Pick Pins to promote

1. From your Pinterest business account, click Ads
2. Click Create ad
3. Click Ads in the left-side navigation
4. Select the Pins you want to promote
   • Click the filter icon to filter ads by format or to only show existing ads
   • Click into the "All Pins" tab to see all of your Pins, or go to the "Boards" tab to select Pins from your boards
   • Click into the search bar to search for a specific Pin
   • Click the plus circle icon to create a Pin
5. Click Selected to review the details of your selected Pins
   • Edit the ad name to change how your ad will be labeled in your reporting
   • Update the ad destination URL and add any optional tracking parameters
6. Click Launch
   • If your campaign is missing any necessary information, errors will be highlighted in red on the left-side of the screen
   • Click the highlighted topics in the left-hand navigation to go to that section and fix any existing errors

Once you click Launch, your Pins will go through our ad review process to make sure they follow our advertising guidelines. 

1. From your Pinterest business account, click Ads
2. Click Reporting
3. Click the checkbox next to the campaign you want to add an ad to
4. Click the Ad groups tab
5. Click the name of an existing ad group or click Create ad group to create a new ad group
6. Click Create ad
7. Select the Pins you want to promote
   • Click the filter icon to filter ads by format or to only show existing ads
   • Click into the "All Pins" tab to see all of your Pins, or go to the "Boards" tab to select Pins from your boards
   • Click into the search bar to search for a specific Pin
   • Click the plus circle icon to create a Pin
8. Click Selected to review the details of your selected Pins
   • Edit the ad name to change how your ad will be labeled in your reporting
   • Update the ad destination URL and add any optional tracking parameters
9. Click Launch
   • If your campaign is missing any necessary information, errors will be highlighted in red on the left-side of the screen
   • Click the highlighted topics in the left-hand navigation to go to that section and fix any existing errors

Once you click Launch, your Pins will go through our ad review process to make sure they follow our advertising guidelines. 

1. Click Ads at the top-left corner of your screen
2. Select Create ad
3. In the menu on the left, click Ads
4. Select the Pin you want to preview as an ad
5. Click the Selected tab
6. Click Preview Pin to send a preview of the ad to your mobile phone
7. Open the Pinterest app on your mobile device
8. Tap the bell icon at the bottom of your screen to open your notifications
9. You’ll see a notification that says, “Here’s a preview of your Pinterest ad!”
10. Open the notification
11. Scroll up to see how the ad will look in someone's feed

Note: Ad preview is only available for ads created using Ads Manager. It can't be used to preview organic Pins or shopping ads. If you want to get alerts for your Pin previews, turn on push notifications.