2. Claremont Hotel . . .
Google Plus Connects
Playing Ball on Running Water.
Haiku...
3. About Webdirexion & Scott...
Webdirexion is an online Marketing Agency
focused on Social Media Campaigns, SEO
solutions, WordPress development, Landing
Page Campaigns, and Content Marketing.
Scott: Career Marketing Communications
professional with specialties in Content
Strategy, Social Media, and Optimization
ScottGooglePlus.info
ScottLinkedIn.com
Instructor at: CollegeOfMarketingPros.org
5. Workshop Outline
Google+ Strategies and tactics
EXERCISE: Create Circle(s) of influence, find
influencers
How to track G+ results
G+ and Hangouts for Business
EXERCISE: Two posts and curate for blog... and
"/?rel=author" tactic
Questions and Answers
Case Studies & Reference Links
6. Google+ Strategies & Tactics
Why Google+ for
Content Marketers?
More active users than Twitter
& LinkedIn
G+ IS Google (beyond a social network)
Google will "love" you for it
Strong SEO and SERP results
Event integration with calendar, hangouts,
circles to email, VIDEOS
12. Google+ Strategies & Tactics
Branding your business page (page type #1)
SEO
Personal pages and posts (page type #2)
SEO
Expanding Circles of influence - exercise
An event promotion machine SEO
A content curation tool for your blog SEO
(Integrations in WordPress) - exercise
The Video Hangout Factor for Business
13. Branding your business page
Header and profile image
https://plus.google.com/105212946082751068535/ - compare to:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/114006390094156641123/about
14. Local Business Page (Reviews)
https://support.google.com/plus/answer/1713911?hl=en
15. When linking to your blog "/?rel=author"
Sign-up for authorship:
https://plus.google.com/authorship
Verify using "rich snippets" tool:
http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets
Relationship (rel) for Recognized
Expert Tactic...
17. Google+ Circles of Influence
People Directory:
• FindPeopleOnPlus.com
• RecommendedUsers.com
Circle Directories:
• Shared Circles Business Pages
• Shared Circles - People
Hangout Directories:
• GHangOuts.com
18. EXERCISE: Load Conference Circle
Go to posted circle page:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/100156945788473956154/posts/13NfAGvjfBx
Click view shared circle
Add circle to existing circle or add as new
circle
Consider circle creation strategies:
• Personas
• Geo location
• Colleagues
• Industries
19. "Interactive Posts" - Promotion Machine
CTA to: Apps, "Invite", Sign-up, "Follow", "Introduce"...
more
20. "Interactive Posts" - Promotion Machine
Demo post with "invite" button
First attempt at non-geeky GUI
Google's Interactive Posts overview page
21. Content Curation for Your Blog
Referencing important content tactic for
expansion later
Be conversational too -- social -- comment
on other posts and share
23. EXERCISE: G+ Posts for Curation
Search on G+ or Google for content of
interest.
Post a 1-2 paragraph comment on each item
with a link back to the post (not on your site)
If you have a blog, copy those comments,
embellish and curate for a longer blog post
Scott to demonstrate
24. G+ to WordPress Integration
Social
Bookmarking
buttons to
post straight
from an
article to G+
25. G+ to WordPress Integration
Commenting
system
integrated
with G+
(testing now)
26. Build a G+ Community
• Hold events... "meet people"... (tutorial)
Go To: Our Content Marketing Power Community
29. G+ Video Hangouts...
For a marketing event - search
Note that Adding a
Hangout to an event
is optional (under
Advanced_ -- could
be a real world event
33. Tracking
Performance
Ripples for
G+ Posts
that are
Shared
Find the
influencers
REFER TO:
https://plus.google.com/1032
18677032751327334/posts/P
5V5izcSF5N
34. Tracking G+ Performance in
Analytics
Social Visits In Google Analytics
Social Flow in Google Analytics
Social Conversions (Goal $) in Analytics
39. Ongoing G+ Learning & Specials
Free Webdirexion "Social Strategy Sessions" (streamed
via G+ Hangouts)
Conference special on "WordPress Content Marketing
Power" online course online now: Use CMS-2013Conf-
Save-50 (50% Off)
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Join Content Marketing Power Community (on Google+)
40. Further References...
G+ Page Layout sizes & responsive elements:
http://cdn.edgeitdesign.com/wp-
content/uploads/2013/03/infographic-googleplus.png
Google+ vs. Facebook: http://www.singlegrain.com/wp-
content/2011/07/FacebookvsGoogleplus-sm.jpg
Google+ Cheatsheet:
http://img.technostreak.com/2011/07/google_plus_cheetsh
eet_technostreak.png
40 G+ Branding Strategies:
http://netdna.copyblogger.com/images/google-plus-
content-strategies.jpg
Getting Started with G+ Business Pages:
http://www.google.com/intl/en_US/+/business/get-
started.html
Tactics: B2BContentMarketingTactics.com (our curation site)
42. Case Study: Cadbury Connects on G+
Boosted G+ followers
150,000
Used hangouts with
athletes and chocolate
experts
17% lift in CTR across
Adwords campaigns
10k Followers per day via
specially designed badge
LINKs:
Case Study
Cadbury G+ page
More Case Studies & Tips
43. Case Study: Veteran's United Hang Out
Article Link: http://www.copyblogger.com/google-
hangouts-audience/
"For personal branding and
content creators, this can
be a gateway to great
interviews or subjects for
your next piece — and
remember, you don’t have
to worry about taking
notes if you have it
streamed directly to your
YouTube account." --
Sarah Hill, Chief Digital
Storyteller for the Veterans
United Network