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How Google’s Next Big Thing Can Impact Your Business & Grow Your Brand
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nick westergaard | branddrivendigital.com | 2015
social spotlight
BRAND DRIVEN digital
Google+How Google’s Next Big Thing Can Impact Your Business & Grow Your Brand
Google+: Social Spotlight
‣ What the Plus?
‣ By the Numbers
‣ How Brands Engage
‣ Things to Remember
Photo via Flickr user brionv
Bet Against Google?
Photo via Flickr user BenSpark
Guy Kawasaki on Google+
Facebook = People
Twitter = Perspectives
Google+ = Passion
Inside Google Plus
Recent New Look
Google+ Defining Features
‣ Clean Interface
‣ Circles — 2-way and blind
‣ Hangouts — Skype on steroids
‣ +1
‣ Plus Is the New Google
Just the Facts
‣ FACT: You don’t need a Gmail address (Google account)
‣ FACT: You can edit a post after publishing
‣ FACT: You can mute comment notifications
‣ FACT: No one can see what circle you put them in
Photo via Flickr user west.m
Wedge Issue: User Control
Drag & Drop
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Google+ by the Numbers
10 million ...users within the first two weeks — fastest social network to reach this milestone
540 millionusers as of october 2013 — only ~100 million monthly active users
Not Bad
Less Frequent Use
6.9 minsaverage time spent on google+ per month
Source: Hitwise
Google+ Brand Posts Get Twice the Engagement of Tweets
5th popularsocial media site ahead of pinterest and linkedin
Source: Hitwise
Many Are Lurkers
Most Are Duplicating Content
How Fast This Happened
Photo via Flickr user brianconnolly
Mobile Apps in 1st Year
Photo via Flickr user Sean MacEntee
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How Brands Engage
Brands on Google+
‣ In the Beginning ...
‣ Fall 2011
‣ Potential Segmentation via Circles
‣ Market Research/Customer Feedback via Hangouts
‣ Multiple Page Admins — One ‘Owner’; Up to 50 ‘Managers’
What’s It Look Like?
Surprisingly Similar
Engagement
Photos, Videos, & Links
Events
“On Air” Hangouts
Photo via Flickr user cordiaz2000
Beacons Across Web
Integration with Places
Photo via Flickr user leyla.a
Photo via Flickr user fdecomite
Circle Segmentation
Photo via Flickr user Darwin’s Bulldog
Closed API :(
In January 2012 Google started pushing Google+ social data into search results
The Biggest Development?
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Things to Remember About Google+
Google+ Measurement
‣ Number of users that have you in a circle
‣ Number of +1s on posts (via Google Analytics)
‣ Total brand mentions
‣ Profile views
‣ Referring links on site
10 Most Circled Brands on Google+‣ Android
‣ Mashable
‣ Google Chrome
‣ Google+
‣ Coldplay
‣ H&M
‣ New York Times
‣ Marvel
‣ GmailSource: Mashable
White House Here Too!
+POTUS
Which Brands Do You Circle?
nick westergaard | branddrivendigital.com | 2015
BRAND DRIVEN digital
Questions?blog: branddrivendigital.com podcast: onbrandpodcast.comtwitter: @nickwestergaard