{"id":719,"date":"2013-05-31T08:06:07","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T06:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanpixxels.com\/?p=719"},"modified":"2024-05-27T13:50:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T13:50:18","slug":"pin-it-forward-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanpixxels.com\/nl\/pin-it-forward-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Pin it Forward UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/jacinthav\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanpixxels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PinItForward4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-728\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though I&#8217;ve been blogging for only a few months now, I&#8217;ve already met so many great people thanks to this blog. If you think bloggers are these nerdy people who can only communicate via their computer&#8230; You&#8217;re wrong. Bloggers are cool! Well, and a bit nerdy from time to time, but that&#8217;s only because we like our gadgets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On my first weekend in London I attended the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Meettheblogger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meet the Blogger<\/a> conference. By then I was only thinking about maybe starting a blog. But after meeting all these amazing international lifestyle and design bloggers I was convinced: I wanted to be a blogger too. So I started Urban Pixxels. But what did I know about blogging? Not much! I wanted to meet other bloggers again, to share tips, tricks and experiences. Luckily I found a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/find\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">meet-up<\/a> group (great way to meet new people in London) for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ladiesinblogging.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ladies in Blogging<\/a>. We get together monthly in London, drink wine&#8230;and talk basically. And we listen to experienced bloggers sharing their experiences. It&#8217;s fun! And again, I&#8217;ve met some great London-based bloggers here as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently blogging is big in London. So when <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pinterest<\/a> launched Pinterest UK last month they hosted a launch party just for bloggers to kick off their Pin it Forward UK campaign. And I was invited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As with blogging, I&#8217;m also relatively new to Pinterest. But I love it. Every day you come across so many interesting and beautiful images, and Pinterest helps you to collect and organize them. I follow people who I think have great taste in topics I&#8217;m interested in. But mostly I use it just to collect ideas. For example when I was planning my trip to Namibia last year, I created a <a href=\"https:\/\/nl.pinterest.com\/urbanpixxels\/namibia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">board<\/a> with pictures made by other photographers to get an idea of what I could expect. I now do the same when I come across a beautiful photo that has been taken in <a href=\"https:\/\/nl.pinterest.com\/urbanpixxels\/london-do-eat-sleep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">London<\/a>, just for inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These days I&#8217;m most active on my <a href=\"https:\/\/nl.pinterest.com\/urbanpixxels\/london-do-eat-sleep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wish List London<\/a> board. There are so many cool things to do in this city that it&#8217;s hard to keep track. Forget the tourist guides, they&#8217;re outdated before you know it. So every time I read a story or review online about this new place that is apparently a must-visit, I pin it on this board. And when I&#8217;m looking for a new restaurant to try out or a museum I haven&#8217;t been to, I check this board for ideas. Don&#8217;t you love it when you appear to be so organized?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in learning more about how other bloggers are using Pinterest, make sure to follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23PinItForwardUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#PinItForwardUK<\/a> on Twitter or check out all the bloggers that are participating on the Pinterest Blog. Tomorrow, Rosie of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arosieoutlook.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Rosie Outlook<\/a> will be the next blogger to Pin it Forward. She has a great blog, but you should also definitely have a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/rosieoutlook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">her Pinterest boards<\/a>. 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