Why Your Pinterest Pins Are Invisible to Gift Shoppers | Laura Rike

For about eight weeks a year, the person typing into Pinterest stops being the person who ends up with the thing you sell. Pinterest's own men's trends report put numbers on it, and Laura walks through how to find who is searching your category and close the gap without rewriting your shop. 

Key Takeaways:

• Gifting Season Breaks the Link: For ten months a year, the woman who wants the linen apron is the one searching for it. In November she is the one who gets it, and her sister, her husband, or her coworker is doing the typing.

• Pinterest Put Numbers On It: Gen Z men now account for more than 62% of all male monthly searches on Pinterest, up about 17% year over year. Charcuterie board design is up around 390%.

• Three Free Places to Find Your Buyer: Audience insights filtered to last October through December, the autocomplete under your search bar before you hit enter, and saves against outbound clicks on the same pin.

• Read Your Copy as the Person Paying: "Handmade walnut serving board, food safe finish" names the owner. "Housewarming gift for the friend who hosts everything" names the buyer. Same page, two completely different searches.

• Build the Second Door: The pin that is ranking has months of history attached to it, so leave it alone. Build a new pin to the same page with a new image, title, and first line that names the occasion and the recipient. 

Mentioned:Ep 58: Pinterest Boards Ep 63: Pinterest Trends 

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The host of The Pintastic® Podcast is Laura Rike, a Pinterest strategist with 15+ years of marketing experience who helps proven businesses add Pinterest as a strategic acquisition channel. She specializes in diversification from platform dependency and social media burnout, turning Pinterest into the channel that scales without the daily content hamster wheel.

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