The Master List: 10 Ways to Use Pinterest Secret Boards
During the holiday season a couple of years ago, Pinterest introduced secret boards. They allow people to make pinboards that are completely private, or just shared with a select group of family and friends.
Recently, Pinterest opened the floodgates: now, everyone can make as many secret boards as they’d like.
Keep reading to get some inspiration about cool ways Pinterest could help you work smarter, facilitate plans for the future or even give someone the surprise of a lifetime.
Plot Your Nursery
If you’ve got a little one on the way but aren’t ready to tell the world, that doesn’t require putting nursery design plans on hold. Just use a secret board to add possibilities for décor, baby items and themes.
Compile Insight about Competitors
Knowing your competition is an important part of succeeding in any field. Make it easier to manage those details by placing everything you learn into a dedicated secret board. Not only will that let you gauge what you’re up against, but it’ll give suggestions about how to continually excel in crowded marketplaces.
Plan an Intervention
Watching someone you love struggle with addiction can be heartbreaking. When you’re ready to thoughtfully intervene and suggest he or she get help from a reputable rehab center, start by planning your approach on a secret pinboard. That’ll allow you to carefully determine how to proceed and have the best chance at an ideal outcome.
Prepare to Propose
When you’ve got wedding bells on the brain and are ready to pop the question, it can seem impossible to keep your lips zipped. Enjoy a place to put all your most imaginative and heartfelt proposal ideas by using a secret board. This works especially well if you’re relying on others so all goes according to plan. Each participant can just look at the Pinterest board to more clearly understand his or her role.
Motivate Your Colleagues
A lack of productivity at work can quickly become toxic. If you’ve noticed people around the office are feeling a little burnt out, change the trend with a secret Pinterest board. The privacy component is helpful if you’re worried co-workers don’t want superiors to be under the impression they don’t enjoy their jobs.
Try restricting the secret board so only people from a certain department can access it. Whether filling it with cute pictures of animals or powerful quotes, the board can help you rekindle team spirit.
Collect Ideas Before a Marketing Meeting
The modern world of marketing is so fast paced and spontaneous that people from the same company might rival each other while dreaming up ideas for the next big concept launch. Keep your ideas concealed from other teams by filling up a Pinterest secret board. Make it collaborative so everyone you’re working with can add things, and then come together to narrow down the possibilities prior to a major meeting with marketing leaders.
Focus on Fitness
Getting fit is often a very personal journey, and Pinterest offers many visual aids to help you stay on track. Keep health goals personal by contributing to a secret pinboard. Then, although the results will be evident, your plans will be carefully safeguarded. This method can offer confidence if you’re ready to focus on your body but aren’t ready to talk about your approach with friends or relatives.
Surprise a Friend with a Round-the-World Trip
It’s often hard to reveal surprises, especially if they involve huge, globe-spanning trips. Populate a Pinterest secret board with destinations, attractions and routes. Then, let a friend know he or she is on the way to the trip of a lifetime. The visual focus of Pinterest works particularly well for sparking ideas about where to travel and how to get there.
Bridge the Gap between Remote and On-Site Employees
If your company is working on confidential projects across the miles, a perfect opportunity to collaborate is by using a Pinterest secret board. Pinterest is a great realm for encouraging remote workers to team up with employees who work in your headquarters, especially when they’re tasked with things that can’t yet be shared with the company at large.
Reduce Brainstorming Fears
People often struggle with a hesitancy to express ideas, especially if they’re worried about what other people will think. If that’s a personal issue you often struggle with, use a secret board to brainstorm without limits. Revisit it periodically, and before long, you may realize it’s time to proudly release those ideas you were once afraid to broadcast in a public form.
Hopefully these ten ideas have opened up your perspectives of how secret boards can be used wisely. Although Pinterest launched them to help people keep holiday gift ideas private, they have versatility that goes far beyond that purpose.
Images: Nawal Al-Mashouq | MKHMarketing
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