Pinterest just keeps growing and growing. With over 48 million unique visits in February, 2013, Pinterest is a social site that is on the rise Does your Toastmaster club have a picture of it's banner in the "Our Toastmaster Banners" group pinboard on Pinterest? Learn more about the pinboard in this presentation.
2. Pinterest is growing at a tremendous rate:
•comScore reported that in January 2012,
Pinterest had 11.7 million unique monthly
visitors in the U.S., making it the fastest site
ever to break the 10 million mark
•August 2012 it surpassed Tumblr in unique
visits at just under 25 million
•February 2012 Reuters and comScore report
48.7 million unique visitors
3. 1. Pinterest is one of the fastest growing
social networks in the world and keeps
building momentum.
2. Club Banners are visual and Pinterest is
visual, so the two are a good match.
3. Every banner tells a story.
4. A Toastmasters group board has the
potential to generate a lot of buzz
4. The idea:
Collect Toastmaster club
banners from around the world
in one location, harnessing the
power of Pinterest
5. Here is a screenshot of the
“Our Toastmaster Banners” group pinboard
on Pinterest
6. This is a group pinboard:
•Any Toastmaster in the world can join the
board
•You can post a banner from your club
•You can tell a story about your club
•You can comment on banners that are
posted in the pinboard
7. •If you travel, why not take pictures of
banners from the clubs you travel to?
•If you‘re an Area, Division, or District officer
why not take pictures of the banners of the
clubs you visit?
•Why not create contests and challenges to
get banners posted of all the clubs in…?
8. How can I get involved?
•If don‘t already have a Pinterest account set
one up
•Leave a comment on the board indicating
that you‘d like to join.
•You can can email me. Be sure to let me
know what you Pinterest user name is or
provide a link to your profile.
•You can send me a picture of your club
banner via email
9. Lets get your club banner in
the group!
Why not join us today?
Happy Pinning!
10. Why not checkout the “Our Toastmasters”
group pinboard on Pinterest?
12. Be Sure to Check Out…
About.me
http://about.me/darrylheron
LinkedIn:
http://de.linkedin.com/in/darrylheron/
Darryl Heron‘s presentations on
SlideShare
http://www.slideshare.net/darrylheron
Email me:
mailto:darrylheron@about.me
Notes de l'éditeur
Pinterest Hits 10 Million U.S. Monthly Uniques Faster Than Any Standalone Site Ever -comScore http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/07/pinterest-monthly-uniques/ Pinterest Surpasses Tumblr In Unique Visitors http://blog.compete.com/2012/10/10/pinterest-surpasses-tumblr-in-unique-visitors/ Start-up Pinterest wins new funding, $2.5 billion valuation http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/21/net-us-funding-pinterest-idUSBRE91K01R20130221
Imagine every single club‘s banner located in one location. This could be quite a powerful promotional tool for Toastmasters and all of the clubs.
The group board is located here: http://pinterest.com/darrylheron/our-toastmaster-banners/
The more members we have pinning in the board, the more traffic will be generated towards the board and your pins. The more followers that we have, the more trafffic will be generated towards the board. Traffic leads to more traffic and better search results
As an Area Governor you might challenge the other Area Governors in your Division to see who can get all of their clubs represented in the pinboard. You might also see which of the clubs in your area can be the first to be their banner posted in the board. Contests and competitions are only limited by our imaginations, lets get creative
mailto:darrylheron@about.me
You can share this presentation in the usual social media sites (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, and etc.). You can also embed it on your clubs website or within blog posts.
You should also check out this Toastmaster group pinboard as well: http://pinterest.com/darrylheron/our-toastmasters/