Did you hear that Google launched a social network called Google+? In the past, Google took a stab at social by purchasing Orkut. Later, they launched both Google Buzz and Google Wave with little success. Now comes Google+. Kinda seems like Google is the Elizabeth Taylor of the social world, doesn’t it? Given those four trips down the social aisle, and the fact that employee bonuses are tied to getting social right this year, it’s pretty clear Google is borderline obsessed about social. Google Makes Money By Selling Ads. One Answer. MORE >>

In this article I am going to talk about the ins and outs of setting up a brand page on Google +, the web’s newest social network. brand page on Google + is basically the equivalent of a fan page on Facebook and I highly recommend it for all of you budding marketeers. The very first step is to create a Google+ Profile. To create a Google+ Page, you first need to have a personal profile on Google+. Just Just like in Facebook, you cannot create a Google+ Page without having a personal profile first. You Create our Google+ profile at  [link]. MORE >>

Something interesting is happening with Google+. Yes, you need to have Twitter and Facebook and (now) Google+. We don’t know yet what or if Google will be providing businesses, in terms of data on its customers, so best to collect it yourself now. It will go a lot further than any PR, advertising, or marketing campaign. 10 Things to Consider As You Move to Google+ originally appeared on Spin Sucks on July 5, 2011. Here we’ve spent years (in most cases) building communities on something we don’t own and guess what? In this case: A database. MORE >>

I’ve been thinking a lot about Google+ since they launched their business pages last week. Google+ announced at 1 p.m. Slate  had something to say on this in their article, “ Google+ Is Dead ,” Considering Google’s marketing muscle—it hasn’t been shy about  directing Web searchers to Google+ , and everyone who’s logged in to a Google account sees the Google+ toolbar at the top of every Google page—it would be a surprise if Google+  didn’t  have so many users. ” While we talked, I began to dig. MORE >>

Tweet Google+ Ripples is an app that sits natively within Google+, allowing anyone to see the reach and influence of a particular post in G+ once it has been shared. The magic of Google+ Ripples, however, is the ability to search out and target influencers. There are other levels to the Google+ Ripples tool though. For example, if you were a recruiter looking for android developers to work on a project you could use Google+ Ripples to find people talking about and sharing content about android development. Post on Google Buzz. Tweet This! MORE >>