Pinterest Board Basics: How to create amazing Pinterest boards to pin your pins to

Strong Pinterest boards are the foundation of any working Pinterest strategy. This means that you either have to be a member of great Pinterest group boards, which can be quite tricky to find and join, or you can follow certain steps to create your own powerful Pinterest boards for your pins to go to.

There are a couple of things to keep in mind when you start creating boards on Pinterest. Things such as finding the perfect board name and writing a description are just the start of it. However, these first few steps are also some of the most important ones. After finding the perfect Pinterest board name and description it’s time to fill your boards with the right pins. But let’s start by laying down the basics, namely your board name and description Creating great Pinterest board names & DescriptionWhen you're starting out on Pinterest, you need to make sure that you stick to your niche and to the subject you're going to pin about. So if you're going to write blog posts about making money online, then don't create boards about DIY gifts, instead, stay on topic and try to create niched Pinterest boards that go with your blogging niche. The first step to creating a Pinterest board is coming up with a great board name. This is relatively simple if you know the basics of keywording in SEO and Pinterest SEO. If you're not that familiar with your niche's keywords and Pinterest SEO and how to combine the two, then you can check this post out on how to come up with Pinterest board names ideas. Once you have chosen a Pinterest board name it's time for a Pinterest board description. This is once again heavily based on the idea of using keywords and Pinterest SEO. Luckily, you can change your board descriptions later on if necessary. This is not the case for your Pinterest board names, so chose them with care. Filling your boards with the right pins & maintaining them

Once you've found your Pinterest board name and description it's time to fill your boards with the best pins for that board. Don't start pinning your own pins to them straight away, you want to make sure the board is strong and analyzed correctly by Pinterest before you start to pin your own pins to them.

In general, it's a good idea to pin at least 10 to 20 third party pins (so pins from other sources) to your board, before you even consider adding you own to them as well.

A great way to check if Pinterest has correctly interpreted what your board is about is by looking at the "more ideas" tab in your board. Here you can see what Pinterest thinks belongs on your board.

To find the third party pins to pin to your board, you can use the keywords you've used in your description and board name in the search bar to find appropriate pins to pin.

If you want to find out even more about all the details of creating and maintaining good Pinterest, then I highly recommend reading this post on all the Pinterest board creation basics you need to know.

Conclusion: Pinterest Board Basics

After creating better Pinterest boards, you'll see that you're pinning strategy is more effective and your pins will be shown to more pinners. You can grow your Pinterest reach by following these Pinterest board creation basics and making sure to check and maintain boards regularly to make sure they remain high-quality boards.

Rose Wismans is a blogger and Pinterest strategist, who blogs at FudgeMyLife.org about using Pinterest to build a successful blog and other blogging related things. On top of that, you will find her writing gift guides to keep it fun.