2014: Expanding My Social Media Platform

I finally took my daughter's advice. I created my first board on Pinterest ( www.Pinterest.com ). This social media platform serves a personalized file for media content and the content of others. Users save individual pins to one of their own boards using the "Pin It" button. Pinboards are organized by a central topic or theme. Users personalize their experience with Pinterest by pinning items, creating boards, and interacting with other members. The users "pin feed" displays unique, personalized results. (Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinterest ) Many writers may feel this activity is a waste of time. The exercise of creating a board and selecting my areas of interests became a springboard (I love that word) to multiple uses and ideas on how to maximized my Pinterest experience. First, I had to stop and think what did I want to use this tool for me personally. My daughter's words rang true in my mind, "Mom, it help you organize y