Michio Hasai Michio Hasai is a social strategist and car guy. Find him on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

Pinterest ads are here

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If you’re wondering what an advertisement on Pinterest looks like, here it is. Their upcoming revenue model with in-stream advertising may add value to the already-hot social network. Then again, it might just spam it out.

Pinterest today started its preannounced test of “promoted pins,” a.k.a. the first-ever revenue-generating product for the company valued at $2.5 billion.

Well, not so fast on the revenue front. Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann said in September, “Nobody’s paying for anything yet — we want to see how things go and, more than anything, hear what you think.”

 

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Michio Hasai Michio Hasai is a social strategist and car guy. Find him on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

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