This document provides instructions and tips for using Google+. It outlines the main areas of Google+ including the home page, profile, explore, hangouts, photos, and circles. It explains how to find people, set up a business page, and gives tips for optimizing profiles, using circles effectively, adding tags to photos, and more. The document encourages the reader to set up an account and add the author to their circles for further insights into using Google+.

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HOW TO USE
GOOGLE+
Going round in circles

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Main Areas
• Home – Choose what to display
• Profile – Your profile page
• Explore – Find out who and what to follow
• Hangouts – Group video chat
• Photos – Upload photos
• Circles – Your circles

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Home page
• This is YOUR personal setting
• Choose which of your circles and how much info you want
to appear on your home page
• Have Google Chrome open up this as your home page

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Profile
• When you first set up your account, only basic info is
requested
• Edit your profile and fill in as much as possible to help
promote yourself
• People will be more likely to add you if they can see who
you are

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Explore

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Explore – Find people
• Search for people you know
• Look at who they know
• Follow them
• Add them to your Circles (remember to categorise them)
• Use ‘who to follow’ for predetermined sets

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Hangouts
• Shared video chat
• Set up your own with friends
• Join or watch other hangouts
• Download onto your mobile

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Photos
• Upload from computer or phone
• Decide who to share with (circles)
• Set tagging options
• Share and comment

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Circles
• Important to keep your contacts organised
• You can get feeds from posts by other users
• Decide if you want personal or work or sector based posts
• Use the drag and drop for speed and ease
• Look at others’ circles and check the people in there

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Mobile
• Android will get the best of the service
• Hangouts, photos and games all work on the mobile app

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Create a business page
• Hover over the more option
• Click pages
• Create your business page

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Set up complete
Now that you are set up and have begun using Google+,
here are some tips to help you get a little more from the
social network.
Google has put a lot of effort into this service, it isn’t likely
to disappear like other apps have in the past.

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Tips (1 – 2)
1. Pick your own short code. http://gplus.to/
2. Optimise your profile for Search Engine Results
Positions (SERPS)

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Tips (3 – 5)
3. Think about your circles. What do you want to use them
for and how do you want to categorise? Real friends,
work colleagues, clients, services etc.
4. Share posts with the most appropriate circles
5. When you add someone to your circles you are
effectively saying ‘I want to see your stream updates’

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Tips (6 – 8)
6. Use the tag feature in photos
7. If you create content, you can build your author profile.
<a target="_blank" rel="author" href="https://profiles.go
ogle.com/108882161703372048645">+Derek
Booth</a>
8. Test your profile by viewing it as … from the bar at the
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Tips (9 – 10)
9. Settings – check the settings for notifications and where
you information will be displayed
10. Use bold, italics and strikethrough by using the
following characters.
* Either side of the word for bold - *bold*
_ to italicise - _italicise_
- For strikethrough - -strikethrough-

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Join me
• Once you have set up on Google+, why not add me and
Sigma Web to your circles.
• http://gplus.to/sigmaweb
• http://gplus.to/sigmawebltd

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Thank you for listening
Please follow us for further insights and tips
http://gplus.to/sigmaweb
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