“The way to gain traction on Google+ is to search for the keywords that describe your passions and then interact with those folks.”
That’s what Guy Kawasaki is saying. Why is he saying that?! What does Guy know that we don’t?
Note: This #DadChat RECAP appeared last week on Bruce Sallan’s blog.
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Is G+ misunderstood?
Is G+ enchanting?
If not now, how can it be?
Enquiring minds want to know!
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The Beatles, The Yellow Submarine
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Who is Guy Kawasaki?
Haters say Guy is the Grand Inquisitor of the new Googledom. Nevermind the haters!
Guy is the greatest of all the old school Apple fanboys. He’s the prime evangelist, a venture capitalist, an author, and the genius that conceived of AllTop before social media knew they had a need for information and news aggregation.
More about Guy here:
What the Plus! – Guy Kawasaki comes to #DadChat
Google didn’t pay him to write the book, Guy explained on #dadchat – the Thursday night tweetchat hosted by Bruce Sallan.
Guy says he’s slaying the dragons (G+ hate and disinterest) for the love of it. Because it’s the best tool right now says Guy. He even wrote a book about Google +: What the Plus!
What the Plus! is also Guy’s first ebook.
You can download the free PDF of Guy Kawasaki’s first version of What the Plus! here:
The transcript for the #dadchat with Guy Kawasaki is here:
http://beta.hashtracking.com/ht-pro-rpt/cjeffers-dadchat-2012-05-17
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Snips and Bites From the Dadchat
The tweets listed below only represent a fraction of the chat and participants. See the transcript for the complete record of this epic chat.
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G+! Big YES or little no?
I spend 2-3 hours a day on Google+
i’ve tried to embrace Google+ but the silence is deafening…
Peggy Petzpatrick (@PegFitzpatrick):
Lots of people are using hangouts. I had a hilarious one w/ @TheDaveReynolds. It went really international.
Angela Maiers (@AngelaMaiers):
I agree. Love the instant and easy access. Hangouts are awesome!
Guy Kawasaki (@GuyKawasaki):
Google+ is just like Mac in the 80s: fewer using, better, experts say it will fail
Thanks for your insights your passion is always so energizing
Guy Kawasaki (@GuyKawasaki):
It took me about a week to “get it”
I’m getting to old to be shocked lol
Vincent Daly (@CuteMonsterDad):
Is G+ beta?
Guy Kawasaki (@GuyKawasaki):
The key to starting with Google+ is to search for keywords that describe your passions and then interact
Marcos Queijeiro (@marcosque):
I don’t wanna disturb the #dadchat moment but this is my interview with @GuyKawasaki Check it later 🙂 http://t.co/gqdORsMA
And there are just SO many sites to learn. Seems I can only do so much with each SoMe site!
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Is G+ enchanting?
Guy Kawasaki (@GuyKawasaki):
I fell in love with Google+. Google didn’t ask me to write the book. I just decided to one day.
Wendy Wright (@ChoosingLoveAZ):
I can’t seem to find people on Google+ easily
Unfortunately, social games have thus far failed on G+.
Addendum
People aren’t connected on G+ like they are on Facebook or Twitter. Twitter would do better with a social game integration than Google Plus. Maybe that’s one of the challenges that G+ has to overcome: make the quality and relevance of the connection between G+ users.
Tim McVaigh (@BrandIdeas):
Google+ is twitter with elbow room gives you space to write
Guy Kawasaki (@GuyKawasaki):
Eg, if we did [#dadchat] on Google+, you’d all be watching and hearing video of me instead of trying to follow a hashtag
Patrick Phillips (@patricksplace):
The best social platform is the one where you enjoy the people your socializing with
I haven’t figured out anything I can do on G+ that I’m not doing elsewhere with the same people.
Jack (@MunkayJacked):
Google+ is seen as being for a Techie niche. That’s the reputation it has.
Guy Kawasaki (@GuyKawasaki):
Will Google+ beat Facebook: Who knows… Would you have predicted FB would trounce [MySpace] 6 years ago?
@hashtracking Warning @brucesallan & @guykawasaki conspiring to crash your site on #dadchat
What needs to change in G+?
Guy Kawasaki (@GuyKawasaki):
What I would tell Google+: Remove the hideous black bars around pictures less than 500 pixels
Build in Replies and More (Chrome extension) to foster engagement
I’d like to see more creative license in the profile space. It’s like what Facebook does.
Oh – what Facebook does has nothing to do with good design.
Addendum
Ultimately, Google + didn’t up the quality of the social media experience – it didn’t revolutionize the social platform standard. They have the brain power and resources to do that. Why aren’t they doing it?
I have yet to “talk” to anyone who uses Google + like they use Facebook or Twitter.
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Related Blog Posts
Forbes Book Review: What the Plus! by Jerry Weissman
Is #SocialMEDIA Your Social #LIFE by Bruce Sallan
Interview with Guy Kawasaki by John Jantsch
What The Plus! by Matthew May
What’s the Plus? Giving Google Plus a second fair chance by Taly Weiss
Related Books/Links
What the Plus! Google+ for the Rest of Us by Guy Kawasaki
Newsjacking by David Meerman Scott
Likeable Social Media by Dave Kerpen
The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk
Poke the Box by Seth Godin
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Stan Faryna
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i need a +1 button because i use g+ more than any other medium and the lack of it especially after writing this post of how Guy is gushing over it… is either foolish, hypocritical, misguided, or all of the above. Not tryin to troll, just keep it real. 🙂
WordPress.com is sucking like that. 🙂