3 Genius Ways To Make Money on Pinterest

With 250 million people using Pinterest every month, and above 80% of those users are female,

are you one of those moms who go to Pinterest for every DIY craft project, every baking recipe or cooking recipe? Or have you been sharing your beautiful centerpiece display that you create on Pinterest, or show off a crochet scarf you did, or a proud dish you made….

You might or might not even realized just how much time you spend on Pinterest.

Did you ever wonder why do all these people sharing all these stuff on Pinterest?

What if I can show you 3 genius ways to make money on Pinterest, would you want to learn?

Is it possible to make money on Pinterest?

This question might be running through your head right now. If you are anything like my girlfriends who likes to cook, bake, make up and fashion spend hours on Pinterest. If you love (ok, maybe just maybe are slightly addicted to) Pinterest, why not get paid for it?

There are so many ways to make money on Pinterest that might surprise you. Some of them don’t even required you to have a blog or website!

Ready to learn?

Get yourself some paper and pen, and let’s get down to business.

#1. Use Pinterest for Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate Marketing is one of the easiest and most straightforward ways to make money on Pinterest.

What is affiliate marketing?

Affiliate Marketing is simply an arrangement where you promote other people’s products online and  earn a commission if someone makes a purchase using your unique affiliate link. Affiliate Marketing is a great way to earn money recommending products you already use and love. If you want to learn more about what is affiliate marketing be sure to check on my video about affiliate marketing.

There are two ways you can pin affiliate links on Pinterest.

The simplest way is by pinning product images directly to Pinterest using your affiliate link. This is a great strategy if you are promoting physical products, such as clothing, accessories, home decor, etc. You can use an affiliate network like Shopstyle or RewardStyle for this. Both networks have a feature where you can pin product images to Pinterest using your affiliate link – easy!

Another strategy is creating your own Pinterest graphics to promote the product you’re an affiliate for. This works better for digital products such as ebooks, online courses, etc. You can use a free design program like Canva or Wordswag App if you prefer to use your phone to create the graphics, and then just pin them using your affiliate link.
Either way, you decide to do it, be sure to utilize the pin description to write a few sentences about the product you are promoting, and pin it to relevant Pinterest boards with good, keyword names.

#2 Sell your own products

This strategy is similar to affiliate marketing on Pinterest, except instead of just earning a percentage commission on sales, you will be able to keep all the profits with your own products. You can choose to sell either physical products or digital products such as ebooks, online courses, templates, printables, etc. I personally recommend digital products, because there’s less work involved (aside from the upfront of work of crating the product) and you don’t have to worry about carrying inventory, shipping, return, etc.

There are many ways you can sell your product. You can use a platform like Etsy, Shopify, Thinkfic, your own membership site or you can sell your product on your own blog or website. The most direct way to sell your own products on Pinterest is by pinning product image and graphics that lead straight to the sales page for your product. With Pinterest introducing new “shoppable”pin, this can be a great way to make sales. An indirect but overall more valuable way to make sure is by using Pinterest to grow your email list, then promote your offer to your email subscribers. This strategy is more likely to turn one-time customers into repeat customers and will allow you to keep in touch with your customers.

#3 Become a Pinterest VA to make money

If you love Pinterest, and have a good understand on how to use Pinterest, why not get paid to help other with their Pinterest accounts?

That’s exactly what you will as a Pinterest Virtual Assistant. A Virtual assistant (or VA) is a person who helps clients such as brands or bloggers with business tasks like social media management, email management, support team, content creation, etc. and yes, many VA specialize solely in Pinterest management or Facebook management. Pinterest VA help clients manage their Pinterest marketing.

As a Pinterest VA, there are many tasks you might be required to handle.

Here are just a few common tasks you might work on as Pinterest VA:

• Pinning new content from the client’s website to Pinterest

• Writing pin descriptions for new content

• Creating Pinterest graphics for the client

• Securing Pinterest group board invitations for the client

• Scheduling content using a tool like Tailwind

• Optimizing the client’s Pinterest profile.

In order to be successful as a Pinterest VA, you should have a good grasp of Pinterest marketing best practice and knowledge of scheduling program such as Tailwind and design programs like Canva or Wordswage. Pinterest VAs can expect to earn anywhere from $25-$50+ hour depending on skill level and expertise.

And there you have it 3 genius ways to make money on Pinterest. No matter which way you want to go with be sure to do your research and find something that fit your schedule and financial need.