Pinterest Tips That Will Blow You Away!

You may have already guessed this, but I love everything about Pinterest!  I love finding fun craft projects to try, delicious recipes to make, new books to read, inspirational home decorating ideas, and new ways to clean and organize.  I also love discovering new ways to use Pinterest and I love sharing what I've learned with others because I know there are other pin junkies out there who love Pinterest as much as I do!  So, today I'm sharing some new features that Pinterest recently introduced and how easy it is to use them.  Once you know about these neat tips, they might just make your life (or at least your life on social media) a little easier!  

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How To Move Pins
I've previously written about how important it is to keep your Pinterest boards organized and Pinterest has made organizing and moving pins a lot easier.  Now you can move up to 50 pins at a time from one board to another and it's super easy!

To move pins:

1.  Click on a Pinterest board to open it.

2.  Click the "move pins" button.  Three red buttons will pop up with the options to move, copy or delete.
3.  Select the pins you want to move.  Click the red "move" button and select the board you want to move the pins to.

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How To Search Pins
Have you ever pinned a great idea only to have a hard to finding it later when you really needed it?  You can now search your pins to find exactly what you're looking for quickly and easily!

To search only your pins:
1.  Type your search in the search bar.
2.  You'll immediately get pins that match your search. 
3.  Click the "your pins" button to limit the search to only things pinned on your boards.

You can also search all of Pinterest.  A while back I wrote about Pinterest smart feed and one of the positive aspects of smart feed is that it makes searching for ideas and topics on Pinterest so much easier.

To search for something on all of Pinterest: 
1.  Type your search in the search bar.
2.  You'll immediately get pins that match your search.
3.  Click on a category at the top of the page to narrow and refine your search.

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How To Invite Pinners
Now it's even easier to invite someone to pin to any one of your boards.  Use the "invite" button to invite pinners to a board and instantly turn that board into a group board!

1.  Click on a Pinterest board to open it.

2.  Click the red "invite" button.

3.  Select a person to invite to pin on the board and the board will automatically change to a group board!

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How To Embed a Board
Suppose you mention a particular Pinterest board in a blog post and you want to show readers what the board is about.  Or maybe you want to encourage people to follow a particular board.   It's now really easy to embed a Pinterest board in a blog post and you can do it with the click of one button!

1.  Click on a Pinterest board to open it.

2.  Click the " . . . " button.
3.  A box will open with code that you can copy and paste into your blog post.

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How To Change The Size of Boards
This is a really neat trick!  Did you know there is a way to make boards appear smaller on the screen so you can see more boards at once and you don't have to do all that scrolling up and down?

Yes, there is!  Hold the SHIFT key and (+) key at the same time to make boards bigger.   Hold the SHIFT key and (-) key at the same time to make boards smaller.  Making the boards smaller really helps when you have a lot of boards and want to fit more on the screen.  I like to use this feature when moving a board to a new location.

 Here's what my boards look like normally.  I can only see about a dozen at a time.

This is what my boards look like after I've hit the SHIFT key and (-) key three times.

The boards are minimized and I can see more boards at once!

I hope you found these Pinterest tips and tricks helpful!   

You can find even more Pinterest info and tips here!