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Social Media Trends of 2015

August 6, 2015

15347555878_126cc8e018_zIf you are in the small minority of people who believed social media was just another fad and not here to stay, then the developments of the past year have more than likely changed your mind. So far in 2015 many new advancements have occurred in the social sphere that have further reiterated the fact that it is not going away. These days practically everyone, businesses and individuals alike, are embracing social media for the benefits it can bring to them. On the business side of things, social media continues to be an efficient tool for driving customers and increasing sales. Whereas on the more personal side, social media is ever increasing the ease and freedom of global communication.

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Pinterest to Launch Buy Button

July 15, 2015

pinterest buy it nowPinterest is inching ever closer to its vision of allowing users to purchase products directly on the site. The benefits that this will bring to both Pinterest and businesses who utilise the platform for advertising are huge. The web giant currently has over 70 million active users, many of which come to the site for inspiration and ideas in regards to things they are contemplating purchasing.

At the beginning of July this year, Pinterest head of partnerships, Tim Kendall, presented their plans at the MIT Emtech Digital Conference. His presentation allowed those in attendance to gain a better understanding of how this service would work and be implemented.

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What’s Next for Pinterest?

March 10, 2015

official-pinterest-logo-tile-300x300This visual discovery and storage website has experienced rapid development recently and is still only five years since its birth at the hands of Paul Sciarra, Evan Sharp and Ben Silbermann. Pinterest has evolved from a closed beta site, available to just 5,000 users initially, to a globally accessible site that was listed by Time Magazine in the ’50 Best Websites’ list. Pinterest now has over 300 employees.

By using pinboards, users are able to save images that they find on the web as well as images they have stored on their own devices. Other users are then able to discover these images and save them to their own pinboards. If an image is on the internet then it is possible to ‘pin it’ to Pinterest. There is now the option to share these pins on Facebook and Twitter as they are added to boards.

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