I'm a blogger, vlogger and soon to be etsy store owner. I know a lot about social media so I have taken on some social media consulting for businesses. Some of my consulting friends (not all) believe google+ is the future. They have been saying this for a year now. I shake my head as to their understanding because they do not have any reasons to support this idea. They will say being on g+ will help with your SEO on the google search engine but this is a reason for businesses and marketers to be on g+. To go where the people are, to reach the ultimate end user - you're not going to find it on google+ (g+).
It is my belief that g+ is late in the game. Most people are on facebook. You have your businesses and your PR folks that are on g+ but your average jo and jane schom is not. I'm not saying that Google+ is not a place to join. If you own a business you should be putting your name on every network just to reserve the name. And I love g+'s google hangouts and I have used it often. I find it more user friendly then skype. But getting your average house wife or house husband with three kids and a full time job to use google+ when they are on facebook is a mystery.
I also find g+ a bit invasive. When I started to put my friends in circles, I didn't know that g+ was going to send out mass spam e-mails to the friends who were not on g+. I was a little embarrassed so now I make sure that I only put them in a circle when I know they are on g+.
With all that said, I am still attempting to learn google+. If anything my business to business clients might appreciate it.
I would love to hear what you have to say, I started a community on google+ called social media networking and we're discussing .... How do you use google+? I'm hoping I will understand what my other social media pals see.
How do you use google+?:
http://bit.ly/WoDnkt
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