A new badge, the Pinterest Performance Essentials badge, is available on Pinterest Academy. To earn it, complete ten performance-focused courses on improving campaign results and increasing conversions. After passing a 20-question quiz, you can share the badge with your network. If you have the Pinterest Advertising Essentials badge, it's easier to advance. The badge is currently available in English, with more languages coming soon.
The 2025 Pinterest Palette features five trending colors: Cherry Red, Butter Yellow, Aura Indigo, Dill Green, and Alpine Oat, based on Pinterest insights. These colors will influence fashion and decor. The palette helps creative professionals enhance campaigns and product lines. Suggestions include using these colors for art direction, creating monochromatic ads, and targeting Gen Z. The palette is available for download with detailed color values.
Pinterest has launched a Holiday Campaign Hub to help optimize festive season campaigns using products like Promotions, Pinterest Performance+, and Conversions API. Monthly Pinners spend 19% more on festive purchases than users on other platforms. Promotions can highlight discounts and drive more conversions. Performance+ uses AI to streamline campaign setup and improve results. The Conversions API provides better ad performance insights.
Pinterest's study highlights the importance of targeting both passive and active attention in ads to drive interest and action. Amplified Intelligence found that passive attention, often overlooked, is as crucial as active attention. Pinterest excels in capturing total attention, with ads delivering 7.3x more passive attention and 170% more total attention than other platforms. Effective strategies include contextual and emotionally engaging content.
Marketing Auditor simplifies your audit process, letting you generate comprehensive, white-label reports in just a few clicks. Save over 10 hours per report while analyzing 200+ data points and delivering 50+ pages of actionable insights. Customize reports with professional themes or your own branding, and export them in editable formats like PowerPoint or Google Slides to showcase your expertise.
Gen Z makes up 42% of Pinterest's global users, with a 30% increase in their searches year on year. These users are 1.3x more likely to shop online. To engage with Gen Z, brands should appear when they search, build traction for transactions, make content shoppable, stay ahead of trends, connect them to culture, and consider those shopping for them. Gen Z uses Pinterest for interests like gaming, celebrities, and planning online hobbies.
Pinterest has identified top trends for 2024 to help users stay ahead. These include 'Be Jelly', 'Hot Metals', 'Blue Beauty', 'Dirt Flirts', 'Give a Scrap', 'Western Gothic', 'Make It Big', 'Kitschens', 'Rest Stops', 'Head to Glow', 'Groovy Nuptials', 'Jazz Revival', 'Cute Coins', 'Making a Racket', 'Eclectic Grandpa', 'Aquatecture', 'Melty Mashups', 'Inchstones', 'Knockout Workouts', 'Bow Stacking', 'Tropic Like It's Hot', 'Cafécore', and 'Big Talk'.
