Pinterest to Start Selling 'Promoted Pins'

Pinterest has a good New Year's resolution: make some money. They announced this week that as of January, they'll start selling ads on their network in the form of "promoted Pins."

pinterest dataPinterest has a good New Year’s resolution: make some money. They announced this week that as of January, they’ll start selling ads on their network in the form of Promoted Pins.

It’s sort of shocking that this hasn’t happened already. Pinterest’s Joanne Bradford explained in a Pinterest for Business blog post:

Millions of people use Pinterest every day to save the inspiration and things they need to carry out plans and pursue their interests. This is a huge, unmatched opportunity for marketers today—while some platforms look to the past or present, only Pinterest focuses on the future.

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