In short, to promote ClickBank Products on Pinterest you are going to need a free Pinterest account to create Pins and boards with the most appropriate or related keywords of the products you are planning on promoting. You will also need a free ClickBank affiliate account, a landing page with an opt-in form, or a button with your affiliate link that sends the traffic from Pinterest directly to the sales page of the offer.
It is that simple but if you miss a step and don’t get any of these crucial steps am going to outline then you are not going to have any success with Pinterest.
An important thing to keep in mind is that with ClickBank offers, you need to average at least 100 visitors to your hoplink To make a decent amount of money. It’s a numbers game.
With that said let me show you how to promote ClickBank Products on Pinterest step by step.
Why Use Pinterest with ClickBank Offers?
Pinterest on average gets about 1.2 billion monthly visits according to Similarweb.
It is ranked as the third-largest search engine but what makes this platform different from others is that its results are visual. (This is going to be of help later on in this article so keep reading)
Pinterest Traffic has the lowest bounce rate with Quora in second place. The users on Pinterest are most female and this means that products, courses or what ever you are selling should have interest on this platform.
If you don’t do your research if your niche has an audience on Pinterest then you are going to fail even before you start.
On average Pinterest users visit more pages (about 4-5 pages) on any site than any other traffic source. This is because they have no specific idea in mind , so you presenting a solution and a few alternatives would be of help to them.
An Important metric to keep in mind is that most Pinterest users are worth about $50 -$60 in average order value.
Now imagine getting in-front of such an audience that needs guidance. You can profit and help them as well.
Pinterest works so well because most affiliates don’t ever use it. Most ClickBank affiliates are lazy and want quick results. That’s why they are over on Google, Youtube and Facebook running ads.
So this gives you an edge to shine over the competition.
You can literally get cheap clicks for as low as CA$0.31 as per my most recent campaign. This however doesn’t guarantee that the Click through rate will be high.
Pinterest is a visual platform so if you are to run any ad campaign then you need to create visually appealing pins that standout from the competition.
This can be created easily using a free web tool Canva. So make your pins click-worthy not Clickbait as your ads won’t get approved. Your pins must be interesting to get the click.
Hope now you understand why it is called Pinterest.
So now that you have learnt the potential of Pinterest, lets get creating some pins.
We are going to work backwards which will make sense later on.
Go to Pinterest and create a business account if you have an account already you can convert it to a business account in the settings tab.
If you are still doubting the power of interest then let me show you something funny.
I created my personal Pinterest Profile added a few pins to it and I got 53 impressions in the first 10 days.
This is something you never see when doing free traffic on google.
Trust me by the time am writing this article I get no traffic to my blog from google most of my traffic I had to work for is from Medium, Quora, and News aggregator websites.
If you want to learn more about this then you can download the free cheat-sheet about my Best free Untapped traffic sources here
Before We start Here is a list of the best performing niches to consider Getting into according to Pinterest.
Home decor 69%
Diy and crafts 59%
Art 56%
Entertainment 54%
Education 54%
Food and drinks 51%
Womens fashion 47%
Beauty 47%
Sport 36%
Design 36%
travel 33%
Health 32%
Gardening 31%
Event planning 31%
Wedding 28%
Electronics 28%
Parenting 22%
Quotes20%
Animals 17%
Architecture 15%
Vehicles 13%
Men’s fashion 12%
Finance 4%
Children’s fashion.
Important Metrics Concerning Pinterest
| Metric | Updated definition |
|---|---|
| Impressions | The number of times your Pins were on screen |
| Engagements | The total number of engagements on your Pins, including clicks and saves |
| Pin clicks (formerly Closeups) | The total number of clicks on your Pin to content on or off of Pinterest |
| Outbound clicks (formerly Link clicks) | The total number of clicks to the destination URL associated with your Pin |
You need to know all those important metrics to succeed on Pinterest. So Once you have an idea of what this all means then you will understand your analytics better on the platform.
How To Optimize Your Pinterest Account For Traffic Generation?
Profile
Most people often will overlook this but is important as it helps Pinterest and users figure out what your brand is all about…
So how do you do this it is simple and takes a few minutes, In the settings>Edit Profile and you can add a few keywords in your bio. These can be keywords your audience directly searches in the search bar.
After you have added those keywords as many as possible then go ahead and Claim your website. This is important as it helps your Brand and Profile stand out.
This is often overlooked and most accounts that get Traffic from Pinterest have a claimed Website.
After Your website is claimed it will appear on your profile with a check mark and people can directly visit your website via your Profile as well.
