The Power of Pinterest

Pinterest has become one of the fastest growing social networks of all time. 15% of American Internet users are on Pinterest, that’s only one percent less then the 16% of American users on twitter. 

If you’re not familiar with Pinterest or how it works, I will explain briefly, it allows you to create and manage themed photo and video collections and share them with your friends and other connections. Even though the majority of Pinterest users are women, it attracts a diverse age demographics. Pinterest allows you to do all the same things you do on any other social media platform but is more visual. Pinterst allows you to “like” and comment boards, “follow” friends, “pin” and “re-pin” content to their own board, and share photo and video content. 

Now Pinterest isn’t all fun and games, It actually can allow you to boost your website traffic by adding an embedded share buttons on your webpage. By adding the "pin-it" button to your web page will encourage your visitors to share your visual content on Pinterest. Have you ever thought to add Pinterst to your blog page along with Twitter and Facebook? Well, I think it’s a great idea to use this visual social network to captivate a wider audience. Remember, the key to Pinterest is to create inventive and exciting themes for your “pin-boards”.

  If your still not convinced to use pinterest for business , I came across this infographic that gives you a close up look as to why Pinterest is great for business. Forbes also released an article called “5 reasons Pinterest is a Must for Business Marketers” .

Brianna Bradford

Potato Parties: the social media is hungry for more

I saw this article and immediately had to find out more. “Potato parties” are the new social media trend in Asia. It began last fall in Japan when McDonalds ran a special on fries and kids took advantage of the deal and posted their feast to Instagram, however as the trend is spreading to South Korea, kids are being reprimanded for their stunts. 

A Potato party is essentially a group of friends going into a fast food establishment (Usually McDonalds) and ordering as many French fries as possible, then dumping the food onto the table, for the perfect Instagram post, and proceeding to feast on their cholesterol drenched meal. While restaurant employees are enraged by the new trend that has swept social media, this is not the first fast food inspired social media stunt. 

Don’t you remember “Coning” (going through a drive-thru ordering an icecream cone and picking it up by the ice cream before driving away), or even the mythical Chipotle “Quesorito”( a quesadilla wrapped around a burrito)? Youtube and Instagram are encouraging teens to perform food related social media stunts in order to get attention and avoid boring hours spent simply loitering. With the new trending line “pics or it didn’t happen,” social media is driving kids to make potato history and irritate restaurant employees in the process. 

Do you think social media is to blame for "potato parties"?

Posted By Stefani Hermann