9 Businesses Using Pinterest Contests to Drive Traffic and Exposure

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“Pinterest Contests for Business: Learn how running contests on Pinterest is a great way to expose your brand to a large audience and attract new followers.”

Interesting stats from this article include:

Over 80% of pins are repins, demonstrating the tremendous “virality” at work in the Pinterest community.

Pinterest accounted for 3.6% of referral traffic as of January 2012.

Shoppers referred by Pinterest are 10% more likely to make a purchase than visitors who arrive from other social networks, including Facebook and Twitter.

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