Hey guys OP here.I lost my Pinterest account about 3 months ago.I was up to 8000 followers which were real and had 15,000 pins all directing to my multiple blogs.Even though my account was banned I still have pins on pinterest that got like 1200 repins or more.Im still getting traffic from those pins and make $75-100 a week.
One thing I noticed is Pinterest is a lot harder to work now because of new filters that help fight spam.I haven't messed with Pinterest much except playing around with a old account I have and I noticed its way harder to get followers now.
My advice is to try different things and see what works.I do know what would work,but it would take one hell of a coder to make it.But that's for another future thread.Ive been thinking about putting my imacros back to work and see if I can pull in some sales,but not sure if its worth itIf I do I'll post a new thread to document my progress.
If anything we will learn the current limitations of Pinterest.I can tell you "Group Boards Don't Work" The reason you don't want to join group boards is this.Pay attention.
What guys do is make a group board.Then they buy a bunch of fake followers to make the board look popular.Then they "con" I mean invite you to there so called popular board.They do this hoping to get a bunch of real followers.But here the problem.All the pins posted on that board is full of Spam.If you have a decent account and join one of these group boards,just go ahead and throw that account out and start over because your account will be tagged as Spam.
Don't get me wrong..There might be a very small handful of legit group boards.But the chance of you getting invited to it isn't going to happen.
Sorry to be so blunt,but its the truth about group boards and anybody who disagrees with it are the ones making these worthless accounts.So many people on here are looking for group board invites and wont put in the hard work to make a good account.
You only need one account,pin stuff in your niche and follow real people..Thats it..The rest is staying under the Pinterest radar.Do that and in about 1 month you will start seeing some income.Also don't be afraid to promote higher dollar items like $45 - $150
Hope this helps some of you.