Monday, July 23, 2012

Pinterest for Dummies Giveaway~Canada Only~ Ends August 6/12 CLOSED

Recently I was sent the book Pinterest for Dummies and I have to tell you this book is amazing. It takes you through every step for the person, like me, who doesn't know a thing about Pinterest. Kelby Carr’s Pinterest for Dummies is a guide book for the beginner Pinterest User.
I learned so very much from this book and am still learning. It has twelve chapters and each one has diagrams and tutorials all through the book to help you along the way.

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There is the Introduction where it shows you the icons used in the book, how the book is organized etc.

Chapter 1-- Getting Started on Pinterest
Chapter 2-- Creating Boards
Chapter 3-- Pinning and Repinning
Chapter 4-- Socializing on Pinterest
Chapter 5-- Using community Features
Chapter 6-- Finding Ways to Use Pinterest
Chapter 7-- Going Mobile with Pinterest
Chapter 8-- Understanding Pinterest Etiquette
Chapter 9-- Controlling Privacy and Other Settings
Chapter 10- Self-Promoting on Pinterest
Chapter 11- Ten Companies Using Pinterest Effectively
Chapter 12- Ten Power Pinners to Follow

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Anyone who has been wanting to get started on Pinterest or who is already there and still is trying to sort things out, this book is for you. There is nothing that has been missed in this book. Everything is explained in very good detail and the pictures and diagrams are excellent.

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Tips for the power user included in Pinterest for Dummies:

*The best plug-ins for Pinterest sharing from your website
*Finding time for Pinterest (Pinterest can be ADDICTIVE)
*How to find pins from a specific website (like your own)
*Embedding pins and optimizing images for pinning
*Pin etiquette and how to properly credit sources
*How much self-promotion is too much
*Avoiding copyright infringement and how to report someone infringing on YOUR copyright
*How to block others from pinning your images
*Adding Pinterest widgets and finding Pinterest linkups
*Tracking Pinterest traffic referrals

About the Author

Kelby Carr (Candler, NC) is the founder and CEO of Type-A Parent, a social network and online magazine-style blog founded in 2007 for mom and dad bloggers,and Type-A Parent Conference, an annual blogging and social media conference founded in 2009 that attracts major corporations and hundreds of parents who blog. Kelby is a social media consultant and speaker.She has been coding since 1982, social networking online since 1984, web publishing since 1992, blogging since 2002,and tweeting since 2007. She is an early adopter of Pinterest, and is active there daily with thousands of followers and pins.

About Pinterest for Dummies

Pinterest For Dummies, Portable Edition will help new users get started creating their Pinterest boards, finding people to follow, and pinning bookmarks.

ISBN: 978-1-1183-2800-2
Paperback
216 pages
Copyright April 2012
Price CDN $19.99

To purchase Pinterest for Dummies, please visit www.wiley.com
or in print or E-Book from:
Amazon
Chapters Indigo

Kobo
or anywhere books are sold.

One lucky person is going to win a copy of the Pinterest for Dummies book.
Open to Canada only and will end August 6/12
TAKE NOTE:
The url for the twitter post has changed. Be sure if you have it saved you change the url. The other link was broken.

Mandatory entry is required, you must complete it to be eligible for the extra entries.”
No anonymous names allowed to enter.
***Anyone not following this blog via GFC~Google Friend Connect found on right hand side will have their entries deleted.***
Sometimes you have to let the page fully load for GFC or Networked blogs to show.
Leave your email address in your post so I know where to find you if you win.

To Enter:

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Tell me what you want to learn about Pinterest the most.

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Open to CANADA Only
Giveaway ends August 6/12 at 11:59 pm.
The winner will be selected by random.org and notified by email. Winner will have 48 hours to reply back before a new winner is selected.
Good Luck everyone!

Disclaimer-
I was provided a product in exchange for my review. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience. Your opinion may be different.
You can read more about my blog policies in my disclaimer at the top of the page.

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