A Pinterest marketing agency needs a different playbook from other social media work, and good Pinterest marketing services start from search, not from the feed. People open Pinterest to plan: an outfit, a kitchen, a wedding, a holiday table, a gift list. They search, save ideas to boards and click through to the site that sells the thing. That makes Pinterest behave more like a search engine with pictures than a social feed, and it rewards brands that plan around keywords and seasons.
The payoff is longevity. A post on Instagram or TikTok gets most of its views within days, while a well-targeted Pin can keep appearing in search and sending clicks for months. For product brands, that makes Pinterest one of the few social channels where traffic compounds. It is part of our wider social media marketing service, and we plan it alongside your SEO because the research overlaps.
What Our Pinterest Marketing Services and Solutions Include
- Keyword research: search terms and seasonal trends from Pinterest search suggestions and Pinterest Trends, grouped by product line and season.
- Profile and board structure: a business account, claimed website, keyword-led board names and descriptions, and a board for each important product category or use case.
- Fresh Pin design: new Pin images and short video Pins in the 2:3 vertical ratio Pinterest recommends, with text overlays and titles written for search.
- Product catalog setup: connecting your product feed so products appear as shoppable Pins with current price and availability.
- Pinterest tag and conversions: installing and checking the Pinterest tag and conversion events, so you can see which Pins lead to sales.
- Seasonal planning: publishing seasonal content well ahead of the season, because Pinterest users start planning early.
- Reporting: impressions, saves, outbound clicks and GA4 sessions and purchases from Pinterest each month.
- Promoted Pin handoff: Pins that earn strong organic click-through are flagged as candidates for Pinterest ads, which our paid team can run as a separate service.
How Pinterest Differs From Other Social Platforms
| Instagram and TikTok | ||
|---|---|---|
| Why people open it | To search, plan and save ideas | To be entertained and keep up with people |
| Life of a post | Months, as Pins keep surfacing in search | Mostly the first few days |
| What drives reach | Keywords, image quality, saves and fresh content | Watch time, shares and early engagement |
| Main success metric | Outbound clicks and sales | Reach, saves, shares and profile visits |
| Links | Every Pin can link to a product or article | Limited to bio, Stories and product tags |
This is why Pinterest suits brands with many products, strong photography and a blog or guide content to link to. It is less suited to brands whose value is personality or live conversation.
How Our Pinterest Marketing Agency Plans and Publishes Pins
- Account and tracking audit (week 1). We check the business account, website claim, existing boards, top Pins by outbound clicks, and whether the Pinterest tag fires correctly on product, cart and checkout pages. We also check how Pinterest traffic is recorded in GA4.
- Keyword and board plan (weeks 2 to 3). We build a keyword list from Pinterest search suggestions and Pinterest Trends, map keywords to boards and product categories, and write board names and descriptions using those terms. The plan includes a seasonal calendar for your key selling periods.
- Catalog connection (weeks 2 to 4, in parallel). For stores, we connect your product catalog, usually through the Pinterest app for Shopify or a feed file, fix rejected items, and organize products into groups that match your boards.
- Fresh Pin production (from week 4, then monthly). Each month we design new Pins for your priority products and articles: lifestyle images, product close-ups, simple text-overlay Pins and short video Pins, each with a keyword-led title and description and a tracked link.
- Publishing and review (steady weekly publishing, monthly report). Pins are scheduled steadily across the month using Tailwind or Pinterest's native scheduler. Monthly, we report which keywords, boards and Pin styles drive outbound clicks and sales, and shift production toward what works.
Pinterest Marketing Deliverables and What Success Looks Like
Pinterest results build over months, so it helps to know exactly what you receive along the way and which numbers show the account is moving. We do not promise traffic or sales figures, but every deliverable here can be checked.
| Deliverable | When | What success looks like |
|---|---|---|
| Audit and tag check | Week 1 | Website claimed, Pinterest tag firing on product, cart and checkout pages |
| Keyword list and board map | Weeks 2 to 3 | Every priority product line and season mapped to boards and search terms |
| Connected catalog | Weeks 2 to 4 | Products syncing with current price and stock, rejected items fixed |
| Fresh Pins | Every month | New images and video Pins for priority products, each with a tracked link |
| Seasonal calendar | Quarterly | Seasonal Pins live well before each selling period begins |
| Monthly report | Monthly | Impressions, saves, outbound clicks, GA4 sessions and purchases from Pinterest |
In the first three months, the leading signal is a rising number of impressions and saves on new Pins, followed by outbound clicks. Sales from Pinterest usually trail clicks, so we read the trend over a quarter rather than week to week.
Product Catalogs, Rich Pins and Tracking
For ecommerce brands, catalogs turn Pinterest from a traffic source into a shopping surface. Once your product feed is connected, Pinterest can generate product Pins with price and stock status pulled from your store, and show them alongside related ideas. Product data quality matters here just as it does for Google Shopping: clear titles, accurate categories and clean images improve how products are matched to searches.
Tracking is the other half. The Pinterest tag, plus a server-side conversions connection where your platform supports it, lets you see which Pins and boards lead to checkouts. We also tag links with UTM parameters so GA4 records Pinterest correctly. If your wider tracking needs work, our analytics and tracking team can fix it at the same time.
Planning Pinterest Marketing Around Selling Seasons
Pinterest users plan ahead, which means seasonal Pins need to be live before the season shows up in your sales data. As a working rule, we publish seasonal content 6 to 10 weeks before a selling period and check Pinterest Trends for when interest in each term starts rising, since that varies by category.
- Spring and summer: swimwear, resort wear, outdoor living, garden and travel. Planning for these often starts while it is still winter.
- Back to school and fall: dorm and home organization, fall fashion, recipes and decor.
