Easily Create Unique Pinterest Board Covers On Your Phone
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Personal Development With A Touch Of Branding & Designs
in Business , Design , Social Media · 19 June, 2020
Pinterest board covers are an amazing way to organise and showcase your brand to future clients. Consider this your new “ Pinterest business boards ” after the dress rehearsals!
So how do you make your brand new thumbnails for your boards? Well, there is a quick trick that doesn’t REQUIRE graphic design skills and it will take at least 10-15 minutes to complete.
Since you guys are busy and simply can’t stay on your computer 24/7 , I’m going to share a tutorial on how to create these amazing thumbnails on your smartphone!
In this post, I’ll share with you:
What Pinterest is
How to create a Pinterest Business Account
What Pinterest Boards & Board Covers are
Where to find Stock Images
A Visual Tutorial on creating your own Pinterest Board Covers
So grab your mug of coffee or tea and let’s get right into it!
Table of Contents
What is Pinterest?
How do you create a Pinterest Business Account?
What are the Pinterest Board Covers (and Boards)?
Where to find Stock Images?
Downloading Canva & Pinterest
Pinterest is an online platform where you can find visual inspirations, ideas, and aesthetically pleasing images . You can learn more about how to use Pinterest in my guide here .
People may consider Pinterest as “ social media ” but it’s actually an SEO (search engine optimization) platform.
Like any SEO such as Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc., you’re pretty much using Pinterest as a way to search for stuff but using images instead of text .
Let me give you an example: let’s say you’re in need of a new skincare product . You type in “skincare product” in the Pinterest search bar and you get a bunch of results on these products. When clicking on one pin and then clicking it again once more you are then lead to a website with all the information you need.
It’s the place where many bloggers, creators and business owners use to get traffic to their website or products . Much easier than SEO but I still think SEO is important. You can read my post on what SEO keyword is here . I explain it in a more “simpler” term.
But it’s for you to decide whether you think it’s SEO , social media or even both.
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You can click here to get started if you haven’t created a Pinterest account yet.
But if you already have a personal Pinterest account, you can easily transfer it to a Business account and here’s how.
I already have a business account so it won’t look like mine (and I’m using desktop as of now).
Clicking on your “profile pic” in the top far right corner.
Then next to your account name, click on “Edit profile”. This should be where your account settings are.
Then click on “Account settings” on the left tab and scroll down under “Account changes”.You should be able to see an option to “Convert to business account”. As mentioned before, I’m using a Business account so ignore the difference.
These are like your personalised thumbnails for the boards that you create.
Boards are where you can save your pins and organise your ideas and/or goals. This is a great way for your business and brand to share pins with other users. To create boards, you can follow Pinterest’s guide here .
There are reasons why I recommend customising your Pinterest board covers once you created plenty of boards (10+).
Your Pinterest account can stand out from the rest. This means your boards are unique, beautiful and show off your personality or business .
When people check out your account they’ll able to recognise how professional your brand is . This could help you gain followers .
It keeps your boards organised. It would look cluttered if you got random pins cropped out in your thumbnail. If you’re like me and joined a ton of group boards then you how confusing it is to know which boards are yours and which boards are not.
The board’s title can fit into the thumbnail. If your boards have long text it can be cut out.
There are plenty of ways to find stock images however that depends on the quality and your budget. Here’s what I recommend.
There are thousands of sites that give out free stock images (with no copyright issue). I made a post on the top sites to find stock images which you can check out here . You can also use the free images Canva provides (which I did for my Pinterest cover boards shown in the tutorial later on).
You can also buy professional stock images. For such, either go on CreativeMarket for that or look through Pinterest or Google to find millions of photography brands selling stock images. Canva also offers Premium images for as cheap as $1 or for free if you purchase Canva pro.
I recommend Pixistock because she takes beautiful, white-space photos which are great for Pinterest cover boards as well as blog post pins or social media posts .
Other than purchasing stock images online , you can also create your own one. If you have a good quality smartphone or a DSLR camera lying around you’ll be able to take your own photos, edit it and add it to your Pinterest board covers. This helps with having your own unique photos that no one else is using and probably get your photography skills noticed *wink*.
If you want to upgrade your photography skills for your stock images, you can take free online courses in photography here .
Now that you understand what and why Pinterest board covers are important, let’s get onto the tutorial!
Before you start make sure you have the Canva app. You can download it for free on both IOS or android. Download it here .
It may look different for Android users since * cough * I’m no longer an android mobile user however I still have an Android Tablet . Overall, I’ll be sharing this tutorial using IOS version.
Oh, and make sure to have your Pinterest app of course! If you don’t have it, you can download it here: IOS | Android
Once you’ve downloaded the app and logged onto your Canva account , you should be able to find “ Instagram Post ” on your dashboard.
