Pinterest and ThePlanetD
We’ve been kicking ourselves for not jumping on the Pinterest bandwagon sooner. Last October we were told about Pinterest by the energetic, inspiring blogger Prudent Baby who we met in Mexico. She said, “Sign up now. It drives more traffic to my site than anything.” It’s a great way to discover new content and create a new network of online friends. We eagerly listened to her advice and when we returned home, we signed up for Pinterest. However, we made the grave mistake of not working at Pineterst and eventually let it fall into the pile of “we’ll get to it one day” tasks.
It really was a mistake that I wish we didn’t make. Dave takes some really amazing photos and if we would have jumped on the bandwagon sooner, we could have caught the wave.
However, it’s never too late to get started!
At the beginning of 2012 we made the commitment to re-visit Pinterest and are slowly dabbling away with pinning our favourite photos.
How To Pin.
To join Pinterest you can Sign up for an Invite here, or leave a comment below and we can invite you instead. That will save you a few days of waiting for Pinterest to get back to you and we’ll be instant friends. Once you’ve joined Pinterest and created an account, the best way to share photos from websites that you like, is to install the ”Pin It” button on your tool bar. When you find yourself at a site with a photo that you want to share, you can simply Pin it.
Now, here is where the controversy comes in. There have been many complaints about copyright issues with pinning other peope’s photos and apparently Pinterest has all rights to your photographs. We have heard that the person who pins the photograph in the first place can be held liable. So, we are giving a strong warning to only share photographs on Pinterest with people who have given you permission. You can read more about the Pinerest and copyright here.
“I look at is as, if someone has the “Pin It” button on their site, it announces that they are open to being pinned.”
We Give you Permission
We are happy to have our photos shared on Pinterest. We like to attract new readers and fans of travel and we love browsing and sharing other people’s travel photos, (and I personally love showing off Dave’s shots) So if someone wants to share one of our photos with their network, we say go ahead! We’ve even added some photos from our favourite recent posts that you might find interesting to pin at the end of this post.
Our Pinterest account is ThePlanetD
Make sure you leave your Pinterest account in the comments so we can follow and pin your stuff too!
ThePlanetD on Pinterest
We have several boards on Pinterest from Photography We Love to A Day in the Life.
One feature that we like very much is the fact that you can invite your fellow Pinteresters (is that what we call them?) to be a part of a board and you can all share photos and videos about the same subject. We have people contributing to The World is Just Awesome and wow, people have added some amazing photographs. We’re happy to be invited and pin away on your boards to so feel free to add us! If you’d like to join a board with us just let us know below.
Digg Digg
Our Digg Digg Social Sharing Bar
One of the problems that we’ve found with our social sharing plugin “digg digg” is that the Pinterest pin doesn’t give people the option to pin the photo that they desire. It only automatically posts our featured photo. This is where the “Pin It” button on your toolbar comes in handy. You can easily pin whichever photo you like from any article or blog post. However, it is still very important to travel bloggers to install their own “pin it” pin for those people that don’t have the button installed on their Firefox, Chrome or Safari toolbar. You want to make things as simple as possible for your readers to share your content.
I look at is as, if someone has the “Pin It” button on their site, it announces that they are open to being pinned. So we are happy to leave it up there and let people pin our posts as their hearts desire.
Are you on Pinterest? Share your account below and we’ll be sure to follow and pin with you. Once again our Pinterest account is ThePlanetD
So while we’re here we thought we would leave you with a few photos from some of our recent photo story posts to get you started pinning!
Enjoy
Original Post, Egypt a Photographic Journey
Original Post – The Ominous Deception Island in Antarctica
Humpback Whale Breaching in Antarctica
Original Post – Astana City at Night
Original Post – Picture Perfect Portraits, Children of the World
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I’ve been waiting for an invite from Pinterest for over 3 weeks now. It would be fantastic if you could invite me! Love your photos by the way!
Will send it over to you now, cheers.
Got it! That was real quick! Thanks a million. Can’t wait to pin stuff up
Awesome. Make sure to send us a message so we can follow your stuff once you are all set up.
