Synopsis
Kate Ahl is the owner and founder of Simple Pin Media, a Pinterest management company that specializes in managing Pinterest pages for businesses and bloggers. She is passionate about teaching simple, actionable Pinterest marketing strageies to help business owners and bloggers boost their business using Pinterest without wasting their time. In her podcast, The Simple Pin Podcast, she interviews people who are using Pinterest in creative ways to drive traffic to their website and increase revenue. She's on a mission to rid the world of Pinterest myths, crazy hacks to 'game' the system and rabbit trails that waste valuable business-building time. She wants to give her audience solid Pinterest Marketing advice using data driven results. Keep it simple, be authentic, and pin with purpose.
Episodes
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190 Creating a Fresh Pin strategy
21/04/2020 Duration: 45minLearn how to create a new Pinterest marketing strategy for the latest changes passed down from Pinterest.
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189 Most important Pinterest marketing metric for a digital products
14/04/2020 Duration: 41minIt’s important to get traffic to your website, but it’s even more important that people actually buy your digital products. In this episode with Gemma Bonham Carter we talk all about the two more important metric in your Pinterest marketing strategy.
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188 5 business strategies for not losing your mind as an entrepreneur
07/04/2020 Duration: 28minStarting, growing and building a business is hard work. You start as a solopreneur, then you hire people and before you know it this idea you once had now is a growing entity that keeps on your toes and your brain awake with ideas almost every hour of the day. Here are a few things I’ve learned along the way for not losing your mind as an entrepreneur.
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187 3 Keys to Creating Pinterest Video pins that Convert
31/03/2020 Duration: 31minLearn all about how to create the best videos for Pinterest and how to create a video that not only gets views but clicks. We talk this week with our creative director, Tina who has been running our Pinterest video creation program in beta. And this week, we’re ready to launch to you!
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186 Is creating products the next step for you?
24/03/2020 Duration: 30minYou’re getting traffic from Pinterest, that’s great, but is there a next step? Is there another way you can monetize your audience? Is it products? In this episode, we will dive into figuring out if creating products is the next logical step in your business.
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185 How much growth can I expect on Pinterest?
17/03/2020 Duration: 26minIn this episode we’re diving into SPM client case studies to give you an idea of growth patterns and rates when it comes to Pinterest marketing.
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184 Leveraging Pinterest and Google SEO to Increase Traffic
10/03/2020 Duration: 40minToday we’re talking with Lena Gott about how she uses both Pinterest and Google SEO tactics to increase traffic to her site. In addition, she’s sharing tips for how you can use the Pinterest Trends tool as a guide for writing good descriptions.
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183 Why and When to Hire Pinterest Management
03/03/2020 Duration: 24minAre you struggling to know when to hire someone to manage your Pinterest account? In this episode I’m breaking down some of the top questions we get in our discovery calls to help you make the decision before booking a call. I once heard someone on a podcast say, I believe it was Dan Miller, that when you get a question more than 3 times you create a product. I took that concept here and thought, instead of a product, let’s just share the answers in a podcast. For the last six years I’ve been working as a service provider in the Pinterest management industry. I have learned countless lessons on how to work with people, when to work with people, and especially how to help people evaluate if it’s time to hire someone. At simple pin we are very picky about who we work with. We want to take in the whole picture of their business, how often they create content, images, business plans, goals, etc. This is not a place where you roll up and we take you. No way. I care too much about your business to think of it that
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182 How to Use Pinterest Group Boards for Photography Services
25/02/2020 Duration: 13minPinterest group boards are a powerful asset to use with your clients to help them achieve the look and feel they want in their photography. Not only does this help with your client communication but can help boost your presence on Pinterest.
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181 How to use Pinterest Trends
18/02/2020 Duration: 17minPinterest released a new keyword tool in January 2020 in the US that will allow business users to explore when the keyword they are targeting has the highest search volume. Learn how to use it for your business.
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180 The Essentials of Pinterest Marketing
11/02/2020 Duration: 53minHere’s a recap of an episode I did with Megan of Eat Blog Talk about the essential elements of Pinterest marketing. Probably one of the most indepth interviews I’ve done to date on all the nitty-gritty elements of Pinterest.
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179 Simple Pin Business: Coaching vs. Mastermind
04/02/2020 Duration: 28minToday we’re talking all about how to use tools in the industry to grow your business. Do you need coaching or a peer or paid mastermind? I’m sharing my experience, tips for how to choose what’s right for you, budgets and more.
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178 What to do when your Pinterest account is marked as spam
28/01/2020 Duration: 11minIt doesn’t happen often that a Pinterest account is marked as spam but if it is, here are the steps to take to get your account reinstated with Pinterest.
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177 Why Analytics should be part of your strategy
21/01/2020 Duration: 31minIt’s easy to start growing your online business putting all the necessary pieces in place and then forget about one really important element -- analytics. Today we’re talking with Jennifer Grayeb about why analytics are key to your business and how you can easily find them with the right dashboard. No more digging, just one click and the right metrics are in front of you.
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176 The right way to do Pinterest marketing
14/01/2020 Duration: 52minHere’s a replay of an episode with Kate Ahl on Kate Doster’s podcast (Inbox Bestie’s) about how to do Pinterest marketing the right way.
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175 Setting 2020 Pinterest Marketing Goals
07/01/2020 Duration: 20minLet’s kick off 2020 by setting some goals for your Pinterest marketing efforts and plans. I’ll also talk about the Pinterest marketing goals for Simple Pin Media and myself personally.
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172 2019 Year in Review - Pinterest Marketing
17/12/2019 Duration: 34minStay up to date on all things Pinterest go to simplepinmedia.com where you’ll also receive our new 2020 Pinterest marketing planner.
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171 Are Viral Pins the key to success?
10/12/2019 Duration: 15minIn this week’s podcast we review some takeaways I had from a recent podcast with an author about how to create a strategy for social media that’s not dependant on virality.
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170 2020 Ultimate Pinterest Planner
03/12/2019 Duration: 14minIt’s here! A new updated edition of the Ultimate Pinterest Planner brought to you by Simple Pin Media. Fire up your headphones, as well as your printer, we’re getting our Pinterest marketing plans in place with the best Pinterest planner.
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169 Using Pinterest to grow email subscribers for Etsy
19/11/2019 Duration: 41minHow one Etsy seller used Pinterest to grow her email list by 5400 people. Not only did this help her build community but increased sales as well.