Author: Danny Maloney

Danny Maloney

Danny Maloney

Pinterest Partner since 2012

CEO & Co-founder

Danny Maloney is the CEO and Co-founder of Tailwind, the Pinterest marketing platform he started in 2011 to help small businesses grow through visual discovery. Before Tailwind, Danny led New Initiatives at Google Maps and YouTube and served as General Manager of AOL Video. He has spent over a decade building tools that make Pinterest marketing accessible to businesses of every size.

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Marketing

Pinterest for Shopify: 12 Do’s and Don’ts That Drive Real Sales

Pinterest isn’t just a social platform—it’s a visual search engine where people actively plan purchases. For Shopify stores, that makes it one of the most powerful long-term traffic and sales channels available.

But success on Pinterest isn’t automatic. Many Shopify stores either treat Pinterest like Instagram or abandon it before their Pins have time to gain traction.

If you want Pinterest to become a consistent source of traffic and revenue, here are the key do’s and don’ts that separate successful Shopify brands from everyone else.

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Marketing

Tailwind Turbo Beta Results: How Added Momentum Changes Pinterest Outcomes

Turbo Pins were over 300x more likely to go viral as other creator Pins

Over the last five months, thousands of creators participated in the beta test period for Tailwind Turbo – a new feature that aims to help creator content succeed on Pinterest through expert curation by other creators.

But did it work?

Did community-driven Pin curation lead to better performing Pins on Pinterest?

The short answer: …

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Member Resources

Introducing Tailwind Communities!

Discover how Tailwind Communities can help you connect and grow with other Pinterest creators. Easily share and schedule content within 20,000+ communities. Learn more now!

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Pinterest

What Makes a Great Pin?

Pinterest analyzed dozens of potential features to determine what makes for a great pin. Four things stood out. Download this FREE guide to learn what

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