Pinterest

This past week, each person in our class created a Pnterest account as a way to generate traffic on a specific topic about Clemson University. After creating the account, I can say that though Pinterst is a good social media tool, I'm not sure if it is the best way to bring about attention to a specific subject. This is due to several reasons, one being that most Pinterest users are girls. If your topic is about sports, cars, or certain types of music it would most likely be harder to get followers on Pinterest. My topic is about Clemson football which, outside of the realm of Clemson University, is probably going to be a hard topic to market to a lot of people. On the other hand, there are several topics that Pinterst would be a good tool to use for. Topics such as cooking, art, and places to travel would be good topics that would be a hit on Pinterest. There would be a potentially large market for these topics beacause they are easy to talk about about as well they are not specific to a certain demographic, such as Clemson football. Overall, I felt Pinterst was a good social media site to use, but it must be noted that it is not right for all topics. In addition to this it is not as personable as Facebook or Myspace is as you can not directly interact with other users in such ways as chat rooms or wall postings.