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5 Pinterest Strategies Successful Real Estate Agents Use If you’re new to the social network, Pinterest, you should first read the next article titled, “How to Get Started with Pinterest – The Basics.” Pinterest is an image-driven, social network that if employed the correct way, can boost your traffic on your personal real estate agent’s web page and most importantly bring you a steady stream of highly-qualified prospective clients. This article is not for beginners but for real estate agents that have already signed up, established a Pinterest account and have created at least an active Pinterest board. I explore five strategies that successful real estate agents use to boost their business and brand with Pinterest. 8 1. Create Pinterest Boards Focused on Your Locality 2. Create Boards that Focus on Your Best Listings If you sell real estate in a particular area, or several areas, you can attract a myriad of potential homebuyers and sellers by showcasing things like schools, shopping, daycare, recreation or historical landmarks in your particular neighborhood, county or city. You can create a board, for example, called Annapolis Shopping and pin all of the best malls, shops or boutiques within this area. To make your job easier and to perhaps gain a few new followers within the community, you should search what other Pinterest members have pinned on the subject and simply repin their best items. It’s a must to include relevant keywords in your pins, such as in this example, Annapolis shopping or shopping. Carefully select only the cream of the crop of your property listings for this board. Link them to your personal site or the MLS listings so those who want more info can easily get it. Important: Only choose the best-looking pictures of the homes you pin, that’s because the better the quality or the uniqueness of the home, the better the chances your pin will be repinned. If you have a listing that has a room, patio or backyard that stands out, such as granite patio with sculptured figures from the Roman era, by all means pin it. If you are lucky and the pin catches the community’s fancy, it could go viral driving thousands of new visitors to your site and your brand.