Hey guys,

I know that this topic isn’t necessarily facebook-based, but it fits more in here than the other clubs.

I’ve been asked to investigate and learn how to use Google+ more effectively and start building a following for the search engine’s social platform. To be honest, I haven’t got a clue. I don’t really use it personally, and it’s hard to really know the best ways to attract followers.

 We’re starting to put sharing buttons throughout the site (Creditplus.co.uk) – for example, we’re starting a new initiative for people to add short car reviews for the chance to win an iPad. When they submit their review, they can share it to G+, Twitter and Facebook, and we’re putting the buttons on all of the reviews that have already been written so people can share them with their networks.

Thing is, I know how important G+ is becoming for SEO and visibility, but I don’t know if any real people are going to choose to share on there over the 2 bigger platforms where all their friends are.

Has anybody had experience with Google +? What are your techniques? Do you get any real interaction on your G+ page? Any help would be appreciated

@alexandrabriggs Thanks for the response. This seems to be something I’ve heard from a few people. They’re on there, they post a few things but they don’t get any engagement so it sort of gets forgotten/neglected. SEO bloggers keep saying how important it is to utilize Google+, but I don’t feel that there are any “real” people on there, who are going to actually care about the content. It all seems to be SEO people haha!

Quite Frustrating!