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What is it:
Google+ (G+) is a relatively new social media platform that stresses organizing your online life like you do your real life. What that means is who you connect with is organized in circles by how they are connected to you, something you decide. For example, you could have a circle of church members, a circle for quilters, a circle for people you know through race car driving , a cooking club, or a book club. In addition, no one knows the circles you have placed them in.
What you can share:
On G+ you can also share images, articles, videos, and music. G+ aims to make this network reflective of life, therefore it discourages the use of fake names and pseudonyms going so far as to disable profiles they find doing this.
How to interact:
You can grow a community by circling the people you already know, commenting, +1 posts(this is the same as clicking “like” on a post”, and joining communities.
G+ and your business:
G+ is great for your business with the integration of Google Authorship, Google local, and SEO. It is also a great way to reach out to your clients through the use of Hangouts. Hangouts are a feature of G+ that functions like Skype. However, you can record Hangouts, live stream them and save them to YouTube.