- Holiday and gifting: gift guides, party outfits, table settings and decor. This is usually the longest planning window of the year.
- Weddings and events: dresses, decor, favors and guest outfits, planned many months ahead.
Old seasonal Pins are not deleted after the season. They often resurface the following year, so we refresh them with fresh images and updated product links instead of starting from zero.
Organic Pins and Pinterest Ads: How the Two Work Together
Organic Pinterest marketing builds a base of Pins that keep earning clicks without ad spend. Pinterest ads add reach and targeting, and they suit launches, catalog sales campaigns and retargeting shoppers who viewed products. We recommend starting ads with Pins that already earn strong outbound click rates organically, because the creative is already proven. Our performance marketing team runs paid Pinterest campaigns as a separate service, using the same tag and catalog we set up.
Does Affiliate Marketing on Pinterest Work for Brands?
It can, from both sides. Pinterest allows affiliate links on Pins, so bloggers and creators who earn commission already use it to send shoppers to products. For a brand, that means an affiliate program can bring you Pinterest traffic from creators who build boards and Pins around your products, in addition to your own account.
A few rules keep it working. Affiliates should disclose the relationship clearly in the Pin, as the FTC expects for any paid endorsement. Links should go directly to the product page rather than through shorteners that hide the destination. Product images and titles in your catalog should be good enough for affiliates to reuse. If you are a publisher looking to run Pinterest for your own affiliate site, the same keyword-led approach on this page applies, but our service is built for brands selling their own products.
Pinterest Marketing Mistakes We See on Brand Accounts
- Repinning instead of publishing fresh Pins. Saving the same image over and over adds little. New images and video Pins for the same product do far more.
- Boards named for the brand, not for searches. "Our Summer Faves" helps nobody find you. "Linen Beach Dresses" does.
- Square Instagram images reposted as Pins. Pinterest favors vertical 2:3 images, and square crops take up less space in the feed.
- Links to the homepage. Every Pin should go to the exact product, collection or article it shows.
- No tag or a broken catalog. Without the Pinterest tag and a clean catalog, you cannot see which Pins sell or run catalog-based campaigns later.
Pinterest Research, Design and Catalog Tools
| Category | Tools |
|---|---|
| Keyword and trend research | Pinterest Trends, Pinterest search suggestions, Google Trends |
| Design | Canva, Adobe Photoshop, Figma |
| Scheduling | Tailwind, Pinterest native scheduler |
| Catalogs | Pinterest app for Shopify, product feed files, Pinterest Business Hub |
| Measurement | Pinterest Analytics, Pinterest tag, GA4, UTM parameters, Looker Studio |
Why Choose 95 Solutions as Your Pinterest Marketing Agency
- Search-first thinking. We run SEO for our own sites and client sites, so keyword research, intent and landing page quality come naturally to how we plan Pinterest.
- Fashion and lifestyle experience. Our founder has been Head of Marketing for a Florida-based resort wear brand since 2016, where seasonal planning and visual product content are routine. See our fashion marketing page for more.
- Catalog and feed know-how. We work with product feeds for Google Merchant Center and build feed tooling in AM Jarvis, so catalog problems get fixed properly rather than worked around.
- Your assets stay yours. Account, boards, Pin designs and templates remain in your name, with a three-month minimum term and USD invoices from a US LLC.
Which Brands Pinterest Marketing Works For
A Pinterest marketing agency adds the most value for brands with plenty of products, good pictures and pages worth linking to.
A good fit
- Ecommerce brands in fashion, home, beauty, weddings, food, crafts and gifts.
- Shopify and WooCommerce stores with a sizable catalog and good product photography.
- Brands with a blog, guides or lookbooks that give Pins something useful to link to.
Probably not a fit
- B2B companies with no visual product. LinkedIn marketing is usually a better choice.
- Brands needing results in weeks. Pinterest builds steadily and rewards patience.
- Stores with a handful of products and no plans for content to link to.
Pinterest often pairs well with Instagram marketing, since the same photography can be adapted for both. For multi-channel running, see social media management or TikTok marketing.
Pinterest Marketing Pricing
Hiring us as your Pinterest marketing agency is billed as a monthly retainer within our social plans. Price depends on how many fresh Pins we design each month, whether catalog setup and tracking work are included, and whether Pinterest runs on its own or with other platforms. Catalog size and condition matter too: a store with thousands of products or many rejected items needs more setup time in the first month than a small, clean catalog. The minimum term is three months, which is the least time needed for Pins to start surfacing in search.
Social Starter
$550 /month
Billed monthly
- 2 platforms
- 12 designed posts a month
- Captions, hashtags and scheduling
- Comment and DM replies on weekdays
- Monthly report
- Minimum term
- 3 months, then month to month
- Setup
- $250 profile audit and content pillars
Social Growth
$950 /month
Billed monthly
- 3 platforms
- 20 posts a month, including 4 short videos edited from your footage
- Stories each week
- Daily community management
- Monthly strategy call
- Minimum term
- 3 months, then month to month
- Setup
- $250
Social Scale
$1,650 /month
Billed monthly
- 4 platforms
- 30 posts a month, including 8 short videos
- Influencer and creator outreach support
- Paid boost management (spend paid separately)
- Bi-weekly calls
- Minimum term
- 3 months, then month to month
- Setup
- $250
All prices in USD. Need something different? Ask for a custom quote.
For a catalog-heavy store or a seasonal push, get in touch for a custom quote.
Next Step: A Free Review of Your Pinterest Account
Share your Pinterest profile and store URL through our free marketing audit page. We reply within one business day and book a short call about your catalog, best sellers and key selling seasons. You then receive a written scope covering tag and catalog fixes, the number of fresh Pins per month, the seasonal plan, reporting and the plan that fits.