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I’m starting to think this week might actually be the first week of my new year. I just spent the past hour cleaning up and organizing DropBox and finally managed to post a few pictures from my email bag. Something I’ve been trying to get done for about two months now. This article about my [Continue Reading]

How Can a Marketer Take Advantage of Trending Topics on Google+?

Google has quietly been rolling out new features to make its Google+ platform more competitive in the social space. While most updates have seemingly been made to keep pace with Facebook (e.g. the new branded pages), one of the latest features appears to be a direct response to Twitter. Google recently introduced a trending topics [Continue Reading]

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4 Reasons Social Games on Google+ Are a Disaster

Towards the end of 2011 I wrote a few social game reviews for games that are currently available on Google+, games like Angry Birds, CityVille and City of Wonder. Now that Google+ is becoming more and more established, and open to the masses one would think that Google+ and the game makers would have things [Continue Reading]

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How to Add Me to a Circle on Google+

So, you want to add me to the Google+ account you just setup to keep up on my latest activities, informative articles and more – I’m here to help you with your Google+ journey! With Google Plus, you can add friends to circles, which allows you to organize your friends and pages that you are [Continue Reading]

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Google+ Hangouts How To

Google+ Hangouts are one of the best features I’ve seen on a social media site to date. A Google+ Hangout is basically a webcam chat you can setup with friends, family or even co-workers. You can have multiple people in your hangout at one time, which could be great for meetings, friends, long distance family [Continue Reading]

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How to Tag Someone in a Photo on Google+

You’re setting up your Google+ account, and adding photos. You want to tag your friends or favorite businesses in these photos but are not quite sure how -, I’m here to help point you in the right direction to make your Google+ experience that much more enjoyable! Tagging your friends, family or even favorite businesses [Continue Reading]

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How to Find Me on Google+

So, you’ve setup a Google+ account and you want to find me (maybe), Extreme John on G+ – here’s how! Once you login, you’ll arrive at your home page which will look very similar to Facebook. If you view the above screen shot, you’ll see I have noted where you can search for me along [Continue Reading]

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How to Tag Someone in a Post on Google+

Tagging products or people in posts and updates on social networks has become quite the standard and Google+ has kept this the same as other networks such as Facebook and Twitter. If you’d like to tag me in a post within Google+, all you have to do is start by using the “@” symbol, then [Continue Reading]

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How to +1 on Google+

Once you add a brand to your circles on Google+, you can also help support them by pressing that little +1 button. Google’s +1 is simply telling Google that you enjoy that brand or page and helps Google’s search results. +1′ing a company, brand or site is almost like a review, but much quicker and [Continue Reading]

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How to Create a Circle of Friends on Google+

Creating custom circles on Google+ is ridiculously simple, and allows you to easily organize your friends, family, co-workers, or even brands such as +Extreme Tan and Smoothies. To begin creating your circles, head on over to the circles page by clicking “View all >” on your home page within Google+ as you will see in [Continue Reading]

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How to Get a Google+ Account

So, you’ve heard the fuss about Google+ and are want to get yourself an account to see what it’s all about. We’re going to give you a quick run down on how to go about getting yourself a G+ account setup. Google has now publically opened G+, or “Plus,” so that anyone can signup and [Continue Reading]

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16 Google+ Chrome Extensions and Tools

As my addiction to Google+ continues to grow so does my urge to find new tools, mobile apps and social media managers to see what will help me manage my Google+ brand pages and personal profile the most efficiently. I started to put together a list of a few tools that I use to manage [Continue Reading]

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3 Tips to Getting Friends to Try Google+

This post was originally posted on my Google+ page. As more and more of my friends and family begin to spend more time combing through Google+ and getting involved in the discussion I find myself answering one question over and over again. The question makes sense, and it also shows that my friends, family and [Continue Reading]

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Now I hear about things that happen on Facebook on Google+ and Twitter

It’s a true story. I never really spent much time relying on Facebook for my incoming news. I typically leave that to NetNewsWire and Twitter, that’s up until a few months ago when Google released their social networking site, Google+. I’m not going to get into a big thing explaining what Google+ is, do a [Continue Reading]

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