Use the Google+ Community Guide to Help Your Organization Thrive

Google+ Community Guide

Have you created a page for your business on Google+ yet? They launched on November 7th and it sounds like companies, groups, politicians, sports teams and more ran over there and snagged their page quickly. (Be sure and add the BlogWorld & New Media Expo Google+ page to your circles.) After you created your page, … [Read more]

Google+ Launches the Google Photography Prize

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During the Google+ for Business session at BlogWorld LA, Guy Kawasaki made a comment about passionate people using the social network, which I highlighted. He said “For me, Facebook is for friends and family and Google+ is for people who share your passion that you don’t know yet. One group of passionate people whom he mentioned … [Read more]

Google+ is Delighted to Be Underestimated by Facebook

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During an interview between PBS’s Charlie Rose, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg Monday evening (November 7th), Zuckerberg was asked what he thought about Google+. He called it Google’s “own little version of Facebook”. Google+ VP of Product Management, Bradley Horowitz, has fired back in reaction to that statement by Zuckerberg saying, “We are delighted … [Read more]

Google+ Pages Are Here, Connects Brands with Customers & Fans

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During the Google+ for Business session at BlogWorld Expo Los Angeles, it was mentioned Google+ didn’t have business pages yet, but Guy Kawasaki and Chris Brogan gave some tips on using it for your business anyway. Well, only 4 days after that session, Google+ Pages are here. Google announced Google+ Pages on their blog and … [Read more]

The Difference Between Facebook and Google+ is Passion

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For those of you who are at BlogWorld Los Angeles, did you attend the Google+ for Business session with Guy Kawasaki and Chris Brogan? I sat in mainly because I am still trying to figure out this mystery we call Google+. It’s still a mystery to me as to how to use it, if I … [Read more]

What’s Hot on Google+

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Google+ unveiled a new feature today which lets users know what people are sharing and getting excited about on their social network. They say that Google+ users share billions (yes, with a b) of items everyday and sometimes we just want to find something cool, whether it be a picture or breaking news. That’s why … [Read more]

You Can Now Connect Blogger to Google+

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In an effort to begin integrating Google+ into Blogger, Google announced you can now use your Google+ profile with your Blogger blogs. It was back in July talk of Google unifying the Google+ brand began. Although they haven’t renamed Blogger to “Google Blogs” as it had first been reported, they are starting the process of … [Read more]

Google Buzz is Gone, Google’s Efforts to Go Towards Google+

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Google is doing some spring cleaning – actually a “fall sweep” as they are calling it, and announced a whole slew of products they are shutting down. One product I think we all saw coming to an end is Google Buzz. Bradley Horowitz, Google’s vice president of product, said on the Google blog,  “In a … [Read more]

Google CEO Larry Page Says “People are Flocking into Google+”

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Google released their third quarter financials for 2011 yesterday and not only came very close to the $10 billion earning mark for the quarter, but also announced Google+ has reached 40 million users. Google CEO Larry Page said, “We had a great quarter. Revenue was up 33% year on year and our quarterly revenue was … [Read more]

Four Signs Google+ Might Not Be Doing So Well

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I’ve hesitated to post anything related to the recent news that Google+ might not be doing so well. Why? Because you could still say it’s too early to judge its success just yet. But after I read a post where one of Google’s Engineers accidentally posted a rant about Google+, I thought it was time … [Read more]