If you are a business, do not miss having a profile on Google Plus. Here are 11 Google Plus best practices for business.

1. 11 Google Plus
Best Practices
for Businesses
Read the original article HERE!

2. 1. Provide complete details about your company/business
• Image
• Name of the company/business
• Location
• Telephone numbers
• Link to the official website

3. 2. Add a Google+ badge too your website
Google Badge holds good for
other social platforms that
your business is a part of.
A Google Plus follow button,
or a badge would help you
establish Google publisher
markup.
Read HERE to know how it can benefit your business.

4. 3. Add Google+ sharing buttons to your website
Have social sharing buttons on your business blog – the more you share, the
further it reaches.
What ever is shared on Google+ is instantly indexed by Google, unlike Twitter
and Facebook!

5. 4. Join Communities
Communities help you interact with your customers and those in the same
field.
If want to build credibility and a name for yourself in that specific area,
joining and participating in ‘Communities’ will surely help!

6. 5. Create Google places account or a Google Plus Local Page for
your business
If local listings are important to you, Google
plus local page is what you require.
It will help you to connect with local customers.
Read HERE to see what kind of profile your business needs.

7. 6. Engage, Engage, Engage.
• Post interesting things on your
Google+ profile page
• If it’s a B2B company, share links to
your blogs and ask your customers
for their views.
• If it’s a B2C company, offer
discounts on all social websites you
are linked with.
• Hole competitions and encourage
customers to participate.

8. 7. Set up a custom Google Plus Profile URL
A custom Google Plus Profile URL
makes it easier for your customers
to locate and connect with you.
With custom Google Plus Profile
URL, you will be eligible for
Google+ Direct Connect.
Find steps to set up a Custom Google Plus Profile URL HERE!

9. 8. Encourage customers to write reviews
Reviews for local businesses are
a great way to attract new
customers, and show up easily
on organic search results.
Experiences of fellow customers
greatly affect the choices of new
customers. They show up on
local listings and search results.

10. 9. Use hashtags appropriately
Hashtags help customers find exactly what
they are looking for or something relevant
to that, since they have hashtags.
Don’t over do it, use where necessary.
Hashtags on Google Plus are specifically
important as Google indexes G+ hashtags
for search results.

11. 10. Customize your posts
_ I am italic Text_ = I am italic Text
*I am bold Text* = I am bold Text
*_I am italic and bold Text_* = I am italic and bold Text
-I am strike through Text-
Customize your posts using these options!
Also, create a complete post on Google Plus with its own
URL!

12. 11. Make use of circles
Family
Work
Friends
Class-
mates
Create custom circles, customers,
colleagues, family, friends etc. and
share posts relevant to a specific set of
people.

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