Blog: Social Media Tip of the Day – Properly Utilize 'Secret Boards' on Pinterest

A couple of months ago Pinterest gave users the ability to create up to three Secret Boards. If you want to create a new secret board after your three slots are filled up, you’ll have to delete one. You only get to create three, although you can collaborate with others on a secret board and it won’t count towards your total.

You can create a secret board in a couple of different ways. On the web, there is now a Secret Board box at the bottom of your profile. There’s also an option to make a board secret when you create a new one via the “Add+” tab. And finally, the Pinterest mobile app for iOS and Android, there is a “create secret board” button inside the boards tab in your profile.

That’s the easy part. The hard part is finding the perfect uses for these secret boards. Luckily, you have access to an entire team of creative, social media experts! Or so we like to think 

Here’s a few suggestions to try out:

Party planning

Let’s say it’s a loved ones birthday and the person in question is a Pinterest user. You can invite family members and loved ones to pin onto the board with gift ideas, and party planning ideas. The secret board makes sense for any kind of event, really, from weddings to shower themes – even date night.

Job related info.

Why bookmark when you can pin? What if you have a visual job and need a place to store all those great ideas? A Pinterest board makes so much more sense than a long list of bookmarked websites. #JustSayin

Travel guide

Some people don’t mind sharing the places they want to go and/or have been. But sometimes we want to keep the destinations a secret. Maybe you are planning a honeymoon. A private place filled with palm trees and blue ocean definitely doesn’t sound like a bad idea.

Gift buying

Having a board for every person on your holiday list could be useful, but if you have a larger family it’s still a could place to hide pins that they’ve expressed an interest in. And if Santa uses Pinterest, this could change everything we know about making the list and checking it twice.

Only the best for our dear readers and clients. The WeShareMedia teamcontinues to keep you in the know and grow your business’ internet presence, bigger & bigger, day after day.