Pinterest For Dudes
Okay, okay, guilty as charged for jumping on the blogging about Pinterest bandwagon this week, but I wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t chime in right? But at least I’m taking a unique angle by trying to be a little more helpful for the gents out there as it pertains to the most recent social darling, Pinterest.
I’ve been kicking the tires a bit on Pinterest the past few weeks, and it’s definitely something I’m finding more and more pinteresting (that just happened). I do find myself spending time just browsing through all kinds of stuff, looking for interesting things that catch my eye whether it’s cool gadgets, food, style, etc. However one important Pinterest lesson that contradicts all other social networks…do not follow everyone. I made that mistake and my page pulls up a smorgasbord of wedding, women’s fashion, jewelry, etc. Don’t get me wrong, I find mild interest in many of those things, but I want to focus on the the things that I’m actually connected to, and the only real way to do that right now is to stick to following like minded folks. I’m actually starting to collect some of these things and can see how this will be useful to me.
Pinterest Gender Breakdown
I definitely can see the overwhelming amount of content learning towards the feminine side (see obligatory supporting chart above courtesy of Ignite Social Media). Makes sense of course. I’d love to see more stuff for dudes. Gadgets, men’s fashion, cars, etc. Slowly but surely I anticipate that will be the case, but in the meantime, I’ve done a bit of digging to help all of you dudes get a head start on finding and following some existing heavy users that you might find useful.
Pinterest does have a couple men friendly categories to check out right out of the gate:
Some Men worth taking a look at and following:
- Ben Silbermann (go figure the founder is a dude!)
- Evan Sharp (co-founder too!)
- Ben Stovold
- Dan Polley
- Jeff Davidson
- Tim Sullentrup
- Andrew Firstenberger
- Maverick
- Oh and of course me right?
