension) and (b) it will let you select any photo on the page for pinning. Making a habit of just using the REAL Pin It Button avoids a do-over. Or several do-overs. Not that I’m speaking from experience.
If you’re a Pinterest user and aren’t yet using their “REAL” button, give it a try! Head over to the Pinterest “Goodies” page and click on the browser extension just below the “Apps” section at the top. (If you don’t want to bother with the browser extension, just click the “Pinterest Bookmarklet” link and you’ll have a bookmark option instead.)
How about you?
What Pinterest practices have you found work best for you? I’d love to hear your tips!
(Extras: Using Pinterest Secret Boards for planning parties. Find me on Pinterest.)
Yes! I run into the same thing!! Plus, if you’re on someone elses computer it’s really difficult if the site doesn’t have a pin button. I actually send those links in an email to myself so that I can pin them from my computer. Yeah, I am a little too obsessed with organizing and keeping my pin boards “just so”. 🙂
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Not to scare anyone who would ever consider lending me their computer, but I wonder if temporarily installing the bookmarklet (not the browser extension) and then deleting it would be the way to go. Though I totally do the email-to-myself thing – especially since the mobile accessibility is still so limited. 🙁
I totally would! If I could figure out how to do it on Steve’s new version of Windows. I have had more trouble with that thing! It shows how technically illiterate I am becoming…. No! I’m getting old! 😉