The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Google Plussers. In 1989, Dr.
Steven R. Covey published the landmark book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. If you haven't read it, put it on your Summer reading list right now. In the book, Dr. Covey suggests seven daily activities that we should adopt in our lives to become more effective personally and professionally. In that light, here are The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Google Plussers. 1. The first habit is to share thoughtful content. This has become particularly important due to a recent change in how Google+ displays link previews. 2.
We have talked about the 80/20 rule before, and no where is it more important than on Google+. I recommend that you seek out and circle peers and influencers in your industry so that you'll have a never-ending flow of great posts in your Home stream that you can pick and choose great shares from. 3. Social Networks are for being social, so be social! 4. 5. 6. The highly effective Google Plussers are also consistent. How To Make The Most Of The Google+ Design Changes. Google announced at Google I/O this month that it’s introducing a number of changes to Google+, which mainly affect the site design as well as usability.
The two most noticeable changes were probably the cover photo for pages and profiles, which has been enlarged greatly, and the redesigned gchat, which Google has rebranded as Google Hangout (to tie in with the existing Google Hangout video chat). The revised chat layout, which feels a lot more modern than the existing gchat, is also now being slowly rolled out for users to use in Gmail. User profiles in Google Hangout directly link to their Google+ profiles, showing that Google is now, more than ever, invested in creating a cross-promotional platform for all their product offerings. For individuals who manage profiles and company pages, there are a number of changes that can enrich the way others see and interact with your page. Cover Photo The previous dimensions for a Google+ cover photo was 940 x 180 pixels.
Kia Google Plus Cover Photo. Seven Ways Writers Can Build Online Authority with Google+ The Google+ Long Game Is Brilliant. I’m finding myself using Google+ more and more. I recently decided that the long game Google is playing is absolutely brilliant. They are being understated about it but doing exactly what business strategists talk about when they describe the long game as the one to play. Rather than making a bunch of sweeping pronouncements, struggling to jam together a bunch of random crap in a big bang release, and then worry about staying involved in a feature race with a competitor, Google is continually experimenting with new functionality, rolling it out broadly in a fully integrated fashion on a continuous basis, and providing it as a core part of an ever expanding thing that is getting more and more useful by the week. By now I hope you are saying something like “What the fuck is he talking about – Facebook is crushing Google+” or something like that. Yeah, whatever.
Here are some examples. I live in Gmail. Google Voice is my Phone Number. Google Hangouts is my new Calendar Invite.