The accompanying report is here: http://lkld.co/GPlus Google Plus is more than a social network. And, if used correctly, and consistently, it could make a big difference in the way Google (The Search Engine) views your website's content. Consult with a local SEO and/or Social Media Consultant to map out a strategy. Find someone you can trust and who will be available as you need him/her. Don't throw money at someone to "do it for you." Become familiar with the basics, and start looking internally (or create a new position) for someone who can focus their attention on your Social Media visibility.

1. Leveraging Google+
Making the Most
of this Powerful
Resource

2. The Google Family
Google is still a search engine, but it's using
all their products such as Google+ to return
better, more relevant and personalized
search results.
Once you learn how
everything is interrelated
you can begin to leverage
Google+.

3. Major Benefits
Google Plus is more than
social networking. It's a way
to communicate, organize,
and personalize your web
experience.

4. Organize Your Connections
Google Plus can organize
your audience by creating
what is called a "circle"
which is simply a way to
segment contacts.
When you share a post on
Google Plus you can choose
to share it with one or more
circles or the general public.

5. Improve Search Engine Results
Google Search adds weight to
its Author Rank and
authorship tag in search
results. Adding the Google
+1 Button to your content
will increase SEO
dramatically.

6. Updates Indexed Immediately
By including important
keywords within your status
update, as well as optimizing
them with awesome
headlines, will create better
and targeted search results.

7. Understanding Google Integration
Google has done a great job
integrating the rest of its
products with Google+.
These Google products work
together to create a very
powerful interconnected way
to do just about anything you
want to do on the Internet.

8. Who Should Use Google+
Anyone who wants to continue
to return a high page rank on
Google Search needs to be
active with Google +.
By getting active now, you'll
have a big opportunity to
become a major influencer and
force within the Google+
community.

9. Getting Started
If you use Gmail or any
Google products you're
basically already using
Google+.
Sign in to Gmail, and look at
the black bar above the
Google logo, search window,
and your name. Click the +
symbol beside your name.

10. Managing and Adding to Circles
Several people may have
already added you. You can
choose to add them back or
not.
Think of circles as a way to
segment your audience. You
can add as many circles as you
want so you can hyper
segment your audience.

11. Participating
Create targeted content that
is unique and not the same
thing you're putting
everywhere else.
You don't want to put off
participating until you have a
huge audience. Get in the
habit of participating now,
and spend some time each
day building your audience.

12. Growing Your Contacts
Interact With Others
Share Other People's
Content
Give Away Knowledge
Promote Your Content
Create a Business Page
Personalize Your URL
(when available)

13. More Ways to Grow Your Contacts
Mix Up The Content
Build Your Authority
Cross Link From Your
Google+ Page to All Your
Websites and Blogs
Create a Link from Your
Sites to Your Google
Profile Page
Don't Forget Local Search

14. Add the +1 Button to Your Website
When your visitors +1's you,
your search engine results
page ranking immediately
goes up to every one of their
friends and their friends.
Since Google adds people to
Google+ the minute they
sign up for an email account,
that's a lot of people that
could see your website.

15. Use #Hashtags Consistently
The hashtag (#) is an excellent
way to help others find the
content that is relevant to
them – across all social
networks.
Create a list of hashtags to use
around your keywords and test
them.
Don’t spam or overuse them,
as people will likely ignore
your message and eventually
you completely.