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How to Get More Followers on Google+ How to Get More Followers on Google+ If you want more people to follow you on Google+, you'll have to work for it. Not everyone can be +Tom Anderson or +Robert Scoble overnight, you know. Invite People The first thing you should do when you get into Google+ is to invite people to add you to their circles. Follow People After adding people you do know, seek out people you don't. Once you've added them, you should talk to them. +1 the posts you like, comment on their posts if you have an opinion, and share great posts to your own circles.

Fill Out Your Google+ Profile Let everyone know what you're about, and make it easy for people to find you via the Google Profile search. Add yourself to the many sites that are indexing and tracking Google+ users for more visibility. Write & Share Interesting Posts Regularly This advice goes for just about every website out there on which you want to establish a presence. Make Your Posts Public Warnings Tips Take advantage of the other features of Google+. Google+ Now Lets You Search for People & Topics.

One of the weak points of Google+ so far has been, ironically enough, its search. Searches for specific people often went nowhere, and forget about searching topics. On Tuesday, however, Google introduced expanded search capability that finds people and topics. For instance, if you search "motorcycles," you'll get posts from Google+ on the topic, and "Scrabble" will yield recipes and such from other users. (See pictures below.) "Google+ search results include items that only you can see, so family updates are just as easy to find as international news," Vic Gundotra, Google's senior vice president of engineering, wrote in a blog post. Gundotra also revealed that 1 billion items are shared on the network every day.

Is independent consulting dead? Chip Camden thinks the reports of independent consulting being dead are exaggerated, though he concedes that there are greater obstacles to getting work. ZDNet blogger Jason Perlow recently posed that question based on the recent demise of the Independent Computer Consultants Association (ICCA), which cited declines in revenue for its members as a major cause of its closure. Perlow goes on to assert that independents are having a tougher time competing for jobs. I think the reports of our death are exaggerated, but we do face the following ongoing threats, which the economic distractions of our time have amplified: Price.

Perlow mentions "insanely low hourly or per diem rates" being offered for work these days. I've seen that, too, especially on sites that broker contracts. Despite these obstacles, I've experienced an uptick in demand over the last year, and I've raised my rates accordingly. +me - Create your Google+ profile picture.

Create Your Google+ Branded Profile Image with Me+ You are here: SumTips » Web » Create Your Google+ Branded Profile Image with Me+ In the recent weeks you might have seen numerous new extensions and apps for the new Google+ social networking site. Here’s another great app for that set. The new web app, aptly named +Me, lets you quickly create a Google+ branded profile image in just two simple steps. You can see a sample of the result on the right. To create an image, simply visit the site and upload a picture you want to set as your profile image. +Me has support for JPG, GIF and PNG image types. Next choose a design from the six on offer by the application.

Once you are happy with a design, click on the “Preview and Download” button to get your image. +Me is fast, free and simple to use. Visit: +Me. Create Google Plus Profile Banner Images. You are here: SumTips » How To? » Create Google Plus Profile Banner Images You may have heard about Facebook profile banners and even created them using automatic web apps. Now with Google+ introduced you can have such banners on this new social networking site as well. In this post I have listed some free tools which will help you create your Google Plus profile banner both online and offline.

Google Plus Profile Banners GplusPic GPlusPic or Google Plus Picture is a small easy to use web app that allows you to create a banner image for your Google + profile. GplusPic To create a profile banner, go to GplusPic website and upload the picture you want to display on your profile. Next log onto Google+ and go to your profile. Visit: GPlusPic GplusBanner GplusBanner allows you to create and share your Google+ banner publicly on its site. GplusBanner Visit: GplusBanner Offline Methods If you want to create your banner image offline then head over to Jason Johnson website.

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