How To Use Pinterest to Gain Attraction To Your Social Media

I have been doing some good ol Training for my Pinterest account because I love Pinterest personally, have found amazing ideas, lots of motivation, and amazing challengers and coaches to join my team because of utilizing it!

So today, I just want to share with you all a few tips to help you expand your network through the use of Pinterest!!

First off, I am NOT a professional.. I have to give credit to Melanie Duncan and Natalie Jill for their amazing training and tips!!!

This is my top 5 tips from both of their trainings!! I will recommend you still doing their training, because just my 5 tips does not do justice for their knowledge and skill!!!!

1. Your Pinterest account should have your "pins" linking to YOUR other social media avenues... Ex. Blog, Youtube channel, etc.

If your "pins" are directed to another persons' social media, how are you going to gain traction?? You are basically giving away your potential clients and team mates to someone else by pinning and having it directed to someone else!!

I use my blog for all my detailed information because it is perfect for recipes for my challengers, friends, and family, information on what I have to offer fitness and nutrition wise for my challengers and coaches, and I love sharing my fitness journey for my audience on social media!! Instead of having to re-write everything every time I talk to someone, the use of my blog comes into perfect use!! Being able to PIN everything I post only give my audience the ability to see more, and hopefully reaches out to their friends and family also to help, motivate, and inspire them as well!!


2.  Make sure you have good solid topics for your "BOARDS" so its easy for people who are scrolling through your Pinterest account can see what you are all about! 

Your boards should ONLY have pins from that topic is!! Making them specific will help you gain new followers in that area!!

For example:
Gluten Free Meals- Be sure you only have gluten free meals and recipes on that board
Fitness Motivation- Add quotes, pictures, etc to this board
Healthy meal plans- Self explanatory



3. Make your images EYE-CATCHING!!

People look through pinterest and go further because they like what they see in the image!! So if you can make that image eye-catching, you have a golden opportunity to increase the number of "clickers" and followers!!

Just to go in depth a little more, here are a few things I learned to make the images more eye-catching:

• Use long images, rather than square or wide- you can do this by using the programs www.Canva.com or www.Picmonkey.com   (I used both, I just prefer Picmonkey).
• Add a link to your site for people to go for more information on your image- I put my blog site because thats where I turn all my traffic to on all my social media. I also use the transparency on picmonkey and minimize so it doesn't "pop" as much as the other writing that I am trying to grab peoples attention. 
• Add a "call to action" ex. "CLICK THE IMAGE fore more detail", "Click here to learn more", "Click to find out how"... and so on. I think you get it :)
• Make the images with good lighting and pretty to look at!!!  
• Use apps like photo editor to lighten your pics or use a good filter to change the color image to fit your personality (try to use the same one each time).
• Food pics close up look good where its focused more on a certain part
• Be sure its not blurry (as in your didn't focus good enough on taking the pic)
• Don't have too much clutter in your images.  If you have a collage of too many pics that are hard to see, people won't click.  Make sure all pics are a good size and visible on Pinterest when searching!

Here are some examples of images I used for Pinterest... I use bright colors to make them eye-catching, used filters on the pics that I took of myself, and close ups with the food pics.  

I put my blog link to every image at the bottom so people know where to go for more.

I have a call to action on every picture so my audience knows where to go for more of what they see that is sparking their interest!!

The images are long (not wide), but not too cluttered with just a few pictures in each image.

4. If you are using your Pinterest as a Business account, keep it MOSTLY your business boards! 

I keep my boys Birthday party ideas, etc private.. I do keep a couple public just to show my personality a little!! Fashion, house decorating ideas ... that is what I like to also post on other social media, so everyone gets the same type of content!!

5. Convert your Pinterest account to a Business account- 

Be sure you convert it to a business account by going to https://business.pinterest.com/en

When you have a business account, you can also promote pins for FREE so more people can see your content!! There is a wait list, so be sure you fill out the information to get on the wait list and when it asks you how much you would spend, be generous! Don't worry, they wont require you to spend that much that you put down!!

I hope these tips help you get your Pinterest started off right and you can build upon it on a regular basis!!! I use my Pinterest a good 3 times per week. The more you use it, the more Pinterest will recognize and bump you up on the wait list to promote pins!! :)

Now.. go get that Pinterest up and running!!

BEACHBODY SUMMIT 2014- Vegas

BEACHBODY SUMMIT IN VEGAS!

Who ever thought a training for work could be so much fun?! This tells you right here, us Beachbody coaches have so much to be thankful for!  We are seriously treated like gold!! I cannot remember the last time my nursing job was so appreciative of their workers, so this was taken to a new level!!

Summit was at Vegas this year and was from Thursday to Sunday.  I went Tuesday to have a little relaxing and shopping before all the good stuff started!! 

Signed the "Never Give Up" Wall!!

Nothing beats a morning workout with my girls!

Jeremy Redd from corporate photo bombing my pic ;) 

Yup, this is what I ate while I was in Vegas... you can say Im disciplined!

We stayed at the MGM signature hotel and it was a beautiful view!!

Kaileigh, Me, & Jaclyn getting a little sun!  

Eggs at the pool, YUP I did it!!

Walking around Vegas!!

