BiBottomBoy Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 For work I was asked to figure out Pinterest. Five hours later I'm still not sure how this can be used to market any company in any way. I've never been on a more useless site in my life. Quote
Guest EXPAT Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 I agree. From my perspective it is just a photo sharing social media site like Instagram. It seems to be organized by topic to make it easier to see all pictures of a certain topic. I ignore it. Quote
BiBottomBoy Posted January 24, 2013 Author Posted January 24, 2013 Yeah, it seems completely useless. Quote
Guest FourAces Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 I have checked it out a few times and to me, like instagram, there is no purpose it serves that flickr or the other photo sharing sites did. I do not use or even visit either of them anymore. Quote
Members msclelovr Posted January 25, 2013 Members Posted January 25, 2013 I'm so glad you asked this question, BBB! I'm told it's popular with women, but I've never found it an easy nor useful site to navigate. But I do use Instagram a lot as various friends post there and I can keep up with photos of what they're doing and talk about. Quote
AdamSmith Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Yeah, it seems completely useless. So glad I am not the only one who thinks this. When it first appeared, I think every female of my acquaintance of an age to know what the Internet was transferred her entire DNA into Pinterest. Quote
BiBottomBoy Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 Women are interested in a lot of strange shit. In a way it makes me wish I wasn't bi so I never have to pretend I'm interested. I am annoyed that my client wants me to use pinterest to promote his company, because I think it's a really bad idea. Quote
AdamSmith Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 I am annoyed that my client wants me to use pinterest to promote his company, because I think it's a really bad idea. Advice: Collect 50% up front. Balance due immediately on completion, before he finds out it doesn't do what he hoped. In parallel find other clients. Quote
BiBottomBoy Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 That's always been my billing policy. Quote
AdamSmith Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Good. One time I actually got paid 100% up front. Client had to get the $ off its books before its financial year closed. Been looking for more work like that ever since. Alas to no avail! Quote
BiBottomBoy Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 I have several repeat clients who pay upfront 100 percent because they trust me and I offer a discount for that. Quote
AdamSmith Posted January 25, 2013 Posted January 25, 2013 Excellent! I have something a little similar -- an annual-subscription market research service that's pay-up-front. Only drawback is I actually have to deliver something useful to get any renewals. A colleague once said, "My ideal business would have just 2 components: a web site and a bank account!" Quote
BiBottomBoy Posted January 25, 2013 Author Posted January 25, 2013 That's called PayPal. MsGuy and AdamSmith 2 Quote