The Pinterest board thumbnails are the size of an Instagram post for 2020 = 1:1 (1080 x 1080 pixels) . This is how your design will fit your board’s thumbnail as well as bring out the quality.
If you’re not able to find it, you can click here and then scroll down to “Instagram Posts”. The Instagram post template should show next to the Instagram Story template.
There are thousands of templates to choose from or you can create your own Pinterest board cover template. For me, I decided to use one of Canva’s template is customise it to my own liking.
If you would like to learn more about how to customise your Pinterest pins, you can check out my post “Use These Pinterest Marketing Strategies To Increase Traffic” . Or you can use a Pinterest template that I’ve created for you so that you can save time and work more on your site . I share with you graphic design terms (simplified) to make your pins ‘pop’ along with tips to attract impressions.
Once you finished designing your Pinterest board cover, click on the “upload” icon on the top far right corner. It should show you a green upload icon.
Next, scroll down until you find “Pinterest”. Tap on that once you find the Pinterest logo.
It should pop up like this. It will show you your current Pinterest boards.
If you can’t find the board that you’re looking for, click on “Choose another board”. This showcase more of your “newer” boards.
+ Important Note: Make sure to remember the board that you added you Pinterest board cover to.
Once you’ve found the Pinterest board that you were looking for, you’re shown the description.
You can either add in SEO keywords to your Pinterest cover boards related to that pin or be like me and add in “Pinterest cover board” to let your followers know that this board is just a cover.
Personally, I don’t really think I need to write anything since it’s for the boards, not the pins! xD
Finally, your Pinterest cover thumbnail should be uploaded to your chosen board. It may take a few seconds or a minute depending on your internet connection.
Ok so let’s switch to your Pinterest app. If you’re unable to download the app, you can use your current browser, type in “pinterest.com” and then log onto your account.
I have the business version so if you’re a brand or blogger , make sure to transfer your account from “personal” to “business” in the settings. Remember to click here if you haven’t.
Once you’re logged on, go to your Pinterest account by finding your small profile pic (it should probably be on the bottom right-hand side on mobile).
When you’re on the page, click on “Boards”. It should be in-between “Shop” and “Pins” (again, you must have a business account to see this).
Earlier I told you to remember the board that you added the pin to. Well, this is the time to find that board.
Under “Pins”, the Pinterest board cover should pop up in the first space (the recently pinned graphic).
Now we don’t want to “tap” on the pin. Click on the 3 dots on the top right-hand side.
The bottom menu called “Board options” should pop up. If you have that menu, click on the first option which says “Edit”.
Another pop up should show but this time it fills the screen. On the very top, you should be able to see “Board Cover”. Make sure to click the thumbnail.
Then pick the Pinterest board cover that you created recently. It should be shown as the first one that is on the top left side.
For this, you don’t really need to crop it. When I first created my Pinterest board covers I had to crop it since it was too large for the thumbnail.
Thanks to Canva , the Instagram Post Template fits perfectly! That is why I suggested picking that rather than custom adding the board size (you can do that if you want, I’m not stopping you!)
If you’re happy with your Pinterest board cover, click on “Done” twice (which is on the top right-hand corner).
Boom! Now you’ve got yourself a professional and organised Pinterest board cover collection!
The great thing about it is that you’re able to pin different pins to your organised board instead of getting confused on which ones to pin.
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hailey says 23 June, 2020 at 2:26 PM This is great! I look for ways to be more effective and do more tasks with my iPhone. Thanks for your post Reply zyrakuma says 23 June, 2020 at 3:03 PM That’s great! It saves so much time. Hope it helped you out 🙂 Reply
hailey says
23 June, 2020 at 2:26 PM
This is great! I look for ways to be more effective and do more tasks with my iPhone. Thanks for your post
zyrakuma says 23 June, 2020 at 3:03 PM That’s great! It saves so much time. Hope it helped you out 🙂 Reply
zyrakuma says
23 June, 2020 at 3:03 PM
That’s great! It saves so much time. Hope it helped you out 🙂
Omofoma Musa says 23 June, 2020 at 12:51 AM Wow! This is indeed a very great post. Happy I found it. Cheers Reply zyrakuma says 23 June, 2020 at 12:58 AM Thank you! I hope it helped 🙂 Reply
Omofoma Musa says
23 June, 2020 at 12:51 AM
Wow! This is indeed a very great post. Happy I found it. Cheers
zyrakuma says 23 June, 2020 at 12:58 AM Thank you! I hope it helped 🙂 Reply
23 June, 2020 at 12:58 AM
Thank you! I hope it helped 🙂
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