Introducing Story Pins from Pinterest — keep it simpElle

I’d love to say I’m not good at keeping secrets… but I am. And that’s mostly because I don’t have the greatest memory! So not talking about the latest new feature from Pinterest — Story Pins — for the last few months, has weirdly been the hardest as I’ve been super excited to share this with anyone that would want to listen!

What are story pins?

So, story pins are basically the newest way to share your ideas on Pinterest. They are created using multiple pages of text, images, video and links so you can get a lot more creative than with your regular static pins. Story pins haven’t fully rolled out to everyone; right now they’re available to business accounts (I told you to up your Pinterest game, huh!) in the UK so go check on the website or app, click the “+” and see if you have early access!

Each pin can have a maximum of 20 pages, with 5 pages being the minimum suggested by Pinterest themselves. You can create DIY tutorials, detailed recipes or like me, I’ve featured a story about house plants I’ve loved and killed, short workouts and even a luggage review.

As with everything on Pinterest the goal is to help people take action. They’re on Pinterest looking for inspiration and ideas… how to bake that instagram trend cake, how to make a rented space feel more like home or how to style and wear that pleather skirt they just had to buy. And you can do all of this while telling a bigger story through visual inspiration.

How To Create A Story Pin

It really only takes a few simple steps to create your first story pin and this can be on your mobile or on desktop.

On mobile: open the app and click “+”, then tap “Story Pin”. Choose a cover image and add a clear title. This is your Story Pins cover page which people will see in their Pinterest home feed and it cannot be edited once published. Add your images, videos and…