<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><title>Social Media Examiner | Google+ for my business or not | Topic Replies</title> <atom:link href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/feed/</link> <description>Google+ for my business or not - Forum Topic in the Group Small Business</description> <pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 18:10:40 +0000</pubDate> <generator>http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5</generator> <language>en</language> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47718</guid><title><![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Google+ for my business or not in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47718</link> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:53:52 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/" title="Robin Carlisle" rel="nofollow">Robin Carlisle</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/" rel="nofollow">Google+ for my business or not</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/matfitzgerald/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/matfitzgerald/' rel="nofollow">@matfitzgerald</a><div></div><div>Matt, I'm referring to your goal... to rank highly in the Google SERPs means to rank highly on your intended Search Engine Results Page.</div><div></div><div>Just the SERPs for short...</div><div></div><div>Robin Carlisle</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47715</guid><title><![CDATA[Mat Fitzgerald replied to the forum topic Google+ for my business or not in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47715</link> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:41:21 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/matfitzgerald/" title="Mat Fitzgerald" rel="nofollow">Mat Fitzgerald</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/" rel="nofollow">Google+ for my business or not</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/' rel="nofollow">@atlantarobin</a> this is the first I've heard of google SERPs.  What is that?</p><p>In a competitive field like marketing you need all the ranking help you can get. For this I will be putting some work into YouTube as [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47709</guid><title><![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Google+ for my business or not in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47709</link> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:17:58 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/atlantarobin/" title="Robin Carlisle" rel="nofollow">Robin Carlisle</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/" rel="nofollow">Google+ for my business or not</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/supereb/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/supereb/' rel="nofollow">@supereb</a><div></div><div>Connie, I agree with ALL these posts, but the first thing I noticed when I jumped in G+ was that I started popping up more in the SERPs. A LOT more!</div><div></div><div>That Google triad -- YouTube, G+, and Google SERP -- is [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47701</guid><title><![CDATA[Mat Fitzgerald replied to the forum topic Google+ for my business or not in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47701</link> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:21:52 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/matfitzgerald/" title="Mat Fitzgerald" rel="nofollow">Mat Fitzgerald</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/" rel="nofollow">Google+ for my business or not</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> Very low uptake in this part of the world but I really believe it'll become a force as more people become disenchanted with Facebook.</p><p>G+ is a great platform but hardly anyone seems to be active on it. If I [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47578</guid><title><![CDATA[Ann at  greenoak replied to the forum topic Google+ for my business or not in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47578</link> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:46:17 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/annfurnivall/" title="Ann at  greenoak" rel="nofollow">Ann at  greenoak</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/" rel="nofollow">Google+ for my business or not</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> im on&#160;&#160; but&#160; nothings&#160; happening...i never&#160; hear&#160; about it in&#160; my world...im&#160; there for the&#160; seo...and open&#160; to&#160; some&#160; activity&#160; if&#160; it&#160; ever&#160; gets off the&#160; ground&#160; with my&#160; [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47400</guid><title><![CDATA[Karl Morris replied to the forum topic Google+ for my business or not in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47400</link> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:22:54 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/karlmorris/" title="Karl Morris" rel="nofollow">Karl Morris</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/" rel="nofollow">Google+ for my business or not</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> Connie, <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/1creed/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/1creed/' rel="nofollow">@1creed</a><div></div><div>Agree completely with @russellalert and follow Chris Brogan and have a look at this link to one of <a href="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/google-plus/" rel="nofollow">Chris's pages</a>&#160;(again not an affiliate Link). Very interesting as &#160;<span><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/geoffrey-gordon/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/geoffrey-gordon/' rel="nofollow">@geoffrey-gordon</a> mentions [&#8230;]</span></div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47387</guid><title><![CDATA[Matt Holandez replied to the forum topic Google+ for my business or not in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47387</link> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:30:26 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/mholandez/" title="Matt Holandez" rel="nofollow">Matt Holandez</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/" rel="nofollow">Google+ for my business or not</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> Unfortunately, our company page doesn't get too much activity on G+. I have seen a few businesses have incredible success with their G+ accounts, though. I agree with&#160;<a class="mention" href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/russellallert/" title="Mention Russell Allert" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/russellallert/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/russellallert/' rel="nofollow">@russellallert</a>&#160;to host hangouts. I think one [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47335</guid><title><![CDATA[Chris Loeser replied to the forum topic Google+ for my business or not in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47335</link> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:24:08 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/chrisloeser/" title="Chris Loeser" rel="nofollow">Chris Loeser</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/" rel="nofollow">Google+ for my business or not</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> I've seen some traffic in the past, but that's all it's been really useful for...