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Now that you know the beauty of Tailwind from this post, I’m going to fill you in on tribes! Tribes sounds really complicated, but at the end of the day they are little groups of similar interests and niches. Once I started figuring out the benefits of tribes, my reach skyrocketed!

In a tribe, you’ll share the content you create for your blog with the tribe members. The members will then schedule to share your content on their Pinterest account. Since tribes are based on niche interests, this makes it a win-win for you. You’ll be able to share similar and relevant content with your audience while others do the same. Even if you do not create content through blogging, you can share pictures and Instagram posts. Or you can just use the tribe to find content to schedule and pin. Put that shit on autopilot!!!

So if you’re like most people, you’re probably wondering why should I share someone else’s content? Because they are going to share your content too! A rising tide lifts all ships resonates so much with Tailwind and Pinterest. You’re curating content for your audience and others are doing the same. Share the wealth and it will come back to your 10 fold.

Tailwind allows you to join up to five tribes on the smallest plan of $15 per month, billed monthly. I suggest taking advantage of this and joining five of the ones that best fit your niches based on your content and ideal client. You can, however, purchase power ups that allow you to join more tribes as well as submit more content. When Tailwind was testing tribes, you could join as many as you wanted and submit as much content as you wanted. I’m actually glad they have limited the content submission now because it means the content will be the cream of the crop!

If you decide not to use Tailwind, you can cancel your subscription and still use the tribes feature for free. There is a bit more work involved in this process and you will need to manually pin those posts. Personally, that does not make sense for me and I would rather spend the money and save the time.

When you join a tribe, make sure you read the rules set out by the tribe owner. Some tribes are 1:1 sharing while others are 1:3, and then some only allow vertical pins. Make sure the content you are adding is good, high-quality content and not just something you threw together. You want others to see your content and share it.

On the tribes tab, you can see the stats for both the tribe and your personal results. This little feature is nice when you want to evaluate your tribe membership. If your re-share, repins, and reach are low, it might be time to find a new tribe. Again, if you aren’t sharing others content from that tribe, do not expect your’s to get shared either. However, if you are doing everything you can to share others’ content and you’re not seeing the results you want, leave that tribe and find another one.

As Tailwind states, tribes were built to “encourage a friendly, collaborative, and spam-free community.” Come on over to Tailwind and start using tribes today; become a part of the community.

I know you’re here because you’re wondering “what the hell is Tailwind?” Well, I’m about to rock your world. Tailwind is a Pinterest management tool that you can utilize both from the web and an app!

Tailwind is definitely one of the best kept secrets for high-performance Pinterest users. If you’re a blogger reading this and haven’t joined Tailwind yet, run over and JOIN RIGHT NOW and then come back and read the rest of this post. Seriously. This program has literally changed my Pinterest game. Considering this tool is just $10 per month when billed annually, your return on investment is worth it!

Once I heard about Tailwind through a facebook group, I knew I needed to brace for the rabbit hole. Yeah, you know what I’m talking about… the rabbit hole is that time-suck thing you get so sucked into doing and then look up and realize that 5 hours just passed by in the blink of an eye. Yep. Fair warning!

The first few months using Tailwind was basically me figuring out all of the features this program provides. Tailwind has so many neat features like scheduling, tribes, Instagram integration, insights and analytics, and more! Y’all, I told you this is a serious GAME CHANGER!

Obviously the big thing here is that you can SAVE TIME by scheduling your pins! In a world that wants to maximize time as much as possible, Tailwind will allow you to do that! Which means you can focus on creating graphics or writing blog posts to go along with those pins. One of my favorite things about scheduling with Tailwind is that it schedules your pins based on your audience’s engagement timeline and, thus,automatically maximizes your reach! Talk about some kind of genius optimization!

I highly suggest installing Tailwind’s browser extension to save even more time. This extension is similar to the Pinterest bowser extension. When you hover over a photo, the Tailwind button pops up–just like the Pinterest pin button! Y’all, life saver! I love sharing my blog posts to tribes multiple times because they sometimes move VERY quick. However, I do not necessarily want to pin the same blog post over and over and over. This feature eliminates the need to pin to my own account while sharing with my tribes!

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