Botanic Bleu: Monday Social

How to Link Instagram to Linky Parties

Linky parties can be used for more than just linking up blog post photos that take viewers back to a blog. Linky parties can also be used to link photos that take viewers back to an Instagram site, the hottest ticket in town, especially since Instagram now has something called Stories.

Which means non-bloggers can join linky parties and share their Instagram photos. Linking photos to your Instagram site is a great way for others to find you on Instagram and to grow your number of Instagram viewers. This is exciting, but there are two key requirements for linking Instagram photos to linky parties.

First

The hostess(es) of the linky party must allow Instagram links.

Great news! The new Monday Social linky party hosted by Katie @ Let's Add Sprinkles, Eilis @ My Heart Lives Here, and myself, Judith @ Botanic Bleu invite you to link Instagram photos each Sunday at 4:00 p.m. beginning with the first party on Sunday, September 11, 2016.

Second

The photos linked are your own photos that are on your Instagram site.

InLinkz has instructions about how to link photos from Instagram to an InLinkz party at the following site.

INSTAGRAM http://blog.inlinkz.com/2014/05/instagram-photos-link-thumbnails/

We would love to see your photos on both your Instagram site and at our Monday Social party. Share DIY, home decor, inspirational thoughts, recipes, travel... whatever is going on in your world.

We would also love for you to include #mondaysocialparty on your Instagram photos that you share with Monday Social.

We invite you to share your Instagram photos with us beginning

Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016 @ 4:00 p.m.

Monday Social

I also invite you to follow me on Instagram

by clicking on my Instagram button at the top right of this page.

Please join me at these inspiring places for more joy of living.

SUNDAY

Dishing It and Digging It @ Rustic and Refined

Sundays at Home @ My Soulful Home

MONDAY

Amaze Me Mondays @ Dwellings, the Heart of Your Home

Make It Pretty Monday @ The Dedicated House

TUESDAY

the Scoop @ StoneGable

Tuesdays At Our Home @ Our Home Away From Home

Inspire Me Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life

Show and Share @ Coastal Charm

WEDNESDAY

Wow Us Wednesday @ Savvy Southern Style

THURSDAY

The Inspiration Gallery @ Craftberry Bush

Thoughts of Home on Thursday @ Poofing The Pillows

Your Inspired Design @ bluesky kitchen

Share Your Cup @ Art and Sand

Inspiration Thursday @ In the New House Designs

Share Your Style @ The Essence of Home

Ta-Da @Chatham Hill on the Lake

FRIDAY

Feathered Nest Friday @ French Country Cottage

Home Sweet Home @ The Charm of Home

Simple & Sweet Fridays @ Rooted in Thyme

Anything Blue Friday @ The Dedicated House

SATURDAY

Share It One More Time @ One More Time Events

How to Link Pinterest to Linky Parties

Linky parties can be used for more than just linking up blog post photos that take viewers back to a blog. Linky parties can also be used to link photos that take viewers back to a Pinterest site.

Which means non-bloggers can join linky parties and share their Pinterest boards. Linking photos to your Pinterest site is a great way for others to find you on Pinterest and to grow your Pinterest readership. This is pretty exciting news, but there are two key requirements for linking Pinterest photos to linky parties.

First

The hostess(es) of the linky party must allow Pinterest links.

Great news! The new Monday Social linky party hosted by Katie @ Let's Add Sprinkles, Eilis @ My Heart Lives Here, and myself, Judith @ Botanic Bleu invite you to link Pinterest photos each Sunday at 4:00 p.m. beginning with the first party on Sunday, September 11, 2016.

Second

The photos linked are your own photos that are on your Pinterest site.

Here are the steps for linking Pinterest photos to a linky party.

Log into your Pinterest account.
Click on a photograph you would like share.
Copy the URL address from the browser address bar.
Go to the blog of the hostess for Monday Social.
Click on Add Your Link.
In the first box, paste the URL address that links to your Pinterest photo.
In the second box, type the title you want to appear beneath your thumbnail on the linky party.
In the third box, add your email address.
Your Pinterest images will appear.
Select the image you want to use.

Here's a photo on my Pinterest board, Botanic Bleu Blog that I shared on a linky party site.

Here's how it looked as a cropped thumbnail on the linky party.

Why promote a Pinterest site?

Pinterest has become one of my favorite sites on the internet. I find DIY on all kinds of things. There are delicious recipes with beautiful ways to present the dish. One of my boards is Tour Eiffel & Paris where I have collected tips for traveling to France as well as beautiful images of Paris. There as many reasons to love Pinterest as there are people who Pin to their boards. Each person collects what interests her/him.

For bloggers who earn money from writing their blogs, Pinterest is a powerful tool to help them. The House of Muses wrote an excellent summary of how Pinterest took her number of viewers to 800,000. She includes what she did to gain such a large number of viewers in a short time in her post 9 Steps to Pinterest Domination.

Whether you enjoy Pinterest for personal reasons only or you want to increase your number of Pinterest viewers, we invite you to share your best Pinterest photos with us beginning