Introduction to Google+, presented at TechCamp Memphis on May 12, 2012. Overview of Google Plus for beginners and those already using Google+, covering opening an account, finding friends, building and leveraging Google+ Circles, and Google+ Hangouts

1. Introduction to Google Plus
TechCamp Memphis
May 12, 2012
Joe Spake
Spake.com joe@spake.com
901.314.5563

2. Why Google Plus?
Aren’t Facebook and Twitter enough?

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5. Signing up
Learning to love Google

6. http://plus.google.com

8. Your Home Page just after signing up
Image courtesy of Guy Kawasaki*

9. Slider

10. Finding interesting people
Google Plus Search

11. Search Dropdown Box

12. Building circles

13. Circles are Cool
• You don’t have to circle people back
• You can put people in multiple circles
• No one knows who is in your circles unless you
share them
• Total control over where your content goes
• Circling someone lets you see their public
posts in your stream

16. Posting to Google Plus

17. Photo Video
Link

18. Add more people
Dropdown Box
Note: can also add individuals
via + or @

19. Extra privacy with the Disable
Comments and Lock
Dropdown box

20. The power of the +1

21. Robust Button functionality

22. +1 SEO in the Social Search
Takes you to Google +
Personal Results
Default in Chrome
Toggle to hide
Personal search
Google Chrome

23. Hangouts

25. • Up to 10 people
• Screen sharing
• Chat
• Hangouts on Air <<<<new feature now
available to everyone
• Live broadcasting
• Save to YouTube

27. Business Pages
Pros and Cons

28. Business Page Features
• Multiple Admins
• Cannot add individuals to circles unless they
add you first
• Notifications in Google+ work better with
Profile pages
• Get your message out to the public

30. What the Plus!
Google+ for the Rest of Us
Guy Kawasaki
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