2.
If you already use Gmail you practically have a
Google+ account
Otherwise go to plus.google.com and create
your account.
Since few weeks now Google has implanted a
single login for everything in Google
@MichelleCasti
3. Add a good
headshot picture
Add relevant keywords
to Introduction,
Employment,
Education or
Places lived
Include hyper links
Link your profile to
Your website(s) (Under “contributor to
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6. Part of claiming authorshipA short video that can help
http://castillomediagroup.com/claimin
g-google-authorship/
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7.
Circles let you group people and pages
together based on how you think of them
Circling is a one way relationship like follow
in Twitter.
Can be used for both listening and talking
Other people cannot see your circles names
You can circle up to 5000
@MichelleCasti
8.
Create a circle of people who post content
that is relevant to your business.
You can choose to see the content of only
one circle on the stream.
An excellent way to get updated about topics
you are interested in . This is a bit like twitter
bit there much more information you can
read right in the stream.
Engage – Ask questions, comment on post or
Like (+1) posts
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9.
Circle can be used to indicate what piece of
content is shared with who. It is used with
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Posts
Events
YouTube sharing
Hangouts
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10.
The Google+ settings can be found under your Google
account settings (https://www.google.com/settings/plus)
You can control
◦ Who can interact with you and your posts
◦ Choose which profile tabs are shown to visitors
◦ Chose when to get notified by email or phone when certain events occur
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12.
Tag people or page using + or @
You can edit after you post
+1 = ―Like‖
To bold text— put *asterisks* around the
word or phrase
To underline text— put _underscores_ around
the word or phrase •
To strikethrough text— put— dashes—
around the word or phrase
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14.
When you are posting content to specific
circle you can tick a checkbox that will send
an email to everyone in this circle and push a
notification to their phones if they have this
feature turned on.
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15.
You can post a Google form (from within
Google Drive) onto Google+ and allow other
to fill it without needing to log in.
Important – If you are using Google Make
sure to uncheck the ―Require <organization
name> login to view the form
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17.
Click the down arrow in the upper right
corner of the post.
Click ‗Embed Post‘
Copy the text in the embed
post box
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18.
Paste the text into the code editor of the page
you want to embed the post.
In a WordPress website:
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19.
Google+ Pages provide
businesses, products, brands, and
organizations with a public identity and
presence on Google+.
Pages can for the following categories:
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Product or Brand
Company, Institution or Organization
Local Business or Place
Arts, Entertainment or Sports
Other
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20.
Google+ Pages interact in the Google+
world similar to the way that regular
Google+ profile owners do - they can
◦ Add people to circles (This is relatively
new, might not last)
◦ Share things in Google+
◦ +1 comments and photos
◦ Connect to its own YouTube channel
◦ Create and join Hangouts
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22.
Personal profile must be for people and
Google is very strict about it
You can create several pages as you want
A page can be managed by several managers
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26.
Reviews can be added only by a logged in
Google+ account
All local businesses will eventually be on
Google+
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27.
There are two types of Google Hangouts:
◦ Hangouts which are are more of an engagement
tool with friends, very much like Google chat and
Skype.
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◦ Hangouts on Air – Where you and up to 9 guests
can hangout and discuss or present any topic and
broadcast that conversation to the rest of the world.
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28.
Broadcast your content live across the
internet
Schedule broadcasts and go live in HD on
Google+, YouTube, and your website.
It will be recorded and automatically saved on
your YouTube channel.
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