She is a Pinterest Strategist, marketing addict, and obsessive planner, with a passion for helping entrepreneurs grow their businesses through strategic marketing with Pinterest. When she's not teaching entrepreneurs the secrets of Pinterest, she's drinking way too much Iced Tea and traveling with her husband. Today I am excited to welcome one of the leading Pinterest experts on Pinterest marketing for business – my go-to resource – the Founder of KathrynMoorhouse.com – Katherine Moorhouse!
The Notes
- Talk about the dynamic in your household even though there aren’t kids involved.
- Both she and her husband work from home.
- Her husband was one of the first people who had demonstrated entrepreneurship for him.
- She left corporate and did a two-year stint as an au pair.
- She didn’t know yet what she wanted to do and what skills she had to offer.
- She didn’t know about social media management and online marketing.
- People ask them how they spend so much time together working in the same home office.
- Anywhere you work you have to learn how to engage with people.
- They found a simple way to communicate that was effective and mitigated fights.
- The most challenging part was learning to manage everything and stay focused.
- They went from having separate computers to sharing a computer, then got their own setups in Canada.
- They have each other's best interests at heart.
- How long did it take you to go from South Africa to Scotland?
- They came to Canada about two months ago and are back on their own devices.
- Have you ever shared a client or collaborated on projects?
- They’ve given one another advice, but a lot of people who deal with her husband aren’t ready to take on advanced marketing.
- They’ve collaborated quite a bit on their own businesses.
I learned that all the effort I put in to create a blog post could be leveraged for years to come. ~Kathryn Moorhouse
- Tell us more about your business.
- She started connecting with entrepreneurs on Facebook groups.
- She did some research and came up with a pricing structure, then she started getting clients from referrals.
- She realized a few months in that she really enjoyed Pinterest.
- She decided to niche down to only Pinterest.
- She saw the best results online with Pinterest than any other platform.
- She’s moved from services on Pinterest to a digital product to a program.
- Has focusing down changed how you show up in your business?
- When she first got started she had an hourly rate, it took a lot more time because she had to switch her focus more often.
- She switched from hourly to a package that made her more than just her hourly social media rate.
- When you focus in on something, you can improve that area of your life.
- Niching down actually 10 x'ed her income.
- What type of content is really good for Pinterest?
- You can do written, visual, or audio.
- Any content or services that you have on your site is good for Pinterest.
When you focus in on something, you can improve that area of your life. ~Kathryn Moorhouse
- Is the best practice that Pins need to be long?
- 2:3 is the ratio.
- Pinterest does updates and tests, so at the beginning of the year they were cutting images off, now they’ve done away with that.
- Are there any best practices with colors and types of images?
- You want to stick with brand colors because you want brand recognition.
- The more people see your content, they’ll easily repin it without even thinking about it.
- If you’re a product-based business, your images should be bright and easy to notice.
- You need to be clear in the image what the post is about.
- Is it best to put text on your image?
- Sometimes, it can be the way that the picture is taken or text over the image.
- If you have a very recognizable product than the image can speak for itself.
For every piece of content, you should put out a couple of different pins. ~Kathryn Moorhouse
- Should you do a/b testing?
- For every piece of content, you should be put out a couple of different pins.
- Some ideal clients will identify with certain images, and others won’t.
- Are promoted pins best for driving traffic, or can you optimize them for conversions?
- Once you add the Pinterest tag, you’ll be able to pick up leads for a variety of events.
- What are the different ways that people can work with you directly?
- She works with clients 1-1 and does monthly management for them.
- She creates the pin images through promotions, promoted pins, etc.
- For people who want to manage their own account but need a strategy she does an audit.
- It’s a two-hour video audit followed by a 90-minute phone call.
- Join her program, The Pinterest Game Plan.
- An 8-module and very detailed course.
- Learn everything from setting up Pinterest to doing your first promoted pin.
- With this, she does 6 weeks of group coaching.
- She works with clients 1-1 and does monthly management for them.
Meet Kathryn Moorhouse
Kathryn Moorhouse is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs grow their businesses using Pinterest! She is the Founder of KathrynMoorhouse.com, and is one of the leading Pinterest experts on Pinterest marketing for business.
Kathryn Moorhouse has become the go-to expert for helping high performing entrepreneurs grow their audience and income using Pinterest. As an entrepreneur herself, she understands the ins and outs of marketing an online business, and her passion for Pinterest has led to an expertise in that niche.
Kathryn Moorhouse is a Pinterest Strategist, marketing addict and obsessive planner with a passion for helping entrepreneurs grow their businesses through strategic marketing with Pinterest. When she's not teaching entrepreneurs the secrets of Pinterest, she's drinking way too much Iced Tea and traveling with her husband.
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