Kate's Take: Quick thoughts on Pinterest marketing #8

About this episode

Kate Ahl shares her guiding principles in business and discusses the challenges of marketing on Pinterest today.

My two guiding principles right now in business – where is the money flowing and where do people need transformational wins – big or small. I started out in 2010 with Facebook and the boom of affiliates. Coupon clicks, prints, and it basically feeling like the wild wild west of the internet. The joke in the 2010’s is you could basically print money. A lot of people got rich off courses, affiliates, and the easy money. It’s harder now. Algorithms, discovery is more difficult and neither...

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Host: Kate Ahl

Topics covered

• Pinterest marketing
• business principles
• digital marketing
• affiliate marketing
• algorithm challenges

Keywords

• Pinterest
• marketing
• business
• affiliates
• algorithms
• transformation
• digital marketing

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