
#1 Make the most of the Business Name field in your Pinterest profile

#2 Add a professional photo or a logo as your Pinterest profile photo
I see lots of people adding snapshots of themselves or a photo of the product they sell as their profile photo on Pinterest. These types of photos don’t help put your best foot forward though. Instead, I recommend a professional photo of your smiling face which helps people connect with you or I recommend adding your logo.
Going with one of these options will help show that you’re a professional business on Pinterest and will help give you a better level of expertise. If you go with your logo make sure the look and color are similar to everywhere else your brand is represented online. This will help build brand recognition as people find you across social media and your website.
#3 Add your website URL to your Pinterest profile
This one seems like a no-brainer but I often see people forget to add their website to their profile. Make sure people have a way to find out more about you. If you haven’t yet, make sure to purchase your custom URL and use that like I’ve done in the Handmade Journey profile with handmadejourney.com.
A custom URL helps brand your business and looks more professional than say an Etsy URL or a wordpress.com URL. You can redirect the custom URL wherever you like. Just make sure you’re sending people to your main online presence.
#4 Tell customers how you can help them in the description
When you go to write your description make sure you tell your customer how your business will benefit them in the first part. Whether you sell a product or a service you are helping people. But you’ve gotta be really concise because you can only fit 160 characters in the description.
Tell people who you help and what you help them with. For my Handmade Journey description I say “Helping Etsy sellers turn their craftiness into sales”. It tells people really quickly who I help and what I can help them with.
#5 Add a link to a freebie in the description
In the second part of your description you want to include a freebie to try to get people who see your profile onto your mailing list. I include a little bit about what the freebie is and a link to the freebie. The link won’t be clickable so I try to make it as short as possible. You can use bit.ly if needed to help make the link shorter. In my Handmade Journey profile I’m giving my followers a PDF guide but you can get creative here.
Some examples of what you can create as a freebie are printables, checklists, discount coupon codes, how-to guides, free gifts with purchase, etc. The ultimate goal is to get people off of Pinterest and onto your email list so you can market to them in the future so definitely, don’t skip this step.