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Google Plus Business Pages Seek Parity with Facebook

December 20, 2011

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Google continues to ramp things with their social initiative for business Google +. Along with some of the new features released yesterday, the most useful by far is the ability to designate managers for business pages on Google Plus. This is an effort to bring functionality that already exists with Facebook Pages. They are also [...]

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Google Plus is Preparing for Business are You?

November 16, 2011

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Last week Google finally unveiled business pages for Google Plus users. The reaction of the announcement was somewhat muted. It was released with limited controls, and currently no parity with Facebook pages from a controls and reporting perspective. There are several decent articles on the issues like the ones found here and here.  Deficient as the [...]

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Create Our Google Plus Business Page with Me (Video)

November 10, 2011

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Finally. Google plus pages for businesses and brands are here. What to do with the page apparently seems to be a hotly debated question at the moment, and is a question for another day.  For now I want to show you how I created one, and the number one area to focus on when it comes [...]

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Getting Use to the New Google Reader

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Google has made a lot of changes of late. Part of their initiative to focus on social, integrating their ecosystem of sites and services into Google Plus. This week they updated their RSS reader, Google Reader. I’ve been a fan of Google Reader for some time (here and here). It now supports Google Plus (screenshot [...]

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Google+ Open to Everyone – Should You Join?

Google+ Open to Everyone – Should You Join?

Earlier this week, Google finally opened the doors for anyone to signup for their new social network Google+. In this post, I’d like to share why I think Google+ is worth your time if you are an online marketer, and some resources to get you started in the right direction.

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Google Plus – How I’m Handling Spam

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If you are fairly new to Google Plus, you might be curious how to deal with spam, this post was created with you in mind. A great reason for marketers to get engaged with Google Plus is email delivery. Friends who mention friends (mutually circled) in Google Plus by default receive notices via email of [...]

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Announcing Google Plus Secrets – Maximizing Google Plus for Business

Announcing Google Plus Secrets – Maximizing Google Plus for Business

Google plus is here. Some are delighted to have another social network to choose from, others, already overwhelmed, are asking the fair question, “Does my business really need another social network?” It may. Google Plus Secrets is designed to help businesses get their bearings with Google’s new social network, for more targeted traffic, better email delivery, [...]

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What Impressed My Sister About Google Plus

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Spoke with Tammy Castro a JD Edwards HCM Consultant living in Goodyear, AZ. I asked her about her experience with Google plus so far, and how it compares to Facebook. I wrote up a few things she offered for feedback. She’s been using Facebook for 2 years, and got her feet wet with Google plus [...]

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Mixed Feelings About Google Plus?

Mixed Feelings About Google Plus? Saw this video and find it resonates well with many I’ve been speaking with about Google Plus. If you can’t see it, go here. What do you think?  

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40 Google Plus Tips for Newbies

40 Google Plus Tips for Newbies

Ok, so at this point, we are all newbies at Google Plus, right? At least if you got in recently via a Google Plus invite. At this point I’ve spent a decent amount of time with it and have concluded that Google has finally made a positive mark in social networking. It’s still early, but [...]

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