During social media week, we had one HECK of a class with Seth Sternberg, the Product Director for G+. He gave us some pretty cool hacks to explore that I haven’t heard peeps share before, so I’m going to list them here for y’all to scope out. Hopefully we can all grow with Google using one (or more) of these ideas.
As all of the news hits regarding Facebook being a pay-to-play platform, and gurus tell everyone to run to Google Plus where the grass is greener, I’d like to remind everyone to take those rose-colored glasses off. While Google Plus is an excellent platform — and yes, we will be spending a lot more time and effort on my personal page and the B Squared Media page — it’s not perfect by any means. We’re all a work in progress, right?
Let me start by saying I LOVE Google. I don’t Bing or Yahoo, I Google. I use Gmail, Google Alerts, Google Keywords, and Google Analytics … And I know I’m not the only person out there who has endless adoration for the behemoth. However, I also LOVE the idea that social media is a tool for truth. The idea that anyone with wifi and a computer can learn something completely new just by visiting Google and typing in a name, place or thing makes me dizzy with delight. But there’s a caveat …
