I’ll start with what a CEO of a social platform worth $3.8 billion stated in a meeting at the company’s HQ at San Francisco ,
“We thought, how do we turn pins , little pieces of information , into action?”
Well i hope its clear that the word ‘pins’ points towards Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann .
Yes its true . Pinterest brought something new for all of us . The PLACE PINS.
Place Pins !! Oh .. What is it ?
Well Place Pins constitute to a world tour and travel guide which inturn is owned by each and every individual present on Pinterest. It allows us to share all the known and unknown destinations all around us . Be it the new Candy shop that opened next to your house to the affordable Spa in the city or the Bar that you love to crack a bottle or two in to the new Pet shop. You can pin anything on it .
Alright !! As we now know, What are Place Pins, So how do we start pinning ?
Well that is so easy . We just need to create a new board or select an existing one, based on the location. That’s it. Really !!
Now start pinning any local place of interest. Add a map to the location, phone number or any other extra details to the pin.
The same board can be pinned by multiple users also, letting all our friends pin and share the best places in town on just one map . Won’t this make our bond strong !!
We can even send a board to any of our friend suggesting the places he/she should surely visit.
As for the inspiration, lots of travel websites including Airbnb, Hotels.com, Booking.com, JetSetter, Virtual Tourist, OpenTable, NatGeo Travel, Lonely Planet etc created their own pin boards which we all can view, use and share.
Well that’s really interesting. But can i pin it through my phone?
The answer is ‘Yes’. This feature can be accessed on the go with Ios and Android apps. So now if you’re standing at someplace interesting, just pin it on your board.
So Pinterest is helping you visualize your trip and share with the world your city’s unseen wonders.
In the end, lets just close it with the words of the man behind this pin , Ben Silbermann quoting
“We’re excited to inspire you to go out and do things. “
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