Hello! Today I have an excellent guest post from Grace Moser sharing the strategies she used to reach 200,000 pageviews in a single day on her blog. Enjoy!
Hello — I’m thrilled to contribute again and share practical, tested tips that helped our site explode with traffic.
A lot has changed since my last post here, and most of it has been positive. My husband Silas and I launched our blog, Chasing Foxes, in 2016. After several months of persistent work, our traffic surged unexpectedly in late May.
None of this would have happened without Silas. He was determined to leave a toxic job and find a way to work online so we could travel full-time. Once we discovered blogging, we made a plan: he kept a corporate job to cover our living costs while I focused on building the blog. After his shifts, he helped with the site.
We were very tight on money then. Our car kept breaking down during the winter, and financial stress was constant. I considered quitting or taking a part-time job many times, but Silas convinced me to stay the course. If I had quit a few months before our breakthrough, I don’t know where we’d be. Because I didn’t, we now travel full-time and have the lifestyle we wanted.
Travel has given me chances to explore new places, like this beautiful temple I found on a night walk in Taipei.
How Our Pageviews Changed
Between 2019 and the present, our pageviews from Pinterest climbed in ways we hadn’t expected. After a dip in 2018, when we averaged 20–30k daily pageviews, I assumed our earlier peak—about 50k daily in 2016—was an upper limit. We had occasional viral days near 80k, but averages always fell back to that perceived ceiling.
Silas pushed me to keep experimenting and not accept that ceiling as fixed. In early 2019, I took ownership of Pinterest and implemented major changes I’d resisted because of pride. Social platforms constantly evolve; you can’t assume you “have it figured out.”
The results were dramatic. In April we hit 139,560 pageviews in one day from Pinterest. The following month we reached 200,513 pageviews in a single day. We celebrated with a simple breakfast at McDonald’s—because sometimes small rewards are the best.
Below I’ll share the specific adjustments that helped us scale those numbers. If you haven’t yet, I recommend reading my previous post on Making Sense of Cents, which outlines foundational techniques for getting traffic from Pinterest and other sources.
What I Changed with Pin Images
I used to create five pins per post, and I still do, but my process evolved. Each week I review Google Analytics to find top-performing posts and design new pins for those pieces, then manually pin them every day. It sounds like a lot, but it’s manageable and highly effective.
Key point: Pinterest favors fresh creative assets. If a post already performed well, new pin images for that post often perform even better. Use editors like PicMonkey or Canva and build templates to speed production. Templates let you swap backgrounds and reposition the same photo to create multiple distinct pins quickly.
I also recommend testing new visual styles every few weeks. Browse Pinterest, notice styles that attract you, and experiment—without copying any single creator outright. Borrowing inspiration from several sources keeps your pins original and avoids awkward situations where another blogger might accuse you of copying them.
What Changed with My Titles
Study experienced bloggers and successful Pinterest users to learn headline vocabulary that catches attention. Don’t stick to the phrases you’re comfortable with; try bolder, more evocative wording. For example, instead of a bland title like “11 Easy Weight Loss Tips that Are Beyond Genius,” test something punchier such as “11 Clever Weight Loss Habits that Will Help You Destroy Weight Gain.”
I often brainstorm up to 20 titles per post to generate a wider selection of potential click-worthy headlines. Track which phrases perform best and reuse them in future pins if they resonate with your audience.
What Changed with My Pinning
In 2017 I used BoardBooster, and in 2018 we moved to Tailwind after BoardBooster closed. Tailwind worked for a while, but eventually we saw diminishing returns. That pushed us to test manual pinning, and our pageviews began to climb again. There’s no universal answer — test what works for you and iterate until you find a sustainable system.
Manual Pinning Strategy (Example)
To avoid overwhelming readers with a complicated routine, I’m sharing a simple, high-performing manual system from Olivia Wyles of oliviawyles.com (with her permission):
She pins directly from Pinterest and publishes 4–10 fresh pins on weekdays and about 15 on weekends, plus one video pin and one story pin weekly. When a pin performs well, she recreates similar versions. Her boards are narrowly nichified (for example, “Keto Breakfasts,” “Keto Holiday Recipes”), and her oldest boards perform best. Tracking is simple: she checks Pinterest and Google Analytics daily, and uses notes to store descriptions, URLs, and titles for quick copy-pasting.
Even with fewer pins, this approach produces strong results. If you’re skeptical about new bloggers succeeding on Pinterest, note that many do—Pinterest isn’t dead for newcomers.
Another tip: check Google Analytics daily to find posts gaining traction, then create and pin new images for them immediately. That quick response often amplifies momentum.
Avoid Negativity in Facebook Groups
One of the most important soft-skill tips I can give: avoid discouraging threads in Pinterest-related Facebook groups. Reading long complaint threads about lost traffic can sap motivation. Many people who are doing well simply don’t comment on those threads. If you find negativity, scroll past it. Time spent there is time lost that could be invested in testing and improving your strategy.
What Changed with My Keywords
Keywords remain essential. Use Pinterest’s search to type a general term related to your post (for a paleo recipe, try “paleo”) and note the suggested phrases that appear below—those are high-value search terms. For each blog post you pin, choose about three keywords and use them naturally in a couple of sentences in your pin description.
To speed up the process, maintain a Google Doc with sets of three keywords for your most common post types. For example, a personal finance blog might keep keyword sets for “budgeting,” “getting out of debt,” and “retirement,” so you can quickly apply them to new pins.
What Changed with My Pinterest Boards
Group boards were useful in 2017, but today personal boards that are tightly niched perform far better. Name boards specifically (for example, “Paleo Dessert Recipes” instead of “Best Pins”) so Pinterest’s algorithm understands the audience for each pin. Use the same keyword-research approach to name boards—this helps ensure your pins reach the right viewers.
How We Responded When Pageviews Dropped
Pinterest’s algorithm changes regularly. Instead of panicking when traffic dips, experiment and tweak. Small changes can yield big results. Stay calm, test ideas, and track outcomes. Panicking typically leads to wasted time and poor decisions; thoughtful testing moves you forward faster.
Snowballing Success
Success on Pinterest tends to snowball. When a post performs well, create more related content and new pins to build momentum. For instance, if a weight-loss post gets 2,000 pageviews in a day, design fresh pins for it and publish follow-up posts or similar articles with different titles. Pinterest will often reward that cluster of related content by exposing more of it to users, accelerating your growth.
I hope these tips are helpful. If you have questions, email me at [email protected] and I’ll be happy to help personally.
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