How to Join Pinterest

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Pinterest is an online pinboard, a visual take on the social bookmarking site. For the time being, Pinterest is an invitation-only site, though presumably it will eventually become open to public registrations. But don't fret! Getting an invitation and signing up is pretty darn easy.</span><br> </h1><div class="imageBlock" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;width:535px"><img alt="The Pinterest home page." height="301" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/00/317600.image0.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;" width="535"><div class="imageCaption" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"> The Pinterest home page.</div></div><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">To get started with Pinterest, your first stop is the <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)">Pinterest home page</a>. You have two options for joining Pinterest at the time of this writing: requesting an invitation from Pinteresst, or getting a friend who is already on Pinterest to invite you.</p> <p class="Remember" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">To sign up on Pinterest, you must register via either a Facebookaccount or a Twitter account.</p> <h2 style="margin:0.25rem 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:19px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">How to request an invitation from Pinterest</h2><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> Requesting an invitation is quite simple:</p><ol class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> On the Pinterest home page, click the large, red Request an Invite button at the top.</p><p class="child-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">A form appears.</p><img alt="image1.jpg" height="250" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/01/317601.image1.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;" width="535"></li> <li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Enter your e-mail address and click the Request Invitation button.</p><p class="child-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Now you just have to wait for Pinterest to send you an invite. You'll receive a confirmation e-mail letting you know you're on the wait list. A formal invitation will arrive in your inbox in a day or two.</p><p class="child-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> If you don't receive the confirmation e-mail within minutes, check your e-mail'sspam folder. If the confirmation e-mail goes into spam, the chances are good the actual invitation will land in the spam folder as well, and you'll miss it. If the confirmation e-mail did land there, use your e-mail provider's method for reporting that an e-mail is not spam.</p> </li></ol><h2 style="margin:0.25rem 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:19px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Ask a Pinterest member for an invitation</h2><p class="Remember" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> The quicker and easier method of getting an invitation is to ask for one from a friend who's already a Pinterest member. The great advantage to this method is that you get instant gratification because you receive your invite immediately (rather than being on the wait list). The disadvantage is that you need to know someone who is a Pinterest member. That might not be as difficult as you think, however; Pinterest has over 4 million users.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Here are a few ways to find a friend to ask to invite you:</p><ul class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"><b>Post a status update on Twitter or Facebook that you're seeking an invitation to Pinterest.</b></p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> <b>Search for </b>Pinterest<b> on Twitter to see whether someone you know is a member already.</b></p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"><b>Check the </b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pinterest" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)"><b>Pinterest page on Facebook</b></a><b> for people you know.</b>When you click the Like button, you'll see a list of your friends who are Pinterest fans. From there, you can message a friend and ask for an invitation.</p> <img alt="image2.jpg" height="400" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/02/317602.image2.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;" width="531"></li> <li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"><b>Browse Pinterest.com to see whether someone already there is a friend of yours.</b> You can either visit the home page pins to see whether you recognize any names (a long shot) or type a name into the Search field in the top-left corner of the screen. When you get the results, click People to view search results by users' names.</p> </li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"><b>Post on other social networks, such as Google+, to see whether someone is a member of Pinterest.</b></p></li></ul>

How to Join Pinterest

Pinterest is an online pinboard, a visual take on the social bookmarking site. For the time being, Pinterest is an invitation-only site, tho...

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How to Join Pinterest

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Pinterest is an online pinboard, a visual take on the social bookmarking site. For the time being, Pinterest is an invitation-only site, though presumably it will eventually become open to public registrations. But don't fret! Getting an invitation and signing up is pretty darn easy.</span><br> </h1><div class="imageBlock" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;width:535px"><img alt="The Pinterest home page." height="301" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/00/317600.image0.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;" width="535"><div class="imageCaption" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"> The Pinterest home page.</div></div><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">To get started with Pinterest, your first stop is the <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)">Pinterest home page</a>. You have two options for joining Pinterest at the time of this writing: requesting an invitation from Pinteresst, or getting a friend who is already on Pinterest to invite you.</p> <p class="Remember" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">To sign up on Pinterest, you must register via either a Facebookaccount or a Twitter account.</p> <h2 style="margin:0.25rem 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:19px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">How to request an invitation from Pinterest</h2><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> Requesting an invitation is quite simple:</p><ol class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> On the Pinterest home page, click the large, red Request an Invite button at the top.</p><p class="child-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">A form appears.</p><img alt="image1.jpg" height="250" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/01/317601.image1.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;" width="535"></li> <li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Enter your e-mail address and click the Request Invitation button.</p><p class="child-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> Now you just have to wait for Pinterest to send you an invite. You'll receive a confirmation e-mail letting you know you're on the wait list. A formal invitation will arrive in your inbox in a day or two.</p><p class="child-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> If you don't receive the confirmation e-mail within minutes, check your e-mail'sspam folder. If the confirmation e-mail goes into spam, the chances are good the actual invitation will land in the spam folder as well, and you'll miss it. If the confirmation e-mail did land there, use your e-mail provider's method for reporting that an e-mail is not spam.</p> </li></ol><h2 style="margin:0.25rem 0px 1.25rem;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:19px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Ask a Pinterest member for an invitation</h2><p class="Remember" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> The quicker and easier method of getting an invitation is to ask for one from a friend who's already a Pinterest member. The great advantage to this method is that you get instant gratification because you receive your invite immediately (rather than being on the wait list). The disadvantage is that you need to know someone who is a Pinterest member. That might not be as difficult as you think, however; Pinterest has over 4 million users.</p> <p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Here are a few ways to find a friend to ask to invite you:</p><ul class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"><b>Post a status update on Twitter or Facebook that you're seeking an invitation to Pinterest.</b></p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> <b>Search for </b>Pinterest<b> on Twitter to see whether someone you know is a member already.</b></p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"><b>Check the </b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pinterest" style="color:rgb(1,69,138)"><b>Pinterest page on Facebook</b></a><b> for people you know.</b>When you click the Like button, you'll see a list of your friends who are Pinterest fans. From there, you can message a friend and ask for an invitation.</p> <img alt="image2.jpg" height="400" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/02/317602.image2.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;" width="531"></li> <li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"><b>Browse Pinterest.com to see whether someone already there is a friend of yours.</b> You can either visit the home page pins to see whether you recognize any names (a long shot) or type a name into the Search field in the top-left corner of the screen. When you get the results, click People to view search results by users' names.</p> </li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:24px"><b>Post on other social networks, such as Google+, to see whether someone is a member of Pinterest.</b></p></li></ul>

