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My ongoing frustration with the inability to reach fans who actively want to follow me on Facebook has had me investigating Google+ even more in the last 6 months. I know it is important to ensure just because I like one space doesn’t mean my audience does and in general my largest audience is in Facebook (even though I love LinkedIn the most probably). But quantity does not equal quality and my Facebook vs Google analytics is telling me there ...
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The growth of Google Plus social users has been slow and this is disappointing because the importance of Google Plus for business is going to be huge over the long term when it comes to being found online. A lot of businesses don’t realise the impact of ignoring this sleeping giant, thinking it is a ‘social alternative’ to Facebook or LinkedIn. Given it has been created by the most used search engine browser in the world it is no surprise ...
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Many businesses understand the positive business impact of webinars or online meetings and use services as simple as Skype for virtual business conferencing. But many are paying for online meeting software systems to run and record live conversations, educational group seminars or meetings when they could be using Hangouts for FREE and save themselves on setup time and take advantage of video marketing from the recordings as well! That is the power of Google+ Hangouts.
Think for a minute how most ...
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I just went through the steps to creating my Google+ Business Page and setting it up was easy! If you already have a Google+ Profile Account you can create one now by following these really easy steps.
Step 1
Click on this link which will take you to my Google+ Page. Google may ask you to log in first depending on your settings.
If you’re using social accounts for a business purpose it is VITAL that the person behind the business looks like they’re IN business. People select the businesses they work with generally based on the people they meet or are referred to. How professional is your social profile?I recently updated my profile picture across all my social accounts and websites (thanks must go to the talented Zahrina Photography). Given my line of work this was no quick ...
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Many businesses think creating an online social media presence will add value and improve their cash flow. When it doesn’t work, they say online marketing fails and go back to offline networking. What they fail to understand is the ‘profile’ alone isn’t the marketing tool, but what you do with it. Taking online marketing to offline networking is a key to that success.
I recently attended an expo for women called Success Women’s Network in Sydney. As I walked ...
Continue Reading →Google+ started adding an all too familiar tick to profiles this weekend. The Profile Verification tick that we are used to seeing on Twitter accounts has now been an added feature on some selective Google+ profiles.
Google has targeted to verify highly trafficked profiles with large followings to confirm who they are and adding the ‘tick of approval’ when approved.
Here’s the Google+ post to read the limited details they are giving us and the comments or watch ...
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Google launched it’s latest tool recently that allows users to block websites from their search results if the website isn’t providing relevant information to their search. So Blogger’s be good!
Blogging has become a vital component to any website – whether it be hints and tips on a service provider’s site or educational information that is topical to a company and their products. The reason has been in order for those websites to improve their search engine listing, especially Google, by ...
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The SEO strategy to place keywords in website content is well known by the professional copywriters and web developers. But the most effective SEO strategies are those that are done on a regular ongoing basis – and I am not talking backlinks either!
Placing keywords in the code of your website is just as important (and generally not done by most web designers!) but have you thought to add keywords to an image to improve a Google listing when you are ...
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