2. Hi, my name is Misty.
I am a marketing coach.
My formal education is in Marketing and
Graphic Communications and over 16 years
of sales experience.
I empower small business owners to take
control of their business growth by showing
them how to inexpensively - yet effectively -
market their business.
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3. What we are going to learn today:
1. The difference between and
2. What can do that can’t
3. Tools offers that every small business owner can
benefit from
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4. Why you are here…
YOU WANT TO GROW
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6. GOOGLE+
Social Media Allows Us To…
• Educate the consumer
• Increase our customer service
• Build communities of supporters…and share it with the world!
• Capture leads
• Create an open line of communication
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7. Social Media Works.
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We need to determine…
If we are willing to learn
If we are willing to invest time
If we are willing to expose our business
And determine the BEST Social Media platform for our business.
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9. Social Media “LINGO”
GOOGLE +
FACEBOOK GOOGLE+
Update, Post, Share Update, Post, Share
Newsfeed Stream
Friend Circle
Like +’ed
Friends / Fans Followers
Tag Mention
Fan Page Page
Facebook Groups Google + Communities
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11. “Google+ is Google itself. We’re extending it across all that we do
—search, ads, Chrome, Android, Maps, YouTube—
so that each of those services contributes to our
understanding of who you are.”
-Bradley Horowitz, Vice President, products for Google+, Google.
Wired, September 27, 2011
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12. Improved Search Engine
• Social search integration
• When you post publically the content becomes searchable
(even outside G+)
• Visibility (Facebook 17%......Google + 100%)
DIFFERENCES
15. DIFFERENCES
Google Plus Local
• Previously called Google Places
• Part of Google’s indexing…which means they
come up in search results
• Searches are influenced by reviews and ratings
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DIFFERENCES
• No friend request needed (circle to be circled)
• Add entire categories…or just one individual
• Share selectively…or publically (17% FB vs 100% G+)
• Create circles to speak DIRECTLY to your customer/prospect needs
• NOTE: Others do not know what “circle” they have been added to.
23. TIPS
Pro Tip(s)
• Be sure to add the +1 button to your website
• Use keywords in your headlines
• “Around Titles” create tags..that help with ranking
• Include links in your introduction
• To your other social media sites
• To your website
• To landing pages
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I am primarily going to share with you Google + features that would interest the business owner…I am going to assume that you know what Facebook can / can’t do on a basic level
Grow your business
All social media sites can offer the business owner different value…
Larger cover photo Post larger pictures Post larger videos Uncluttered design
Google+ gives Google a deeper vision of their individual users.Google+ helps Google improve their search quality (compete with Bing)You will see why this is also important to small business…
Raise you hand if you use Google Search Bar for internet searching…
You increase your odds of gaining targeted visits from organic searches Shares and +1’s act like social recommendations….which help you rank
When you post publically the content becomes searchable (even outside G+)
Google + helps you filter through the “cyper junk”
Algorithims set up to promote valuable content
Connect with other engaged professionals vs. Facebook whois fulled with a ton of “cyber junk”….games and such Google + focused on building actual relationships
Share example of when you could use #
Features
Reduce travel expenseProvide summary of 1-on-1 meetings (recordings)