Publishing on Pinterest

Publishing on Pinterest

Creating a Pin

Once your Pinterest account is connected, you can create posts to be published immediately, or schedule them for a specific date and time. You can also schedule posts in bulk.

To create a pin
  1. Click New Post from the menu bar at the top of your screen.
  2. Click the Pinterest icon and select a Board where you want to publish the post. You can also create a new board.

  3. To create a new board:
    1. Click + Create a new board.
    2. Enter the Board name in the Create Pinterest board popup.
    3. Select the checkbox to keep the board visible only to you and your collaborators.
    4. Click Save.

  4. Draft the content in the Publishing Window.
  5. Click the Image icon to attach an image to the post. You can attach from the desktop, media library, Google Drive, Zoho Workdrive, Box, OneDrive, Dropbox, or Evernote, or design an image on Canva.
  6. Click the Pinterest Posting Options icon and add the Title, Source, and ALT text. Click Add.

  7. Click the Emoji icon to include emojis to the post.
  8. Click the Alt Text icon to add an alternate text to the image.
  9. Click Publish Now to publish the post right away on Pinterest.
Note:
The image uploaded to the post must satisfy the following conditions:
  1. Only one image can be attached for a post
  2. The maximum file size of the image can be 20MB
  3. The dimensions of the image must be 1000 x 1500 pixel

Schedule a Pin

Once the content and the Pinterest posting options are updated, you can choose to schedule the post at a specific date and time, or add the post to the queue. Read More: Scheduling Posts
 
Schedule for a specific date: This option lets you select a specific date and time when the post has to be published. You can also choose to repeat the post every week or month until a specified date. Read More: Repeating Posts

 
Add to Queue: This lets you follow a consistent schedule for publishing your posts at regular intervals. You can specify fixed time slots for the days of the week when you want the content to be published. When this option is selected, the post will be scheduled for the next available time slot. Read More: Scheduling posts with CustomQ 


Schedule multiple Pins together

Zoho Social lets you schedule multiple posts to a board in your Pinterest account in one go. The data can be uploaded as a .CSV, .XLS, or .XLSX file. The images in the post have to be in the form of public URLs. You can add multiple images to the file in different columns, such as IMAGE URL 1, IMAGE URL2, and so on. The file has to be in the following format:


To bulk schedule pins
  1. Click the drop-down next to New Post button and select Bulk Schedule.
  2. Click the Pinterest icon and select a Board where you want to publish the post. You can also create a new board.
  3. Click Browse File and select the file from your device.

  4. Click Schedule. 

Save Pin as draft

When the pin is not finalized, you can still add it to Zoho Social and save it as a draft.

To save a pin as draft
  1. Click New Post from the menu bar at the top.
  2. Click the Pinterest icon and select a Board where you want to publish the post. You can also create a new board.
  3. Draft the content in the Publishing Window and schedule the post for a specific date and time.
  4. Click Save Draft.

View Pins

You can view published posts, scheduled posts, unpublished posts, posts awaiting approval, and drafts from the Posts tab. Select the Pinterest icon to filter posts published in Pinterest. You can also view all the posts in the Calendar.
  1. Published Post: Displays the list of all the posts published in Pinterest.
  2. Scheduled Post: Displays the list of all the posts scheduled to be published.
  3. Unpublished Posts: Displays the list of posts that were failed to be published.
  4. Drafts: Displays the list of all the posts that are incomplete.

Delete a Pin

You can delete the pin that you have published from the Posts tab.
 
To delete a pin
  1. Go to the Posts tab and select the Pinterest icon.
  2. Select the post that you want to delete and click the More icon.
  3. Click Delete from the Menu.

Delete a Board

You can delete a board that you have in Pinterest. This deletes all the pins that are part of the board.
 
To delete a board
  1. Go to the Posts tab and select the Pinterest icon.
  2. Select a Board from the Boards drop down list.
  3. Click Delete Board. 


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