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Comment on Turn That Frown Upside Down by newraycom

newraycom — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:25:10 +0000

@Mattias Gronborg Ironically, I felt the same way many people say they do when you try to convince them to get on Gogle+ – “not another platform!”

Also, becasue it’s so visual, it took me a little while to come up with a way to make it effective for me.

I still think that it has more value as a personal platform; sharing best photos, art music etc.

But I’m seeing more Infograpgh and design boards.

Can’t deny its popularity. Not just to make time for it – might have to drop Facebook

Comment on Turn That Frown Upside Down by newraycom

newraycom — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:21:53 +0000

@gingerconsult Thanks, Jen. I’ll take dialogue over diatribe any day

Comment on Turn That Frown Upside Down by gingerconsult

gingerconsult — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:23:14 +0000

I love this Ray. What a great story. Yes, I resonate with stories about how building relationships with those who are real and it’s what I do as well. No time for the fake and phony. Cheers, Ray.

Comment on Turn That Frown Upside Down by Mattias Gronborg

Mattias Gronborg — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:07:41 +0000

You got me there! I really need to do more on Pinterest by myself.

Comment on Turn That Frown Upside Down by renwrite

renwrite — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:05:40 +0000

You make a very good point about person to person engagement. I came across a really good exchange between a customer and a vendor on a popular online retailer web site. The customer was complaining about an item in the review section of the and the person in charge of responding did so in such a warm and personable manner that I remember thinking ‘yeah, that’s how it should work.’ There was no defence of the product in question, no selling, but instead it was more like a good friend offering solutions. If businesses can master that, they’ll surely have something to offer in social media.

Comment on Ranking with Google Plus by newraycom

newraycom — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:06:01 +0000

@DaveGallant Thanks, Dave.

One of the reasons that I like G+ is because it’s the engaging platform for me.

The more you share and participate, the more profile you have. If someone enjoys your posts, they can put you in a circle of “engagers” for example, then share that circle with their followers.

It was in this way that my follower count (number of people circling me) increased by nearly a thousand in a couple of days.

As far as SEO goes, number of +1′s has the biggest weight. And as you know, they’re everywhere (or soon will be).

Now, I have to look at Pinterest more. I think there is a way of using in with G+ because of the visual element.

Once again, thanks for the encouragement.

Comment on Ranking with Google Plus by DaveGallant

DaveGallant — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:40:31 +0000

This is an impressive write up. As I’m reading through I realized that you’ve become “top of mind” now for whenever I have a Google+ question. And I very rarely see anyone writing articles like these for Google+.

I thought number two was interesting. It is easier to build a bigger following on Google+, and I had not really thought about it from the SEO perspective.

Great post!

Comment on How Do You Use Social Media? by newraycom

newraycom — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:10:20 +0000

@luislondon Thanks, Luis! I’m not a big fan of syncing the same content over all your platforms. Different people use different ones so content has to reflect that.

Comment on How Do You Use Social Media? by luislondon

luislondon — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:20:06 +0000

Brilliant! Each platform has a specific objective, which makes for smarter interaction.

Comment on How Do You Use Social Media? by newraycom

newraycom — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:40:03 +0000

@Mattias Gronborg Thanks for dropping by, Mattias. Facebook meets the needs of many people. especially those that use it to connect with family and friends.

Brands like it FB because people are there and people look for recommendations before they buy.

Google+ will extend its reach by simply being everywhere. Right now, brands are building pages because they are aware of the SEO benefits.

As Guy Kawasaki says: People go on Facebook to follow their friends. They go on Google+ to follow their passions.