You see, Google+ works best when we all get along, when we all engage one another in topics of conversation that MATTER to us BOTH. If you send me garbage that is blasted out to Public, its like sending me an EMAIL that I did not ask for. You need to work with the people in your circles, to build relationships, just as you would with the neighbor next to you or around the corner. You think they want to just receive JUNK mail all day long from you?
Create the GMAIL account, get on GMAIL, its a free service to collect all of your social posts as well as a pretty good email system. From there, you can add a Blog, like this one, on Blogger. No fancy plug-ins needed, just blog, and use YOUR words. Yes, you can share some information and posts, but try and blog from your heart, like my rant here on Google+.
Look, Google has over 1.01 BILLION users, Google+ was started in 2010, it really is about 6 years behind Facebook, with 1.15 BILLION users, as of September 2013. So in only 4 years, Google has really caught up. Some of those are Youtube accounts, but Google is buying companies and then trying to find a way to put them together and make it work (another post for another day). Issue here is that Google is going to pass FB and rightfully so, Google does not spam you with ads while working on blogger or G+. Facebook is all about ads and they still have no search answer. What does Google do better than anyone else? SEARCH.
Hey Liz, I built the darn gmail account, have my blog, now what? OK, start your Google+ account. Look around the page, you see places for HOME, PROFILE, PEOPLE, and other stuff, let's stick with the basics. Profile - Build your profile, who are you, where do you live, what other networks are you connected to? What gets you up in the morning? Do you have a picture, or must we refer to you and millions of others as the mysterious BLUE HEAD SHOT (Default for Google when you have no picture). How social is it looking at a blue head shot? Exactly.
Profile - About - Fill this out, entirely, get social, show us all what you do and how you connect socially, so we can see if we want to be social with you too! Photos - Post some photos of yourself, or if you have a BLOG, you can see all your photos there. Cool, eh?! Youtube - See all of your videos, keep it clean please.
Circles - Ahh, here is where you add people to the circles also known as a group. You add people based on your passions, like where you live, your type of work, your social callings, and these are the people with whom you really want to post out to and enjoy their posts. Forget PUBLIC for now, that is like broadcasting the end of the world is coming, so if you know for certain that the Mayans are coming back in 2014 for another bite at the "end of the world" apple, please post it, otherwise, stay off of it, its just like SPAMMING everyone about a bad danish, of which we have all had so you are boring and run the risk of us MUTING you and or, removing you and letting others know you are spamming us. So knock it off, don't use PUBLIC.
That is enough for now, I hope you enjoy the basics, and please read up on Google+ on the web, in a circle or in a community (Group of people who are passionate about a topic). Please don't spam. Ask me if we can be in a circle, and let me know, so that we can maybe....Hangout (its like holding hands on a first date) and the future of Google+
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