The Web Guy, Online Insights for Business
Google+ has a lot of potential as a social platform. It's growth isn't surprising considering the leverage Google has. 90 Millions users in under a year is a great achievement. It is likely to grow further and faster in coming months, especially as Google tie the platform more and more into it's standard search product.
The likely beneficial search engine effects of having a presence on Google+ is drawing even more to sign up. The problem for
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The popularity of Google+ is growing, quite rapidly to according to CEO Larry Page there are now over 90 million users. Celebrities are now starting to take to the service including Lady Gaga, who has over 18 million followers on Twitter, and even David Beckham who recently held a Hangout for fans on the platform.
It's not just the amount of users and who is starting to use it that is most striking, it's the continued innovation that makes it
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When I first started using the Internet anonymity was a practised norm. With the popularity of Social Media, being anonymous is no longer an option.
Just like CB handles from the 80's, in the 90's the web was full of wonderful names, phillysteve, smithy65 and buckshot76 are examples of a common alpha numeric combination used by many.
My own favourite choice, when available, was a cross between my name and what I did, seanEbusiness.
Stupidly we
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This week I was asked how I manage to fit so much into my day; reading, Twitter, writing, running and my day job.
I have already given a glimpse of how I manage my day in this post about my daily schedule and another which shows how to use Google Reader and Twitter with BufferApp.
If you are to analyse your day honestly most of us can find a few hours that we could put to better use. Now you should always allow for some downtime and don't cram
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What do you mean my target audience isn't on Google Plus?
The naysayers are back. With the launch of Google Plus Pages this week, the negativity drifts across the Interwebs yet again.
Even hardened fans such as Robert Scoble found something negative to say about he latest update from the daddy of search.
But wait a minute guys, it's not been 4 months since they went live, so what's with the scornful looks?
A Reason to Use Google Plus
I'm not
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We knew they were coming and Google didn't keep us waiting long. Google+ Business Pages are here.
So what's the big deal?
Unlike the enclosed environment of Facebook, Google+ is a lot more open. It's easier to follow and be followed, Circles are a great way to organise people who you are following. Then there are the potential SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) benefits.
I did notice on setting up a Google+ page that as a business I can
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Another busy week online and off; when we are busy it can be hard to keep focus. With so much to do it's easy to get caught in a procrastination loop that sees us achieving little. This can be deadly when it comes to Social Media and blogging in particular.
Quite timely then that I happened to be reading a book called Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance by Jonathan Fields. Whilst the books main theme is about finding a
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It's official the "Ayes" to the right have it, Twitter remains in use on the Benches of the House of Commons. On Thursday, MPs voted by 140 votes to allow the continued use of Twitter during Commons debates.
If you ever thought politics was stuffy and boring, then you would think British Politics was probably the stuffiest of all.
Well not any more.
Not only are politicians more in favour of Social Media in the workplace than many
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A week in which Facebook promised to change the face of Social Media, Google+ opened the platform to all comers, and my eldest daughter got her first Saturday job.
Where does the Online World go from here; Facebook has truly drawn a line in the sand, challenging others to cross it. Frankly I don't believe Twitter need worry; the platforms are diversely different, and unlikely to have an impact. The most friction is going to be created between
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According to Mashables' Benn Parr, Facebooks primary goal does not include increasing revenue!
No, apparently that can wait. For now Facebook are looking to be the Social layer that connects everything on the web. This is a mighty ambitious plan.
Ben continues, "I have seen what Facebook is launching on Thursday, and it’s going to change the world of social media. And while I won’t talk about the mind-boggling things Facebook will be
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