So lately, you must have seen a lot of hype around Pinterest – Latest entry in promising social network. This has really showed a tremendous potential as already have a huge list of active users. People love to Pin, Repin, Pin Board etc. So how does Pinterest actually work?

First you need to sign up with a valid email address and now you don’t need to wait for a special invite from anybody. You can directly go and sign up and also have option to link Facebook and Twitter account in the same. Once you signed up, it’s time to complete your profile and make sure you add real info and try to maintain the same username as in other networks so you have a unique social identity. You should use the same profile image which you have in other social profiles.

Now once you profile I ready, it time to create you first Pinboard and you should always add your main interest there. Pinterest also suggest some topic and interest which you can use. You can pin any mage from any website on your pinboards and that can be viewable by your followers. You can also search and check pinboard of other people and you can follow them so their pinned images will keep coming in your stream. You have a option to Re-pin and image which you like from other’s pinboards. Re-pin numbers actually shows how famous tht pin is, if this number is high that means people are lining this and sharing in their network. You also have option to like any pin. You have a option to search pinboard by keywords. You can enter your keyword and related pinbords will show up then you can follow them.

These are some basic info which you need to know about Pinterest and rest you can explore by creating a account there. This is becoming a really important social network for exploring images. If you still don’t have account on Pinterest, you should one right away.

Happy Pining!