</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47331</guid><title><![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic Google+ for my business or not in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47331</link> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:06:05 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/supereb/" title="E N Brown" rel="nofollow">E N Brown</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/" rel="nofollow">Google+ for my business or not</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> HI &#160;<a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kathybernard/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kathybernard/' rel="nofollow">@kathybernard</a> --- &#160;<div>One of the things about G+ is that engagement with others is a must. &#160;I find that when I post something that is not business - some personal thing, like when I traded in the Explorer for a [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47325</guid><title><![CDATA[Kathy Bernard replied to the forum topic Google+ for my business or not in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47325</link> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:08:34 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/kathybernard/" title="Kathy Bernard" rel="nofollow">Kathy Bernard</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/" rel="nofollow">Google+ for my business or not</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/1creed/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/1creed/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/1creed/' rel="nofollow">@1creed</a><span>&#160;-- I share my blog posts with Google+ circles, but so far, I'm not getting much out of it. Most of the people in my circles are also in other social networks I'm on. I think the Google+ idea is good in [&#8230;]</span></p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47295</guid><title><![CDATA[Geoffrey Gordon replied to the forum topic Google+ for my business or not in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47295</link> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 04:36:51 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/geoffrey-gordon/" title="Geoffrey Gordon" rel="nofollow">Geoffrey Gordon</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/" rel="nofollow">Google+ for my business or not</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/1creed/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/1creed/' rel="nofollow">@1creed</a> There are many things I could say about Google+, advice, resources etc... &#160;<div></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Google-Business-Googles-Network-Everything/dp/0789749149/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1354509154&#038;sr=8-6&#038;keywords=google+plus" rel="nofollow">Google+ for Business: How Google's Social Network Changes Everything</a>(not an&#160;affiliate&#160;link)</div><div></div><div>is a great book from&#160;Chris&#160;Brogan [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47285</guid><title><![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic Google+ for my business or not in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47285</link> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 03:44:52 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/supereb/" title="E N Brown" rel="nofollow">E N Brown</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/" rel="nofollow">Google+ for my business or not</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> Hello <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/1creed/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/1creed/' rel="nofollow">@1creed</a> &#160;--- &#160;<div></div><div>I also get a lot of international attention and it's because folks in India (and the middle east in general) want to connect to people in the US and pretty much everywhere to further their [&#8230;]</div> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47278</guid><title><![CDATA[Russell Allert replied to the forum topic Google+ for my business or not in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47278</link> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 02:14:25 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/russellallert/" title="Russell Allert" rel="nofollow">Russell Allert</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/" rel="nofollow">Google+ for my business or not</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> <a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/1creed/' rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/1creed/' rel="nofollow">@1creed</a> Hey CorinneA couple of quick tips: Use your cirles and group various people and other businessesHold HangoutsSearch and use HashtagsPost regularly and +1 and comment on other people's postsMake sure you [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> <item> <guid>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47277</guid><title><![CDATA[Lori Thueme replied to the forum topic Google+ for my business or not in the club Small Business]]></title><link>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/#post-47277</link> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 02:06:08 +0000</pubDate><description> <![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/members/lorithueme/" title="Lori Thueme" rel="nofollow">Lori Thueme</a> replied to the forum topic <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/google-for-my-business-or-not/" rel="nofollow">Google+ for my business or not</a> in the club <a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/" rel="nofollow">Small Business</a> I have been using G+ for my business and posting to it more and more. I find companies relevant to mine to follow. I have been +1 and commenting on their posts and they are starting to follow me also. It seems to [&#8230;]</p> ]]> </description> </item> </channel> </rss>