Google+ is the fastest-growing social networking
site. It's a perfect place to connect with people around the world,
build relationships, and drive readers to your blog. To get you started,
following are 10 tips to help you
increase blog traffic with Google+
right now.See our
Goole plus page here
1. Create a Complete Profile or Page
If
your blog can be identified as a business or brand, then create a
Google+ Page for it. If not, use your personal Google+ profile to
connect with your blog audience. The first step is to create a
comprehensive profile or page that fully describes who you are, what
expertise you bring to the table, how to find your blog, what your blog
is about, and what makes it special.
2. Connect with People
Once you've created
your Google+ profile or page, you need to start connecting with other
Google+ members. Search for people you know first. Then look through the
people they follow to find more interesting people to follow. As you
spend time on blogs and other social web destinations, look for links to connect with interesting people on Google+.
3. Create Circles
Next, you should create circles
to categorize your Google+ connections and then place people into
appropriate circles. For example, create circles for your blog readers,
your blog post sources, people who influence your target audience,
people who can help you promote your blog or publicize it, and so on.
4. Send Targeted Messages
As
you publish updates to Google+, you can choose which circles to share
those updates with so the right audiences get the right messages. This
is a great feature that ensures people don't receive the updates you
don't want them to see.
5. Publish Interesting Content
Don't
just publish links to your blog posts over and over. That's boring and
will be viewed as excessive self-promotion. Your Google+ stream of
updates should be interesting and meaningful to your audience, not
spammy. Therefore, publish and share interesting updates and links that
your target audience will find value in and appreciate seeing.
6. Create Sparks
Create sparks to track keywords
related to your blog topic and jump into relevant conversations. Share
content and updates that other people publish related to your blog topic
that your audience is likely to enjoy, and look for new people to
connect with on Google+ and blogs to follow outside of Google+.
7. Host Hangouts
Google+
hangouts are video chats between up to 10 Google+ members. You can host
a hangout and promote it as a small virtual webinar or tuturial
session. Think of how you can tie a video chat session with your blog
topic and what kind of valuable information you could share in such a
session. Then promote it on your blog as a special event!
8. Host Huddles
Instead of holding a tweet chat
on Twitter, you can hold a Google+ huddle, which is a text chat between
Google+ members. For example you can promote your Google+ huddle on
your blog as a question and answer session between a small group!
9. Integrate and Cross-Promote
Use social media icons, Facebook social plugins, Twitter
widgets, and so on to integrate your blog marketing efforts and
cross-promote your content. Give people as many ways to find your blog
and interact with you as possible.
10. Be Active
Update
your Google+ stream frequently with new content, and make sure you
spend time commenting on other members' updates as well. The more active
you are, the more likely people are to remember who you are, recognize
what your blog is about, and click through to read your posts!
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