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Pinterest can help you build brand awareness and drive sales. Automation helps you automatically post new content and use Pinterest Pins on other platforms.

4 Pinterest automation ideas | Zapier

Pinterest can be a powerful selling tool for businesses, with exceptional potential for building brand awareness and driving sales. Use automation to get more out of the platform without expending more effort.

4 Pinterest automation ideas

Whether you maintain an RSS feed or just want to share the great content you find on someone else's, this integration will take care of the whole thing. Once it's active, whenever a new item is posted to a specified RSS feed, this Zap will automatically pin it to any board you want on Pinterest, so all that great content can be spread far and wide without any additional work.

RSS (really simple syndication) is pretty much the industry standard for feed readers. You'll find RSS feeds in almost every app imaginable.

RSS by Zapier

Triggers when there is a new item in any of the feeds being watched.

New Items in Multiple Feeds

Triggers when a new RSS feed item is published.

New Item in Feed

Create Item in Feed

Pinterest is the world’s catalog of ideas that more than 100 million people around the world use every month to get more creative in their everyday lives. Save images and videos ("Pins") to curated collections ("Boards") from any website, or upload your own. Build your online presence and grow your audience by sharing your visual catalog, and track what your audience thinks through their Likes and repins.

Triggers when you create a new board. Note that a "secret" board will not trigger your Zap.

New Board

New Follower

Triggers when a new Pin is added to a board.

New Pin

Creates a new Pin on the board you specify.

Create Pin

Custom Actions (Beta)

This is an advanced action which makes a raw HTTP request that includes this integration's authentication.

API Request (Beta)

Add pins to your Pinterest boards from new RSS feed items

Easily subscribe to Pinterest pins in any app you want with this Zapier integration. It'll turn your Pinterest pins into an RSS feed that you can subscribe to in your RSS feed reader.

Add new Pinterest Pins to an RSS Feed

You'll only know what's worth sharing once you have time to go through those articles on Pocket, so set up your workflow to take over once you do. This automation will watch for any new items on Pocket with a particular tag, automatically pinning each one of those to a board on Pinterest so all over your followers can enjoy that curated content.

Pocket is the best way to save articles, videos and links to view on any device, any time.

Pocket

New Archived Item

New Favorite Item

New Item

New Tagged Item

Save for Later

Share new tagged Pocket articles on Pinterest

How much time do you spend adding your pins manually? This integration can streamline that process for you. Once it's active, this Zap triggers with every new file you upload to Google Drive, automatically pinning it to a Pinterest board so you can keep it active with no added effort.

Google Drive is Google's file sync app that lets you store all of your files online alongside your Google Docs documents, and keep them synced with all of your devices.

Google Drive

Triggers when any new file is added (inside of any folder).

New File

Triggers when a new file is added directly to a specific folder (but not its subfolders).

New File in Folder

Triggers when a new file is created within, moved to, or uploaded directly to a specific folder (but not its subfolders).

Triggers when a new folder is added directly to a specific folder (but not its subfolders).

New Folder

Triggers when a file is updated in a specific folder (but not its subfolders).

Updated File

Retrieve File or Folder by ID

Find a File

Search for multiple files by name or within a specific folder.

Find Multiple Files

Find a Folder

Find or Create File

Find or Create Folder

Copy File

Copies an existing file from another service to Google Drive.

Upload File

Create Folder

Move File

Upload file(s) to Drive, and optionally replace an existing file.

Upload Multiple Files

Create File From Text

Upload a file to Drive, that replaces an existing file. 

Replace File

Adds a sharing scope to the sharing preference of a file. Does not remove existing sharing settings. Provides a sharing URL.

Add File Sharing Preference

Create Shortcut

Update File/Folder Name

Pin new Google Drive files to boards on Pinterest

Sometimes your pins don't come from your websites or other boards, but your personal collection. Streamline your posting process by setting up this automation to handle those for you. From then on, it will trigger with every new file you upload to Dropbox, automatically pinning it to Pinterest so all you have to do is drop them in a folder.

Dropbox lets you store your files online, sync them to all your devices, and share them easily. Get started for free, then upgrade for more space and security features.

Dropbox

Triggers when a new folder is added. Make sure the number of files/folders in the watched folder does not exceed 6000.

Triggers when a new file is added to a folder. Make sure the number of files/folders in the watched folder does not exceed 6000.

Triggers when a new file is added or updated in a folder. Make sure the number of files/folders in the watched folder does not exceed 6000.

