How to see your most popular Pinterest pins:
I don’t know about you, but for us and for this blog, our number one traffic driver is Pinterest. Period.
We get more traffic and more followers from Pinterest than we get from all other social media COMBINED.
When we concentrate on engaging with our audience through Pinterest, we have results in blog growth almost immediately. Knowing which pins are the most popular Pinterest pins is a must.
Blog traffic is essential for a successful site with an engaged audience. You want your blog to be read, enjoyed, and shared with others. After all, you’re not doing all this work for nothing!
There are several things that you can do with Pinterest to improve your blog traffic:
One way is to pin to group boards. We have seen massive blog growth from pinning our content to boards with a number of members.
Recently we launched our own Pinterest group board and would like to extend an invitation to you to join this board if you are a blogger who has awesome tips to share! For an invitation, please do this:
*First, FOLLOW US on Pinterest here
*Then E-MAIL US at bloggingsuperstars@gmail.com with your Pinterest URL. We would like to grow this board and we would love to have you join us!
Strategic pinning on Pinterest pays off in large dividends. As with almost everything, you get back what you are willing to put into it.
When we pay close attention to what we are pinning and try to give great value with our pins, our audience responds with more re-pins and more clicks.
More clicks brings more readers to your blog.
It stands to reason that if we want even MORE readers to come to our blog, we have to have a plan in place to draw them to us. Enter Pinterest.
Tracking the success of individual Pinterest pins gives you an idea of which of your pins are the most popular with your audience.
This is important because it shows you exactly what their interests are and it helps you plan future blog posts.
Seeing your most popular Pinterest pins is simple!
Go to your Google Analytics. In the left-hand column under audience, click on “Acquisition,” “All Traffic” and then “Referrals.”
This will take you to a page that lists all the places that have brought viewers of your pins. Click on “Pinterest.”
At this point you will see the partial URLs of your most popular Pinterest pins.
Highlight and copy the first URL that shows a full number (not the one with just a forward slash), open a new tab and in the address bar, and type this:
https://pinterest.com/paste what you copied, beginning with the word “pin”.
Do this with as many of the remaining URLs that you’d like to see.
There is so much to learn from this! Looking at all of your pins together can give you insight into several things.
What you should look for:
First of all, you can see what subjects are the most popular with your audience and then use that information to adjust what needs to be changed or elaborated on.
You can also see what boards pinners are pinning your pins to. This can show you how your content is perceived by others.
If you are unhappy with your audience’s perception of your blog, now is the time to re-evaluate and change whatever is necessary to create the impression that you are striving for.
If you are happy with what you see, then you know you’re on the right track! Keep creating and keep plugging on!
Pinterest is a powerhouse that can drive massive amounts of traffic to your blog. Don’t be afraid to test, experiment, and change what isn’t working. Don’t give up. Keep at it. The best is yet to come.
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We are so glad that you found this tip helpful! Thanks for the visit!
Ladies, you know I love your blog it’s always full of great helpful and actionable tips. Those are the best kind. I have done this in the past and totally forgot about it, now that I am using boardbooster my page views have tripled and I need to pay more attention to my most popular pins and feed them out there more often. I love that you pop up with something I need just when I need it. You’re the best!
Thanks so much for the kind words, Nikki. We’re always happy to know when we’ve been able to help in some way! Looking at pins that way makes it easy to repin them all from one place. And we are also huge fans of Boardbooster! What a difference it has made! Thanks so much for the visit and for the comment!
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Thanks so much, Marilyn! We always enjoy sharing at #OverTheMoon! Thanks for hosting and thanks for the comment!
Interesting, will have to look into this. Saw your link at Over The Moon Link Party #56.
So glad you found the post interesting! I love to share at Over the Moon! Thanks for the comment!
I never knew how to do this, thank you!
You are certainly welcome, Sandra! Thanks for the comment!
Thats so interesting. I was really surprised how many times the photos I never thought would be pinned are. I make long images especially for pinning but people seem to like the others too – who knew?! Thanks so much for the info. I’m pinning this now, so I can find it again of course!
Hi, Julie! I guess you never know…right? So glad that you found the post interesting. Thanks for stopping by!
What an awesome tip! I just checked on my blog; thanks! Pinning this! Please feel free to share with us over at Together on Tuesday– http://www.ourunschoolingjourney.com/2017/01/together-on-tuesdays-2017-week-3.html
Thanks so much! I will definitely share over at Together on Tuesdays!
Thanks for this! I never knew you could do this until reading your post (and I have read a ton of posts about Pinterest recently.) I look forward to using this to help me learn which pins are doing the best! It will be extremely helpful!
-Lyndsey
Lyndsey, we are so glad that you found the info to be helpful! Thanks for the comment and for the visit!
Thanks for the tips I need to use Pinterest more often. Stopping by from Meandering Mondays.
Thanks for the visit, Karen!
Thanks so much for the article! I am a new blogger and trying to figure Pinterest out. There’s just so much to learn! This was really helpful!
Hi, Amy! You are right, there is a lot to figure out..not just for new bloggers, but on and on and on! Hang in there…good luck with your blog!
Just followed your directions and there it was. I had no idea you could find your highest pin that easy. Thanks for the information. Great tip.
Thanks so much, Melissa! Glad that you found our tip helpful!
I never knew you could do that! Thanks for sharing!
Glad to share, Roseann! Thanks!
Thanks for the cool tip, Lucie & Louise! I didn’t know I could see all my pins. I looked mine up and saw that people are pinning other images from my post, not my vertical pin. Maybe I should add an extra vertical image to each post just in case. 🙂 #prettypintastic
Hi, Stephanie! So glad that you could use this tip! It’s very interesting to see all our pins in one place, isn’t it? I checked out your blog…your images are beautiful! I see that visitors might have a hard time deciding WHICH one to pin because they are all gorgeous. Maybe consider adding a single vertical image at the top of each post so it would be obvious to your readers that they should pin that particular image. You could even incorporate the post title into the pin. Just something to think about. Keep up the good work and thanks for your comment!