How to Join Pinterest

Pinterest is an online pinboard, a visual take on the social bookmarking site. For the time being, Pinterest is an invitation-only site, tho...

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What Is Pinterest?

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><i style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Pinterest</i><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">is an online pinboard, a visual take on the social bookmarking site. Unlike other social bookmarking sites, such as Digg and StumbleUpon, content shared on Pinterest is driven entirely by visuals. In fact, you can't share something on Pinterest unless an image is involved.</span><br> </h1><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Like every other social media site, Pinterest has its own lingo:</p><ul class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">When you share something on Pinterest, each bookmark is called a <b>pin</b>.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> When you share someone else's pin on Pinterest, it's called a <b>repin.</b></p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">You group pins together by topic onto various <b>boards </b>or<b>pinboards</b> in your profile. Each board mimics a real-life pinboard.</p> </li></ul><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">You can share images you find online, or you can directly upload images onto Pinterest. Using the Pin It button, you can share directly in your browser from any web page. You can also share your pins on Twitter and Facebook.</p> <div class="imageBlock" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;width:535px"><img alt="The Pinterest home page." height="301" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/97/317597.image0.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;" width="535"><div class="imageCaption" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"> The Pinterest home page.</div></div><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">The first time you visit Pinterest, you may notice immediately that it's an aesthetically pleasing site. You can see how much it relies on visually stunning photos. The second thing you may notice is that you can't join without an invitation. Presumably, the site will eventually become open to public registrations, but it's currently in invitation-only mode.</p> <p class="Remember" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">You don't have to have a Pinterest account to look around the place, though. If you hover over the word<i>Everything</i> right at the top of the screen, a pop-up box will give youlinks to things people have pinned in various categories, from Architecture to Humor to Weddings & Events.</p>

What Is Pinterest?

Pinterest   is an online pinboard, a visual take on the social bookmarking site. Unlike other social bookmarking sites, such as Digg and Stu...

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What Is Pinterest?

<h1 style="font-size:20px;margin:0.25rem 0px;padding:0px 0px 0.5rem;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(204,204,204);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><i style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">Pinterest</i><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> </span><span style="font-size:18px;line-height:24px">is an online pinboard, a visual take on the social bookmarking site. Unlike other social bookmarking sites, such as Digg and StumbleUpon, content shared on Pinterest is driven entirely by visuals. In fact, you can't share something on Pinterest unless an image is involved.</span><br> </h1><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Like every other social media site, Pinterest has its own lingo:</p><ul class="level-one" style="padding:0px 1rem;margin:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"> <li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">When you share something on Pinterest, each bookmark is called a <b>pin</b>.</p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px"> When you share someone else's pin on Pinterest, it's called a <b>repin.</b></p></li><li><p class="first-para" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px">You group pins together by topic onto various <b>boards </b>or<b>pinboards</b> in your profile. Each board mimics a real-life pinboard.</p> </li></ul><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">You can share images you find online, or you can directly upload images onto Pinterest. Using the Pin It button, you can share directly in your browser from any web page. You can also share your pins on Twitter and Facebook.</p> <div class="imageBlock" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:16px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;width:535px"><img alt="The Pinterest home page." height="301" src="http://media.wiley.com/Lux/97/317597.image0.jpg" style="vertical-align: bottom; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;" width="535"><div class="imageCaption" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"> The Pinterest home page.</div></div><p style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">The first time you visit Pinterest, you may notice immediately that it's an aesthetically pleasing site. You can see how much it relies on visually stunning photos. The second thing you may notice is that you can't join without an invitation. Presumably, the site will eventually become open to public registrations, but it's currently in invitation-only mode.</p> <p class="Remember" style="margin:0.75em 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:24px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">You don't have to have a Pinterest account to look around the place, though. If you hover over the word<i>Everything</i> right at the top of the screen, a pop-up box will give youlinks to things people have pinned in various categories, from Architecture to Humor to Weddings & Events.</p>

What Is Pinterest?

Pinterest   is an online pinboard, a visual take on the social bookmarking site. Unlike other social bookmarking sites, such as Digg and Stu...

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