If you don’t have a website its very affordable to get started with one.
You can get a decently Plan using my referral link Here
After Claiming your website if you can’t afford a website then you can use a landing page made with Convertkit and I have a video here that explains how to create one.
In this very video I also explain how to use Pinterest for Traffic generation.
After adding your Landing page to your bio then you can move on to customize your account furthermore.
About Section
Similar to the Profile you will need to add a few keywords and if the desktop version doesn’t allow you to add these keywords then you can switch over to the mobile app and add your keywords here as well.
Boards
When I got started with Pinterest I had no idea what I was doing so I just created as many boards as possible with titles but no descriptions. With this, you get to add up to 500 words.
Include relevant keywords, variations, and other closely related keywords if you have no idea you can use the search feature in Pinterest to find these keywords.
Consider adding a board cover as well to make it pop and sstand out even more.
Pins
Create regular pins and add descriptions with your target keywords then save them to the most relevant board.
As I had explained earlier you should focus on creating pins that capture the interest of the scroller. Some creators use pointers or gifs or anything that stands out from the competition.
In 2021, the Platform is pushing video pins and so this means it is a great time to jump on this a soon as possible.
You should also consider applying for story pins and add descriptions to your video pins as well as you would do to the static pins.
What makes a Pin go Viral on Pinterest?
Pinterest is an interest based platform your pins need to stand out from the rest of the pins.
How do you stand out you may ask, It is important to study the search results on all the pins that are ranking for a specific keyword you want to rank for.
Find out what the rest of the Pinterest creators are not doing, which theme are they all using. and try to create what is not already existing.
This can be done by using different colors, text overlays, images. This will greatly set you off for success
Give your potential visitor a reason to click. With this you can use testimonial like images, results you have achieved, what makes you different.
Hope you are trying to connect all the dots.
Pinterest is really pushing for new content and it is important to create pins that haven’t been created before each time you create.
You can simply search up your target keyword on Pinterest and look at all the pins that are ranking, how can you make what is ranking even better.
This will help you out even more. You will create better pins that way.
Experiment with different headlines, Pinterest is going a hard platform to crack if you keep spamming the same headlines, descriptions that link to the same URL.
You need to test, and if you land on headlines that are getting you more saves and clicks then you just model that and scale it up.
Focus on getting outbound link clicks on Pinterest rather than more monthly impressions. The monthly impressions is nothing if you are not getting people to click over to your website.
If you want to drive traffic to that affiliate landing page then you are going to need to create more pins rather than inforgraphics.
Stay away from Inforgraphics and create more of static pins, these get a lot of engagement but little to no clicks at all.
All the information the visitors needs is already on the inforgraphic so they even don’t need to click. So an easy way around this is to create teaser inforgraphics.
These give a few points about the topic then ask the visitor to click to learn more.
Infographics go viral easily because they got a lot of repins, shares but it is important to ensure that your inforgraphics get outbound clicks to your affiliate links/ landers.
So this is the strategy on how you are going to succeed with Pinterest and ClickBank products.
Choose a niche and create a free business account with Pinterest.
Fill out your profile, claim your site if you have one or add a link to your opt-in form or landing page.
Create boards and add titles and descriptions with your focus keywords in them. This will help your boards rank for these keywords as well.
Create pins and ensure you create those that stand out from those in the search results.
Create regular pins daily and you can always schedule your pins ahead of time. However, it is important to at least manually login into your account and create one pin each day despite being able to schedule all your pins.
This will let the Pinterest platform know you are really engaging on the platform and it will reward you in return.
Most people think scheduling will help them do the work on autopilot but it is hurting your account in the long run.
To schedule your pins, you can choose from the two best schedulers I recommend that is Planoly and Tailwind.
Each of these has an advantage over the other. Planoly allows you 30 pins scheduled each month for free lifetime but has limited features.
It is good when starting out but I don’t recommend it in the long run as it lacks some features like the Tailwind Tribes which can really push your traffic over the roof.
Tailwind has a free trial but you will find it better as it has more features like the smart loop, ability to join tailwind tribes and my best feature posting all your scheduled pins at the best times your audience is likely to engage with these new pins.
If you are interested in Tailwind you can get a free trial and start pinning at the best times possible.
You can read this comparison of Tailwind vs Planoly article for the best features and help you make a better decision.
Hope this was helpful and you learnt the power of Pinterest with Clickbank. By the end of this article you should have learnt how to promote ClickBank Products on Pinterest with 100% free traffic.