Are you guilty of Tailwind mistakes?
Tailwind is my most indispensable marketing tool because it maximizes my Pinterest traffic while minimizing my time.
The small investment in Tailwind pays for itself over and over in time saved.
But if you’re not using it well, you’re not getting the full benefits!
Let’s make sure you’re not wasting time by missing out on these great features.
7 Tailwind Mistakes That Are Wasting Your Time
1. Scheduling to one Board at a time
If you’re not using Board Lists, you’re missing a huge time-saver!
Create a boardlist for each major category you have content for. Add all the boards where that kind of content makes sense – up to 10 boards aligns with the current Pinterest best practices.
When you’re ready to schedule a Pin, add the appropriate board list with 1 click!
2. Dumping the same Pin to multiple boards in sequence
It just screams SPAM if you have the same Pin repeated to a bunch of boards, one right after the other.
That’s why Tailwind invented Interval Scheduling!
Use your board list and then select an interval to space them out. The bare minimum is 2 days. I recommend even longer if you’re fairly new to Pinterest and/or Pinning just a few times per day.
In fact, I interval my pins at least 6 days apart (I avoid 7 days as that setting often has my Pin scheduled for the same day and time each week. I prefer variety to catch more audiences).
3. Ignoring scheduling by mobile
Pinterest use is 80% mobile. If you’re chained to your desktop, free yourself!
The Tailwind mobile app is now available for both Android and iOS.
Take advantage of Tailwind at any time with the mobile app!
4. Adding Pins sporadically
The Tailwind browser extension makes it super easy to add content on the fly.
But that doesn’t mean there’s not a faster way to fill your queue!
If you’re not batching your Pin scheduling, you could save hours a week by adding content en masse. You need to try this feature!
You can go to any web page – including:
- A top-performing blog post.
- One of your best Pinterest boards.
- A group board where you’ve promised to share Pins.
Click the browser extension to pull up all the pinnable images on the page.
Choose the ones you like, and add to your drafts, or schedule them with a click.
The Tailwind browser extension is available for Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. Add and enjoy!
5. Searching all over for good content to schedule
Okay, I get it, you’re adding Pins one at a time because it takes you so long to find them.
Find them faster! Add your favorite sites to the Find Content tab in Tailwind and create an RSS feed of Pins you’ll love.
You can also sort them by Recent, Trending, Popular, and recurring keywords. Awesome!
6. Letting the queue run dry
Use the tips above to keep your queue full. Pinterest loves consistent Pinning!
Your account will be rewarded with more exposure, repins, clicks, and followers.
7. Pinning to crummy Group Boards
I know – if you don’t have Tailwind, you don’t know how to evaluate which Group Boards are working for you.
But you do have Tailwind, so use the Pin Inspector and sort by board so you know which are your best and worst boards.
What?!? You don’t have Tailwind? Well, if all this has convinced you what a huge timesaver it is, do yourself a favor and try it out!
Because the biggest mistake of all is…
8. Not getting your FREE Tailwind account!
That’s right, there’s now a Forever Free level for Tailwind users. Free members:
- Get 20 posts per month to publish on Pinterest and Instagram.
- Have 20 Tailwind Create posts to use every month.
- Enjoy 5 Tailwind Communities with 30 submissions per month.
So check it out now!
• • • Click here to get your FREE Tailwind for Pinterest account • • •
Disclosure: I’m an affiliate and will receive a referral fee if you purchase.
7 Tailwind Communities Mistakes That Are Killing Your Reach
Tailwind Communities were formerly namedTailwind Tribes. If you haven’t heard of them, listen up, because this is a feature that can really multiply your reach!
Are you using Communities, and using them well?
1. Ignoring Tailwind Communities
Tailwind Communities are simply a better way to get your content seen and shared than Pinterest Group Boards and “Pin share” Facebook groups.
Community members are held accountable to sharing other members’ content of their own choosing. So – no forced sharing of doggie Halloween costumes, for example, if that doesn’t fit your niche.
If you have a Tailwind account, take advantage of the free Communities feature. Join 5 Communities in your niche and start sharing!
2. Dumping the same Pin into all yourCommunities at once
Here’s a heads up – many of the people in one of your niche Communities are in several of them.
Most likely they’ll only share your Pin from one Community. So, if you’re going to add your Pins toCommunitiesonce a week (or day, even), add different Pins to differentCommunities.
I recommend adding one blog post to 3 Communities at a time, max.
3. Adding a ton of your Pins to one Community at the same time
Here another scenario.
Sherry Sharer visits aCommunity. She’s greeted with 10 of your Pins. How many do you think she’ll share?
Maybe 1, if she doesn’t get annoyed and simply “hide” your content.
Spread it out! Add one or two Pins at a time, and make them different blog posts, not just different images. Don’t compete with your own content for shares!
4. Being miserly with your Community shares
Did you know? Super sharers (Community members who share a LOT of others’ content) get featured in the weeklyCommunities newsletter.
This means your mates will see you as a generous soul who deserves their support!
So, if possible, go above and beyond the sharing required by the Community Admin.
5. Going off-topic in Communities
Don’t even. People will “hide” your content – and you might even get booted from the Community.
6. Not vetting members’ content
Please. Ensure that the content you share fromCommunitiesis stuff you’d share with your best customers.
Because that’s what you’re doing!
I get that it’s a pain to check every post. Eventually you’ll know which content to trust, and which to skip.
Hint: I never share Pins with affiliate links, as I don’t believe a Pin to a sales page adds value to my audience. I may not even know the product! Of course, it’s your choice.
Don’t forget you can filterCommunityPins by contributor! So find a few people whose content you love, and look for their latest additions.
Problem solved.
7. Ignoring Community rules
Does this have to be said? Well, I said it.
EachCommunitymay have slightly different rules as to sharing ratio, topics, if you can ever repeat the same content, and even Pin size.
Read ’em and follow ’em.
Don’t like ’em? Join a differentCommunity.
8. Not using your FREE Tailwind Communities!
All Forever Free, Pro Plan, and Plus Plan Tailwind users enjoy 5 Tailwind Communities with 30 submissions per month.
Try them out! When you see their power, you can upgrade to join more Communities and submit more content.
Or stay “forever free!” It’s your choice.
• • • Click here to get your FREE Tailwind for Pinterest account • • •
Disclosure: I’m an affiliate and will receive a referral fee if you purchase.
Are you ready to maximize your Pinterest?
So – now you have a choice.
Use Tailwind better with the tips above! Or…
Don’t have Tailwind yet? Join for free here.
Disclosure: I use, love, and am an affiliate for Tailwind. I will make a referral fee if you decide to purchase.
Now stop wasting time and money on Tailwind mistakes!