New or Updated File

Finds a folder by name. Make sure the number of files/folders in the watched folder does not exceed 6000.

Find Folder

Search for a specific file by name. Make sure the number of files/folders in the watched folder does not exceed 6000.

Find File

Searches for files in a folder that match a search term in the contents or name. Requires a Dropbox Business account.

Find File (Content Search)

Delete File

Delete Folder

Creates a brand new folder at the path you specify.

Upload an existing file or attachment not bigger than 500 MB.

Moves a file to a new location at the path you specify.

Creates a brand new text file from plain text content you specify.

Create Text File

Adds a new line to an existing text file, or creates a file if it doesn't exist.

Create or Append to Text File

Rename File

Create Shared Link

Pin new uploaded Dropbox files to Pinterest

Instagram and Pinterest serve different purposes and audiences, but that doesn't mind they don't share content. Save yourself the trouble of posting the same content twice by setting up this automation. It will then watch your Instagram account, automatically triggering whenever you post a new photo or video and pinning it to a specified board on Pinterest. Now your followers can keep up with everything, no matter where they find you! 

Instagram for Business allows you to gain insights on your followers. Instagram keeps rolling out tools to help business owners succeed on the photo-sharing social media platform.

Instagram for Business

Triggers when a photo or video is posted to your selected account.

New Media Posted in my Account

Triggers when your selected account is tagged in a photo or video.

New Tagged Media

Publish a photo to your feed. **Note**: This will only work for an Instagram Business Account and not a Personal or Creator Account.

Publish Photo

Pin your new Instagram posts on Pinterest

Before you post the same thing multiple times across all your social accounts, consider using automation to tie them all together and save your precious time. Once you've set this one up, we'll keep an eye on your Facebook Page for you, automatically pinning every new post you make to a board on Pinterest, so every follower, no matter the network, can see what you've got to share.

Facebook Pages lets you connect with your customers, fans and followers on the world's largest social network. Share relevant content to engage people who Like your page, create events to build and grow your community, and run a Facebook ad campaign by targeting location, age and more.

Facebook Pages

New Comment

Triggers when your page is mentioned or tagged in a post.

New Page Mention / Tag

Triggers when anyone (including you) posts to your Page's Timeline.

New Post to Your Timeline

Triggers when you post to your Page's Timeline.

New Post by You

Triggers when your Facebook Page receives a new recommendation.

New Recommendation

Changes the profile picture of a Facebook Page.

Change Page Profile Photo

Uploads a photo to your Facebook Page and posts it to the stream.

Create Page Photo

Generates page post insights. You can include multiple metrics.

Page Post Insights

Create a new page "stream" post on a page.

Create Page Post

Uploads a video to your Facebook Page and posts it to the stream.

Create Page Video

Share new Facebook Page posts on Pinterest

Looking to expand your video content to new social media platforms? We'll make that easy for you with this integration! Just set it up, and new YouTube videos posted in a channel will automatically generate Pinterest pins. A whole new platform to get more viewers, with no work whatsoever.

YouTube allows billions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small.

YouTube

Triggers when a new video is uploaded by a specific YouTube username.

New Video

Triggers when a new video is published to a specific YouTube channel.

New Video in Channel

Triggers when a new video is added to a specific playlist. **Note** does not work for your "watch later" playlist.

New Video in Playlist

Triggers when a new video is uploaded that matches a specific search string.

New Video by Search

Creates a report on specified data from your owned and managed channels.

Get Report

Upload Video

Updates the thumbnail image for a video. You must have verified your phone number in order to update a video's thumbnail image

Update Video Thumbnail

Create Pinterest pins from new YouTube videos in a channel

Create stronger social connections with your followers when you use this Pinterest-Facebook Pages automation. After you set it up, each time you save a new pin on Pinterest, Zapier will automatically create a post for you on your Facebook Page. This is a great and easy way to stay connected and share ideas!

Share Pinterest pins as Facebook Page posts

Now that you've put up that blog post, it's time to share. Don't waste time with manual updates; we'll take care of your social posting. This automation will trigger with each new post you publish on WordPress, automatically pinning your featured image and title so your board followers can find out about it and jump into reading.

WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. Nearly 20% of the top 10 million websites and over 60 million people have chosen WordPress to power the place on the web they call "home".

WordPress

New Media

New Post

Updated Post

Updated User

New User

Find Post

Finds a user with a default user role. Does not search users with custom roles created by plugins.

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