What is a Pinterest Board?

It may be hard to envision the full potential of the Pinterest site at first glance. When you click on a Pinterest member you can see their pin boards. The first question you may ask yourself is what is a Pinterest board (pin board)?

I like to think very simply. When I think about a pin boad I see a bulletin board in my mind. On my bulletin board I will use my board for one general theme. I may be creating a bulletin board for my daughter's birthday, or ideas on how to redecorate my bedroom. After you've decided the subject of your pinboard, you can start pinning pictures, website links, information, or anything else that makes sense to help you with your board.

Let's use an example of Thanksgiving. I'm hosting Thanksgiving at my house and want to get ideas on how I can make Thanksgiving special. I start by creating a board for Thanksgiving. Then I start searching Pinterest, or other websites for Thanksgiving ideas. When I find recipes, decorations, information, or anything else that makes sense for me I start pinning the ideas on my Thanksgiving board.

My bulletin board (pin board) essentially becomes an idea board for me. I can easily see all of the ideas for Thanksgiving so I can use the board as my Thanksgiving inspiration. I could even create a pin board that is exclusively ideas for my Thanksgiving menu.

In the above image I have created several different boards. One of my boards is title "Thanksgiving Ideas". When I click on the board, my pins appear.

To see the detail of a specific pin, I can click on the pin and just see that pin's information.