Great explanation about Pinterest. Here’s another tip – just like most of social media – concentrate on pinning other bloggers and photographers and even the general public’s photos rather than your own stuff. Also don’t forget to comment on your pins. All of this increases the conversation and the number of followers that you will attract, introducing your blog to a new audience.
That is a great addition Donna, thanks for adding that. You are so right. Social media is about being social and interactive. We all have to make sure that we interact with others and not only pin our own stuff. Super advice! Cheers.
I like pinterest, although it does require some careful monitoring of my feed to ensure I get to see what I enjoy rather than an endless array of shoes. Not, of course, that there is anything wrong with shoes, but the ones on display are normally not my style
Lozula on Pinterest 
I love Pinterest! I create boards for itineraries of our upcoming trips. Find us: http://pinterest.com/jdombstravels/
Thanks for sharing Jennifer. You have some great boards and we’ve followed them. Super to meet you and looking forward to pinning with you!
I’ve recently started using pinterest (seems to be easier to get the hang of than stumble upon). Here’s my account if you want to follow me : http://pinterest.com/acoupletraveler/
Thanks Vicky, you are right. It is definitely very easy to get the hang of and it seems to be all the rage these days. We followed your boards. thanks for sharing!
You’ve got to be kidding me with those photos – they’re amazing! I can’t believe I actually know someone who takes photos like that. :p
Ridiculous, kiddos (in a good way).
Pinterest is super addictive and great to see you are on the bandwagon. Also appreciate that you are willing to share your photos. Oftentimes if the photographer or source is not credited in the comments, I go back to the source and add it to the comments when I repin. I’ve also found some great additional content that way as well. Love sharing and love giving credit where it is due. My account: http://pinterest.com/hilarycantor/
Thanks Hillary. That is some great advice about going to the source in the comments. Thanks for sharing the information! Heading over to your account right now. Cheers.
Thanks for the post, but I’m already following your account! The Tortuga Backpacks account is http://pinterest.com/tortugabackpack/. For anyone new to Pinterest, we also wrote up a guide for travelers: http://blog.tortugabackpacks.com/pinterest-travel/.
Thanks Fred, I checked out your boards and they’re great. Following you now too! Cheers.
Hi Dave & Deb!
We’ve shared quite a bit of your experiences in Antarctica on our Pinterest account – wonderful work and gorgeous pics and video!
http://pinterest.com/quarkexp/
Hey Guys! Thanks for stopping by! I’ll check out your pinterest account for sure. The things you learn. We didn’t even know Quark had one until right now:) Cheers guys. Heading over to have a look.
Thanks for the invite link. I’ve heard so much about pinterest, looking forward to finally using it. Hope you don’t mind if I use your inboards for ideas.
Of course Sue, You can gladly use our boards and make sure to connect with us. Did you leave your Pinterest account? If you want to be invited directly, we can do that too. I think it is faster if someone invites you rather than using the link. Cheers.
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I’m just getting started with Pinterest, but I love photography so it seems like fun. I just followed you, I’m AliGarland.
We too have to work harder on Pinterest. It is an amazing way to find incredible photographs.
Love looking at your photo’s…amazing shots…not sure what I’ll do with pinterest but is looks interesting.
I would love to join your group:) Those pictures are outstanding! Just amazing.
OK, I’ll be sure to invite you! We’d love to have you as part of our group. What is your Pinerest account so others can follow you too!
I’m already following you on Pinterest, but would love to be added to your “The World Is Just Awesome” board. I love collective boards and there’s some great photos there.
You got it Laurel. As soon as we are back from Kayaking and have proper Internet we’ll add you to the group.
Hi guys:
I just started reading about Pinterest today. Technology scares me! haha. Please send me an invite. Thanks so much for the offer! Don’t know why I didn’t see this post earlier!
James
Maybe this post will inspire me to get on Pinterest too!! Nice informative post.
Yes Pinterest is getting huge
Easy to use though be careful of marketeers placing affiliate links on your boards
Superb photos
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