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How to Serve Up Brilliant Posts for Maximum Visibility

Emilie Eggleston — May 29, 2012 — 2 Comments

The new Google+ app is here, and this article shows you, step by step, how to take advantage of the new changes so your posts are appealing to both mobile and desktop users.

In the new app, media posts are now larger than life with photos stealing the spotlight, while text-only posts seem to stand out like little islands of white paper in a sea of colors and dark grays. It’s all visually stunning, but unfortunately many readers shake their heads in shame because their ability to skim full posts has been taken away.

Don’t despair, as this focus on brevity is the perfect opportunity to format your posts with attention-grabbing titles and relevant images. Continue Reading…

In Tips, Tutorials

Add Rounded Corners to Any Photo in Google+

Emilie Eggleston — March 17, 2012 — 1 Comment

Google+ Rounded Corners Creative Kit Photo Tutorial

Is your inner artist screaming to come out and play? Explore the Google+ Creative Kit!

There are so many options available to spruce up your photos; options like saturation, exposure, contrast, rotate, crop, cross process, text, decorative items such as speech bubbles, beards, and the list goes on.

Here’s a quick tutorial to add rounded corners to any photo in your Google+ photo album. Continue Reading…

In Fun, Tutorials

The Keys To Freelance Writing And Google+

Guest Post — March 5, 2012 — 4 Comments

The social networking site has appealed to people of all ages and all professions, yet none can benefit in quite the same way as writers. Google+ has many features that seem to be designed specifically for writers. Now that many businesses are realizing the SEO value of good writing (despite the fact that good writing should be appreciated regardless of SEO), the demand for writers is only increasing. It seems that Google+ caught on to this slowly emerging trend and added in features just for writers.

freelance writing for google plus

Below are a few of the Google+ features that writers, especially freelance writers, can use to help land those high paying freelance gigs:

In Tips

Over 50 Google+ Hangout Ideas

Emilie Eggleston — February 19, 2012 — 4 Comments

You can have live video conferences with up to 10 people, FOR FREE! Want to know how others are using Google+ Hangouts? This is the granddaddy of all lists! Continue Reading…

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Google+ Trick: Give Your Scrolling Finger A Break

Dustin — February 9, 2012 — 5 Comments

If you’re as obsessed with Google+ as I am, you probably find yourself scrolling down your stream long enough for it to stop automatically loading more. When this happens, it’s good to know that you can give your scrolling finger a break thanks to a nice little feature that allows you to instantly scroll to the top of your current page with one click.

All you have to do is click on Google’s navigation bar that follows you down the screen. You can click anywhere within the grey space that is not already occupied with a button, link, or search bar.

Here is an image that highlights the clickable area:

In Tips

Google+ Opens It’s Doors To Teenagers And Teen-Targeted Brands

Dustin — January 27, 2012 — 2 Comments

teens on google plus

Since the launch of Google+ back in July of last year, only adults over the age of 18 were allowed to sign up for an account. All that changed on Thursday when Google engineer Bradley Horowitz (Vice President Product Management for Google+) announced that Google+ is now officially open to teenagers!

In addition to this, new privacy and safety features have been implemented to make sure that teenagers will have a safe sharing environment.

From Bradley Horowitz’s post:

In News

Timeline To 100 Million Users [Infographic]

Dustin — January 23, 2012 — 24 Comments

Whether you’re a critic or a fanboy (or girl), there’s no denying that Google+ is growing at a record pace. Based on last weeks announcement that they hit the 90 million user mark, it looks like they’re set to hit 100 million users in no time!

You may have seen the infographic that compared how quickly Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ reached a user base of 25 million. It gave a great visual of just how quickly Google’s new social network grew in it’s initial launch compared to the other networks. But, we here at GPlusTuts have a new infographic for you:

100 million users

Now that Google+ has passed 90 million users, I decided to create an infographic that showed the timeline of how long it took the major networks to reach 100 million users. Now, being that Google+ has yet to officially reach 100 million users, this can only be a projection of what could happen. However, I’m confident it will be pretty spot-on.

In Infographics, News, Thoughts

Google+ Now Has 90 Million Users!

Dustin — January 22, 2012 — 2 Comments

Vic Gundotra (Senior Vice President of Engineering at Google) recently revealed that Google+ has now surpassed 90 million users. Being that the social network is now only 6 months old, these stats are mind-blowing!

90 million users

In Vic’s post, he also revealed some other interesting statistics. However, he didn’t just list out the statistics in a boring old text-only update. Oh, no, good ol’ Vic (and his Google+ team) revealed the stats in a way that could only have been done on Google+. Check out the post for yourself, or just read below for a summary of what was announced.

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8 Google+ Apps For iPhone You Probably Didn’t Know About

Dustin — January 19, 2012 — 2 Comments

Despite not having released the full API yet, there have been more than a dozen Google+ apps for iPhone that have showed up in the App Store. From posting to multiple social networks to importing photos, these apps can do a lot!

8 google plus apps for iphone

I’ve gone through and picked the best of the best. These iPhone apps are great for Google+ newbies and junkies alike, and will definitely add a little spice to your mobile Google+ experience. These apps cover publishing across multiple social platforms, photo importing from one service to another, and dating. What?! Yes, you read that right, there’s a Google+ dating app!

In Apps, Third Party

Search Plus Your World: Backlash, Truth, And Impending Domination

Dustin — January 13, 2012 — 8 Comments

In true Google fashion the company released their newest innovation on Tuesday with “Search plus your world“. The backlash it caused is not a surprise as this update has officially started the impending Google+ domination countdown.

First, lets talk about what Search plus Your World is, then we’ll get into why it changes everything (again) and what it means for businesses, brands, and you. Fair enough? Great, let’s get into it:

In News, Thoughts