GooglePlus :: Social Media Marketing Mentor : Tina Cook

Nov

Google+ Pages Launched

By Tina Cook · Comments (3)

Google+ Pages began being rolled out worldwide last week for businesses, brands, products, entertainment and organizations.

Your fans, customers, clients or members can recommend you with a +1 or add you to a circle to see your updates.

Is there a difference between Google+ Pages and Google+ Profiles?

Yes, there are some key differences to note:

1. Pages can only add followers to its circles.

Your followers need to add your Page to their circles before you can add them to your Page’s circle. So to add your follower to your Page’s circle, click on “People who’ve added you” and drag the person or page to your circle. When you add someone to your circle, they’ll receive a notification.

To share your updates you don’t need to add your followers to your circles as your followers will receive your public updates in their stream.

You can add other Pages to your Page’s circles without those Pages following you first.

So how do you promote your Page?

Go to your Page stream, click on “Spread the word” and add people from your Profile or you can enter email addresses and click “Share”.

2. Pages are for entities and you can create many.

For example, a business, school, non profit, product, brand, institution, arts, sports or entertainment group. You can create many Pages. Profiles are for people and you can only have one.

3. The default privacy setting for everything on your Page is public.

4. Pages have the +1 button.

Pages can’t +1 other Pages, nor can they +1 on the Web.

5. Pages don’t have the option to share to ‘Extended circles’.

6. Pages don’t receive notifications via email, text, or in the Google bar.

7. Pages can’t hangout on a mobile device.

To start creating your Google+ Page go here: https://plus.google.com/pages/create

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Aug

Add a Customizable Google+ Widget to Your Website

By Tina Cook · Comments (4)

Being on Google+ during its infancy is exciting! I’m always amazed at the techies’ ingenuity on the Social Media platforms. I’ve discovered a very smart Google+ widget for your WordPress site by Chris Kanger.

Adding this new Google+ widget to your website or blog will make it easy for your site visitors to add you to their circles so you can build your relationship with them. If you aren’t on Google+ yet I highly recommend joining sooner than later. If you need an invite just send your Gmail address to me here so I can trigger an invite for you.

The big plus of the new widget from widgetplus.com is that it is customizable.

You can change the sizes, font, colors, title text and even the size and color of the button so the widget blends with your site design. You can also include the feed of your public posts.

Once you have selected the settings that are going to look best for you, just click on the big orange “Get code” button and preview your selection. Then it’s a copy and paste job into your text widget, if you are on WordPress, save and there you go! Ready to have lots more potential clients or customers added you to their Google+ circles.

Let’s keep connected on Google+ too: gplus.to/tinacook

I’m curating many more tips and resources for you on my Google+ Guide updated nearly every day. If you find a great resource, please share too.

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Jul

[Video] Why You DO Need Google+

By Tina Cook · Comments (6)

Are you wondering if you need to join another social network?

Have you been hearing good things about Google+ Circles?

Epipheo of Epipheo Studios had the same thoughts and masterfully created this stunning video. Love the part when he decides it’s all too much and goes outside (do you relate) … aaah but then he meets the … not going to spoil it for you. Enjoy the video.

Thanks to Fluffy Links for the great find.

How you can get an invite to Google+

1. Sign up for your Gmail account, if you don’t have one yet.

2. Ask your friend on Google+ to send you an invite.

3. Or ask me by sending your Gmail address to me here.

4. Or go to Google+ directly, if they will let you (still officially in Field Trial): http://plus.google.com/

The best tips about Google+ are being shared there daily. So jump aboard early as will be easier to build your connections if you are part of this new platform as it expands. It’s exciting to be there at the beginning. And we are. So look forward to adding you to my Google+ circle http://gplus.to/tinacook

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Jul

Worth Joining Google+ Now?

By Tina Cook · Comments (3)

With the brand new Google+ open to the public for just over two weeks and officially still in “Field Trial”, is now the time for you to jump aboard? Yes, yes, yes! If you haven’t yet.

Visual courtesy of Abid Shaikh

No Time-wasting, No Distracting Apps

Google+ is like Facebook for adults. You don’t have to waste time writing requests to be friends. You can follow a person and it’s their choice if they want to connect with you or not. There are no distracting apps. (What a relief.) How much time have you wasted deleting noisy apps from your wall or finding out how to block them?

On Google+ you can get set up quickly and straight into connecting and sharing.

Here’s where you can join by signing in with your Google account: http://tina.bz/SignUpGooglePlus

Complete Your Google+ Profile

It’s immediately noticeable that the vast majority of the early adopters have presentable, friendly profile photos uploaded. No animals, no babies. (We’ve learned something after over three years on the Social Platforms.) Entering Google+ was like walking into a buzzing conference room full of colleagues, many I’d lost contact with in the Facebook frenzy of acquiring friends. The conversation had started, mainly about Google+, and I could dip and out as my schedule permitted. In the last two weeks everyone in my main Social Network jumped aboard.

Your Google profile photo will appear in the Google Search Results too, when you share. So first “to-do” is to complete your profile and upload a great, friendly, personable photo of you to greet your old buddies and your new ones.

Sharing on the Web, Like Sharing in Real Life

The Google+ tag line is: “… makes sharing on the web like sharing in real life.” Larry Page, CEO of Google, reminded us of their goal yesterday. Google+ is designed to share. So if you want to share your good content, this is where you need to be active. It’s that simple.
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