Here’s the thing. Right now, you can join Pinterest by invitation only. You can go to the site and request for an invite and I don’t know if there is a waiting list or what. Or you can be invited by someone. Well, the people at Pinterest gave me 100 invitations to give to my readers. Read on to find out what it is then go to the bottom of this post to find out how you can be invited to join.
My Bookmarking Problems
Here was my problem, I’m sure you have the same problem. I have 142 blogs I subscribe to in my RSS reader. That’s not including friends and families’ private blogs. And as I go through the unread posts on my reader, I find photos, tips, inspiration, tutorials or things that lead me to think of something else that I want to bookmark from the sites. I used to have this insanely long list of bookmarked posts in a folder on my web browser bookmark bar. The problem with that was it was hard for me to go back and find what I wanted when it’ only gives me the title of the post. I would have to go to the link to find out what it was that I bookmarked.
Then I moved from bookmark bar to Tumblr. That worked a bit better, but still not what I was looking for. Since Tumblr is in blog form, you have to scroll down or search for that one post I was looking for. The below image is of my Tumblr site.
How to Pin
Along came Pinterest to save the day. Pinterest has a bookmarklet, a button you add to your bookmark bar. Every time you are reading a post or on a site where you see something you want to bookmark, you click on that button on your bar and it pulls up all the images on that page. Click on the image you want to use for your pin and done. The image and the URL for that particular post or site that you just pinned have been added to your pin boards. You can add tags and categories and notes to it. Then it goes to your Pinterest account like this…
What’s a Pin Board?
Pin boards are like a virtual bulletin board where you pin images and ideas to with a thumb tack. Now think of it as having a different pin board for each category. For me, some of my pin boards/categories are I Wanna Purchase (my universal wishlist), I Wanna Make (tutorials of things I would love to make one day), I Wanna Home (home decorating ideas) and so forth.
It’s a Social Network Too
You can see other people’s boards and pins, like mine. You can follow people’s specific boards if you like their tastes or things they’ve posted there. Or you can follow all their boards. If you see something someone else pinned, you can like it and/or repin it onto your boards. You can comment on pins, you can email and share pins or boards with your friends and family. And they just added a new feature called collaboration. You and someone else can collaborate and pin things to the same board, similar to groups in Flickr or Facebook.
How to Join Pinterest
Now that you know about Pinterest, you want to join right? It’s quite fun. And it was the perfect solution for my bookmarking problem. I love it. I love the site’s clean design. Its user-friendly features. Visually inticing. I can find that post I was looking for so easily and quickly too. And in talking to people at Pinterest, they offer me 100 invitations for my readers. That’s right. The first 100 people who leaves a comment below and say something to the effect of “I wanna join Pinterest!” I’ll send you an invitation via email. I will try to get the invitations to you within a day of your request. If you haven’t heard from me, check your spam mail first to see if it might have gone to spam. If not, then email me or leave another comment.
Once you join Pinterest, follow my boards by going to my direct Pinterest site page. And then I’ll give you a few days to play around with it. Next week, I’ll be doing a Pinterest Party where we will all collaborate together on a board. So come on! Join in on the fun and participate in the Pinterest Party next week!
» Tell me… How do you organize your online bookmarks?
So cool! I want to join Pinterest!! Thanks for the chance!
Whoo hoo! I have SOO needed this for all the starred blogs I have in my reader. PLEASE send me an invite
I want to join!
Oh Yes please Tiffany!! I would love an invite to Pintrest. This is just the kind of site I have been looking for. Thank you!
Ooh, ooh!!! Me too! Looks exciting!
I wanna join Pinterest. This is awesome!
this is the kind of bookmarking i like..the use of a picture..cool..i would love an invite..thanks!
I want a Pintrest! I save quilting patterns free from the web but then it takes forever to find the one I’m looking for. And so many blogs. And gift making ideas. This would help me so much!
i have sent a Pinterest invitation to everyone who left a comment from Susan and above. check your emails!
“I wanna join please”
this sounds like exactly what i am looking for too. i would love to join and try it out! thanks!
Would love an invite! Thanks for the opportunity it is very much appreciated~Happy Monday!
“I wanna join Pintrest!”
- Danielle
i’ve been scouring the web looking for something exactly like this, and this would be amazing! I WANNA JOIN PINTREST!!
I soo need to join Pintrest!!
Oh wow! This looks amazing!! I would love a chance to be able to join this site, it would make me feel so much more organized!!
Thanks Tiffany!
everyone from Chelsea and up should have gotten an invite. check your email!
I have been using the “star” feature in my google reader, but there is absolutely no organization to that at all! I would love an invite!
Yes, I would love to join! I wondered how other people manage all the cool things they find–I’ve been emailing myself lists, but a virtual inspiration board is way cooler. Not to mention more practical.
Love this! Invite please! : )
Yahoo just what I need.
This sounds really cool. Much better than my current (and totally unreliable) method of storing it all in my noggin. Yeah!!!!!!!
ooo this sounds perfect for my bookmarking addiction! Thanks
This is awesome and just what I need!! I’ve got TONS of confusing bookmarks … I wanna join Pinterest!! Pretty please
Hey Tiffany, that sounds perfect for me too! Gracias!
Sounds great – do you use stumbleupon? I’m wondering which one is bigger/better/the cat’s meow, etc. etc.! Hmmm.
I would like an invite, please! This looks like exactly what I have been looking for!!