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Circling Up with Google Plus
1. Circling Up With
Google Plus
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2. November 2009 Now
Wine consumer with a vision Three businesses
Unknown in wine blogging
community
Ranked in top 25 for traffic, top
10 for engagement and top 5 for
link backs – in the country
0 page views per month Close to 20,000 page views per
month
0 Facebook fans 5000 Facebook fans
0 Twitter followers 12000 Twitter followers
0 Linkedin Connections 3500 Linkedin Connections
0 YouTube Videos 160 Videos (15,000 views)
0 Blog posts 600 posts
The Story from click to mortar
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3. NectarMedia | Nectar Tasting Room | Spokane Wine Magazine | @nectarmedia | mayhem@nectarmedia.co
•5 Wineries 40 Wines 1 Location
•Co-op business model
•Event facility (3000 sq ft)
•Future expansion
•Voted “Best new biz in 2011”
•Featured in Alaska Airlines
Magazine and on MSNBC.com
The Story from click to mortar
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•Author
•Seminar Leader
•Consultant
•Build affordable template based web sites
•Manage businesses online content
The Story from click to mortar
5. What is Google+
Why does it matter?
Using Google+
Business Pages
Getting Circled
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Today’s Agenda
6. A Social Sharing Site with the Power of Search
Social network
Conversation
300 million users
20 million mobile
70% of businesses
Slower adoption rate
Owned by Google
Indexed by Google
Hard to pin down real size
Clean experience
Real time stream (no edge rank)
A place for passions
Did we mention, it’s owned by Google
What is Google+?
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7. Twitter = PERSPECTIVES
Immediate perspectives on news, events,
customer sentiment. Instant call to action. Real
time.
What is Google+?
Facebook = PEOPLE
Learn what is going on in the lives of friends, family
and businesses you follow.
Google+ = PASSIONS
Pursue and share your passions with people you don’t
know. Communities, groups, hangouts and interactions.
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8. IT IS OWNED BY GOOGLE
Google is serious about adoption
Google is loaded with $$
Google owns the internet
Facebook Frustrations
SEARCH SEARCH SEARCH
If Google+, Twitter and Facebook all started today
– I believe that Google+ would be winning
Why does it matter?
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9. Why does it matter?
GOOGLE SOCIAL SEARCH
Google+ content appears
to be indexed quicker
Friends in Google+ circles
show up in search results
FIRST
As adoption increases this
will be huge. Personal
search = greater referrals
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10. Google Plus Profile
Text
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Profile Picture: 250x250 – shown as a circle
Cover Photo: 1080x608
About * Posts * Photos * Videos * +1’s * Reviews
11. Google Plus Profile
Each section is
editable. Take
time to fill out
the following
categories:
•Work
•Story
•Education
•Basic Info
•Places
•Links
•Contact info
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12. How to Use Google+
Terminology >>
Start Circling
http://accounts.google.com/signup
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13. How to Use Google+
Navigation
1. Home
Home is where you see the posts
of the people in your circles
(people you follow). Think of
this as your news feed.
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14. How to Use Google+
Navigation
2. Profile
The posts you have
created. This is the
view people see when
they come to your
profile. It’s your
contribution to the
Google+ community
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15. How to Use Google+
Navigation
3. People: A list of
suggested people to
add to circles based
on your current list of
people in your circles.
Great way to find
new people
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16. How to Use Google+
Navigation
4. Communities:
Communities created
by Google+ users
around their passions
and interests. Great
place to connect with
other people of
similar interests.
Hint: Use community
search to find more
specific groups
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17. How to Use Google+
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Navigation
5. Photos: You can choose to sync
photos from your phone, or
photos that you share or are
tagged in.
6. Events: Events from people in
your circles. Can also create your
own from this page
7. Local: Suggested Pages, info and
activities based on your location
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18. How to Use Google+
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Navigation
8. Hangouts: Messenger, group conversation, and video
conversation with up to 10 friends
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19. How to Use Google+
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Navigation
8. Hangouts On Air: Start a video channel or schedule one
for the future. Broadcast for free and on YouTube
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20. How to Use Google+
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Navigation
9. Pages: Manage and create your
business pages (more on this
later)
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21. How to Use Google+
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Navigation
10. Settings: Manage your profile and
privacy settings
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22. How to Use Google+
Updates
-Share what you want
-Add photos, videos and
links
-Control who sees the post
(choose your circles,
public, etc)
-Lock or disable comments
on posts too
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23. How to Use Google+
Interacting (Going Social)
+1 (similar to a like on FB)
Share (passing along to your
followers like a retweet)
Start a hangout about the post
Comment on the post
+1 peoples comments within
the post
+ or @ usernames to mention
someone
# Hashtags, similar to Twitter
– are great information
aggregators
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24. How to Use Google+
Responding to mentions and
notifications
Number in upper right of
screen from any logged in
Google product
Email notifications
Text notifications
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25. The Power of Circles
The power of social segmentation
•Organize who sees your posts
•Organize whose posts you see
•Share circles with others
Circles are a great way to communicate and engage with
people who share your passions.
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26. The Power of Circles
Add / Remove
•Add people to circles
without having to
friend them
•Add to multiple circles
•They cannot see the
name of your circle
•Uncircle them
without fear
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27. The Power of Circles
Control how much you see of your circles
•Select which circles you want to see
•Adjust the flow of the stream
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28. Google Plus Pages
Must have a personal account
Click Pages in the Navigation
Click “Get Your Page”
•Google places was merged with
Google+ - you may already have a
page that you have to claim
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29. Google Plus Pages
To search for your existing
page use the search bar in
Google Plus to locate your
business.
Click Manage this Page
and go through the
process to verify your
business.
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30. Google Plus Pages
Benefits:
•Better presence on search engine
results page
•Add pictures to SERP
•Google+ status updates are
indexed and have potential as
return in SERP
•Manage reviews and postings in
one location
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31. Google Plus Pages
Update your information, add profile picture, cover photo,
additional photos, hours, description, vanity URL, etc. Can also be
done from the ABOUT section of your page.
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32. Google Plus Pages
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Settings:
•Manage privacy, interaction and
notification settings
•Extra features
•Add and manage managers
(administrators)
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1. Claim your place in
this world
2. Build out your profile
3. Post status updates
*focus on key words
4. Interact with the
community
5. Create relevant
circles
6. Circle people up
Google Plus Best Practices
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Growing a Following
1. Find and follow relevant
accounts (use #hashtags,
search, look at followers of
friends)
2. Share good content
3. Engage with comments, +1’s
and shares
4. Cross promote your accounts
on your other networks and
email lists