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Virtual scrapbooking site Pinterest is a force to be reckoned with. That's why brands nationwide will integrate Pinterest campaigns into their promotional strategies this holiday season. This two-year-old social media phenom has already attracted roughly 20 million users, making it the third most popular social network in the U.S.
Not only is its user base massive, Pinterest is retaining and engaging users as much as two to three times more efficiently than Twitter at a similar time in its history according to SocialMediaExaminer.com. Plus, 80 percent of pins are reportedly "repins" (the equivalent of "sharing" in the Facebook world) demonstrating the viral activity in the Pinterest community. What's more, shoppers referred by Pinterest are 10 percent more likely model home virtual tours phoenix arizona to make a purchase than visitors who arrive via other social networks.
Nonprofit Samaritan's Purse leverages Pinterest to promote its holiday campaign called model home virtual tours phoenix arizona "Operation Christmas Child" where supporters pack shoeboxes full of toys and school supplies for children in impoverished countries.
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