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Google+ Hangouts for Business – Social Media Marketing

Hangouts are easy and effective way to get yourself engaged with existing/potential customers, and well-wishers.

Google+ Hangouts make it easy

  • to conduct face-to-face meetings with customers, employees, sub-ordinates, family etc. from any device with a cam and an internet connection.
  • to have a video conferencing with up to 15 people*. Team collaborationis made easier with more sharing features
  • to broadcast your Hangoutlive to the public and monitor how many viewers are watching it live.
  • to record, edit and share the broadcast on your YouTube account.

Google+ Hangouts can be used by businesses :

  • to release a product and a live Press release of the same
  • to engage with customers/prospects
  • to walk-through a live demo of a product/service on its usage and advantages
  • to provide live customer service and answer customer queries on the spot

Here are a few tips for making best use of a video Hangout:

Before you start using it for your business, get to know about the various options and controls on Google + Hangouts.

Check your camera, mic, and speakers when prompted by Google+, before inviting others; check any other hardware/software that makes the Hang Outs smooth until the end.

Make a note that your place has less/no background noise.

Plan the schedule of your Hangout well in advance. Don't start the hangout unprepared.

Recording the Hangout with approval of participants is best way to edit and share it on your YouTube account later so that all potential customers can make use of it in the future.

Have you used Google+ HAngouts On Air for your business? What is your experience? Share your experience and thoughts below.


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Hangouts On Air – Google+ – Social Media Management

Hangouts On Air – Google+

Here are some interesting facts compiled about Hangouts from Google+ Help

How is it useful?

Go live from your laptop

Now live broadcasts are only a few clicks away. Stream your hangout publicly on your Google+ profile, your YouTube channel, and your website.

Save instantly to YouTube

You don’t need special software to record your conversation. Every Hangout On Air is automatically saved to your YouTube account.

Share to the world

Edit and share the recorded hangout. Once your hangout is over, it’s easy to keep the conversation going. Your hangout video is shared publicly on Google+ and on your YouTube channel. You can reshare this video just like any other.

How it works:

Start a hangout

Start a hangout and invite specific people or Google+ circles to join you. Then name your hangout.

Enable Hangouts On Air

Check “Enable Hangouts On Air”. The first time you do this, you will need to agree to the Terms of Service and also link your YouTube account. Learn more

Start your broadcast

Click “Start broadcast” to go on air. After a five-second countdown, your hangout will start broadcasting to the public on your Google+ profile, your YouTube channel, and on any website where you’ve embedded it. Recording starts when broadcasting starts.

The below video explains it.

You can check the Live Hangouts on the Hangouts Home page

Edit and Publish your Hangout On Air

To make changes to your video, try YouTube’s video editor.

For videos longer than two hours, you’ll need to download, edit, and then upload the videos again to your YouTube channel. Learn more about how to download your video.

Stay tuned to know how you can Google+ Hangout for your business!


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Google+ Pages

 

Google has rolled out Google+ Pages worldwide for Businesses.
 
We have created a page for us – SocialNetGate Google+ page
 
Google+ Pages provides businesses, products, brands, and organizations with a public identity and presence on Google+. Five categories of pages that can be created are :
  • Product or Brand
  • Company, Institution or Organization
  • Local Business or Place
  • Arts, Entertainment or Sports
  • Other
Google+ pages interact in the Google+ world similar to the way that regular Google+ profile owners do – they can add people to circles, edit their profile, share things in Google+, +1 comments and photos, and create and join Hangouts. But they’re not entirely the same. 
 
Differences between Google+ Pages and Google+ Profiles
Pages are extremely similar to profiles, but they have some key differences:
 
Pages can’t add people to circles until the page is added first or mentioned. Learn more.
Pages can be made for a variety of different entities whereas profiles can only be made for people.
The default privacy setting for elements on your page profile is public.
Pages have the +1 button.
Pages can’t +1 other pages, nor can they +1 stuff on the Web.
Pages can’t play games.
Pages don’t have the option to share to ‘Extended circles’.
Pages don’t receive notifications via email, text, or in the Google bar.
Pages can’t hangout on a mobile device.
Local pages have special fields that help people find the business’ physical location.
 
If you’re unsure whether you’re viewing a page or an individual’s profile, look for the Google+ Pages icon  next to the name at the top of the page.
 
 
Get yourself connected with us on Google+ too – SocialNetGate Google+ page


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Google+ Business profiles

Google+ has blocked business profiles now. Google+Tech team is deactivating the profiles created for business purpose.

Google would be doing a test of business profiles. There were many businesses expressing intense interest in business profiles. Google has refocused a few priorities and expect to have an initial version of businesses profiles up and running for EVERYONE in the next few months. There may be a tiny handful business profiles that will remain in the meantime solely for the purpose of testing how businesses interact with consumers.

Google has suggested not to create a business profile using regular profiles on Google+. The platform at the moment is not built for the business use case, and it wants to help build long-term relationships with your customers. Google will continue to disable business profiles using regular profiles. Untill then, a real person who is willing to represent your organization on Google+ using a real profile as him-or-herself.

Check here for more – Google+ For Businesses Update 3 – A new installment in our updates on Google+ and our plans to support brands, businesses, and beyond.

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