Wednesday was our first big day! We had an Elite celebration and I was in awe when I got to the reception/cocktail party! We had first chance to purchase from the CORE which is the store with all the Beachbody swag!! I was able to bring a guest with me, so I chose my cousin Michael, who was my very first diamond! This was seriously the most memorable night for me... I remember walking in and seeing that star with my name on it, and then Tony Horton was standing right there!! I was handed a gift and asked to sign my star! Nothing like feeling like a celebrity for a day right?!?  It was so nice to get pictures with everyone and just meet people you see all the time on Facebook, but never have the opportunity to talk face to face!

Signing my first Elite star!

Autumn Calabrese with 21 day Fix

Sagi with Body Beast

Leandro from Brazil Butt Lift

Chalene Johnson from Turbo Fire, Chalean Extreme, and PiYo

My cousin and diamond coach Michael and I

 OK I must say it was pretty awesome walking into the Elite part and CORE to see my transformation on a wall!! 

I got my own star!!!!!! EEEK!!!! lol I may never get over this!!

My coach Melanie (#1 coach in the company) and one of my amazing success partners Katy!

ok obviously getting a spray tan was not a good idea!! BAHAHA

Thursday, I took a leap of faith and put myself in a Beachbody Classic Bikini Competition!! As scary as it was, I know I need the experience since I am prepping for a FIGURE NPC show in Oct and I need to learn some posing! 

Although I didn't make it to top 20, I learned a lot and had so much fun!! Its not about winning, its about being better than you were yesterday!! I am 18 weeks out from my show and I am confident, this is going to help me with my experience!!! I am showing my progress from losing 40 lbs and 40 inches since having my second child and going through my Beachbody transformation!! I have done this ALL just by home DVD programs and drinking Shakeology!! GO ME!!!!

It didn't matter how busy we were, this girl was with me to work out and run around Vegas like crazy people!!  We ran for 45 min up and down steps, in and out of crowds, and this was the best workout I had outside!!!! So much fun!!

Thursday night was our Studs and sequin party by the pool!! It was a great night and was able to spend lots of time with my coaches and friends!

my date to the party- One of my diamonds Andrea! 

I have been waiting forever to have this picture- MY BEACHBODY FAMILY! MY 2 cousins Melanie and Michael and sister in law Lauren! Love that my family is a part of Beachbody with me and we are promotion such a health lifestyle for our kids and other family members!!

Kaileigh, Andrea and I

My two cousins Michael and Melanie!

My sister in law and diamond coach Lauren and I with Autumn Calabrese from 21 day Fix

Melinda and I

Giving baby a little good luck rub!! ;)

They even had fireworks for us!! What a perfect way to end a great night!!

 Friday I had an opportunity to meet all the celebrity trainers with Beachbody who have made such a huge impact on not only my life, but my family and friends as well! It was so awesome to have time to actually see how they are in person! PS. They are just the same as they are in their videos!! ;)

In line for pics with my girls!!

Chalene Johnson and I

Shaun T and I

Tony Horton and I- Oh yea, we are pretty awesome together!

 One of my favorite sessions at summit was Daren Hardy, writer of Compound Effect which was my first Personal Development book I ever read! How awesome it was to actually see him in person!!
He actually was even more impressive than in his book and his book is amazing!!
He talks about failure and how you cannot let failure be a characteristic of who you are... Failure happens to everyone, even the most successful people! His childhood was full of failures, but that was only a perfect way to create who he is today- a successful person!  Turning failure into fun is how you over come your obstacles and weaknesses and turn them into strengths that one day you can look back and say "I DID IT" and "IM STRONGER BECAUSE OF THAT!"

I had to get a pic with my team and Shaun T!

Friday afternoon, I had the opportunity to share my PiYo results and transformation with beach body by having an interview and photo shoot to possible be in an infomercial for PiYo workout! How awesome would it be to see myself on TV?!?! AHHH!!! 

Some of My yummy meal while in Vegas- Salmon and steamed veggies!

Friday evening was our Star Diamond reception.  I actually had a contest for my coaches for whoever earned the most success club points in a two week period would earn a date with me to the party! My coach Michael won! It was so awesome walking into Chalene calling us over for a pic! 

Mel, Val, Alyssa, and I partying it up at the Star Diamond Reception!

 Saturday was another general session for all the coaches! We had lots of recognition and people on stage talking about their success as a coach and their stories behind their journey! It was so inspiring and really makes you think that anything is possible if you want something bad enough!
 Saturday morning, I was on stage for the first time in front of over 9,000 people to be recognized as an Elite coach! This is seriously an amazing feeling!! Hard work truly pays off!!

On stage to be recognized as a7 star diamond coach!

One of the best perks of being Elite was having my own seats saved for me with my name on it! Each general session, I was able to have a guest to enjoy VIP seating! I was able to take turns with my coaches who came with me! 

Alisha sat with me for our last general session! What a great experience!

This Summit experience was something that will stick with me forever!! Not only having my own team there was so special to me, but just seeing all the success and knowledge that was provided to me to help my business was so fulfilling! I am so thrilled to now utilize what was given to me into our coach basics trainings, and challenge groups to help my customers get the most of their journey so everyone can be successful at their goals!!
Its time to bring it up a notch and really expand our success to everyone, everywhere!!

If you have thought of becoming a health and fitness coach and love helping others while bringing home an income for your family, please fill out my coach application for a spot in my next coach basics training where you learn how to grow a successful business with my team FOREVER FIT!!

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