How To Add YouTube Videos To Pinterest

Images and video’s can go viral far easier than text for many reasons.

Considering Pinterest is so popular and focuses on media, don’t you think its a good idea to add your Youtube video’s to your Pinterest account?

The power of Youtube combined with the popularity of Pinterest is an exciting combination don’t you think?

When you pin video’s to your account, you get:

Its easy to do however there’s a few things you need to know before you start adding links to a new board.

Choose a name for you board like you would choose a category for your posts.

Use a keyword which is description of the overall topic of your video’s.

Grab the longlink rather than the shortone (which won’t work in Pinterest)

If you can’t find this link:

Back in your Pinterest account, click Add a Pin.

Paste the url to your Youtube video in the empty field and click Find Images.

Once the image to your video displays, choose the board you wish to add the video to.

Here you can add a description of your Youtube video the same way you can in Youtube.

You can also add a link back to your website page which includes more information on the same topic as the video.

You can always go back and edit the content of your Description, change the link or delete the Pin and start again.

You can also share your Youtube video’s directly from your Pinterest account which creates another link to your content.

I tested this video on my Pinterest account and it works fine however the Youtube HD link didn’t work for me.

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