A Look at Buffer's New Connectivity to Pinterest

Take advantage of all the great things already in Buffer such as app integrations and browser extensions.

Then create a posting schedule the way you would any other account and you’re ready to go.

Connect to Pinterest the same way you connect any other account.

Pinterest in Buffer

See more detail in our blog post here.

It took us less than 10 minutes to get connected and get our initial schedule configured!

Pinterest doesn’t allow redirected or shortened URLs for the image source. Disable any link

shortener associated with your Pinterest

connection. Select No Shortening

option

Pinning From Buffer

Select Pinterest for a post

Select a board to post to

Buffer can only post to one board at a

time. In fact, Buffer will often block you if you try to create the exact post a second

time.

1. Drag an image for the board onto the post, or browse to find one.

2. Then add the source URL, and type text to go with your image.

3. Finally schedule the post just like any other post in in Buffer.

Select a board to post to

Pin Text

Board image will be pinned

toAdd /

change image

Scheduling options

Add image source URL

Image that will be pinned

Pinnng From The WebBuffer’s browser extension allows

posting to Pinterest from

the Web. Buffer the Image

Buffer automatically

pulls in the text to go with the image and adds the URL.

Select Pinterest account & board

Pinning From PinterestSelect Pin it button then select the

Buffer icon

2 WaysSelect Buffer icon

Pinterest AnalyticsBuffer offers

excellent per post analytics for

Pinterest content.View posts analytics

Sort results

You can rebuffer

directly froma post.

View Buffer’s analysis of your

pins.

Comparison of pins / day

versus repins

Sort by Repins, Likes, Comments

Activity on your pins

Buffers Insights

provide more data for

Pinterest.

Total of New

followers

Activity Trends

Buffer shows activity in a nice

summary view that shows relevant

engagement stats

Summary Information

View average Repins, Likes or Comments

View posts that got the best engagement

Tailwind made their name on analytics.

Tailwind’s app and browser extension make posting and content curation as easy as Buffer.

Buffer’s post analytics are as good as Tailwinds at surfacing repins, comments, and likes.

When you get beyond per-post analytics, Tailwind really shines.

Comparison between Buffer and Tailwind

A look at the Tailwind Board Analytics

A look at the Tailwind Domain Monitoring

A look at the Tailwind the Pin Inspector

A look at the Tailwind Suggested Posting Times

• We recently purchased an annual Tailwind Plus subscription, but if Buffer had released this update 2 months ago we would have gone with Buffer and used Pinterest Analytics.

• We'd like to use Buffer for scheduling and post analytics, but would be reluctant to give up Tailwind's analytics.

• We would like integration similar to the one SocialBro and Buffer have for Twitter. We could use Buffer for scheduling, and Tailwind for more detailed analysis and posting schedule configuration.

Conclusion

See our full blog post on Pinterest in Buffer here.

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