Your Google+ Tips of the Week | Issue 113

Your Google+ Tips August 9th

1. Delete unwanted Google+ Pages

2. Resharing a Shared Google+ Post

3. Google Search Tool To Filter Private Content

Delete unwanted Google+ Pages

from Peggy K  and The Lady from Uncle

"If you have ended up with spare Google+ Pages - unused, unconnected to YouTube, unwanted - it's straightforward to delete them. Watch The Lady from Uncle's video to see how simple it is." 

If you have multiple Pages with the same name you need to be sure you are deleting the correct Page 

Page deletions are permanent, so if you have more than one Page with the same name and/or same avatar, change the name and avatar of the Page you want to delete.

If you have a YouTube channel connected to your unwanted Google+ Page, you need to either disconnect or delete the channel before you can delete the Page.

You can delete the channel in your advanced settings:(www.youtube.com/account_advanced).

If you want to keep the YouTube channel, you can contact YouTube support and have them move your channel to a different Google+ Page or your Google+ Profile. Use this contact form: https://support.google.com/youtube/contact/ytgplus

Resharing a Shared Google+ Post

One of the limitations of sharing a post that has already been shared, is we lose the commentary from the “resharer”. We see only the original post.

Sometimes the same G+ post gets shared repeatedly. So when I come across one from someone who added their own value to the original post, I want to share that too.

By sharing it as an embedded link as opposed to using the share function at the bottom of the post, the post is treated like any other article.

I recently did this with a Mark Traphagen share of a Ronnie Bincer post.

Ronnie was promoting his special 15 day free access to his private Hangout Mastery Community. Mark added a solid recommendation that I agreed with so wanted to share it along with Ronnie’s original post.

To illustrate this, I use an earlier example where I shared a Luis Galarza post.

1. I shared Luis Galarza's reshare of Ryan Hanley's post (which was a share of Mark Schaefer's blog post) using the usual method by clicking on the share icon at bottom of post. (told you)

2. The shared post looks like this. Note that we lose Luis' comments. The image links back to the Mark Schaefer blog.

3. Instead of sharing from bottom of post, I grabbed the link to Luis' post by clicking on the arrow at top right and choosing "link to post". I copied it then pasted into the link section of a new post.

This created a new G+ post that links to Luis’ post as it would to any article shared from the web. (These “shares” won’t show as reshares in “Ripples”.)

When I click on the image or title, instead of going to Ryan's share of Mark Schaefer’s article, it goes to Luis’ G+ post (reshare).

This gives us another option for sharing posts on Google+. When someone has taken time to add value to a reshare, it's nice to be able to share that as well.

Google Search Tool To Filter Private Content

This is a tip that was included in the regular Friday 3 Hottest Questions of the Week from the Google+ Help Community.

Speaking of “reshares”, it was shared in the Community by Mary Ann Davis from a post by Ana Hoffman who found it on Barry Schwartz's article.

This type of filter will show you content that was shared with you on Google+ or Gmail if you are signed in to your Google Account.

The LunchBunch held a super summer Showcase Special this week. You can catch the video on my YouTube channel and the follow up blog post on my BRAND NEW WEBSITE!

Thank you very much for sharing your time with me.
I hope you found this helpful and if you did, please share it with your friends.

Until next week, enjoy your walk on the "Plus" side.

Your Google Plus Tips for July 12th

Your Google Plus Tips for July 12th

1. To Mute or To Block? That is the Question! 

2. How to create your Google+ Hangout “Lower Third” Video

3. How to build your network on Google+

Know when to mute them, know when to block them.

Do You know the difference between “muting” and “blocking” someone on Google+?

Google Plus Top Contributor (TC) John Keats, published a recent post addressing the differences between the two methods of dealing with people or Pages you’d rather not engage with.

Here’s the summary:

Mute:

• Prevents the profile or page you mute from notifying you in the future.

• You will still be able to see each other's profiles and posts, and to comment on each other's posts.

• Their posts will even continue to appear in your Home stream (assuming you have them circled, that is).

• Nothing the person you mute does, however, will trigger a Google+ notification for you.

Block:

Block is a much more powerful tool. When you block someone:

• You will not see their content in your stream (even though you'll remain in their circles).

• They will be be removed from any circles of yours that they appear in.

• They will be removed from your extended circles, even if you have mutual connections.

• They will not be able to add new comments to your content.

• They will not be able to see your comments on other people's posts.

• They will not be able to view any of your posts that you share after you blocked them. (They will, however, still be able to see posts you shared with them before you blocked them.)

• They won't be able to mention you in posts or comments.

Generally, I uncircle people that are either inactive or post content I’m not interested in.

I mute people or Pages when I don’t want to receive notifications from them. (Usually invitations to communities or events.) 

I’ve only blocked two people in my three years on this platform, both cantankerous trolls.

You can see John’s full post here: To Mute or To Block? That is the Question!

How to create your G+ Hangout “Lower Third” Video

In this video, I go through the steps of creating your Google+ Hangout “lower third” using the Hangout Toolbox. 

This is the fastest way to have that identification bar appear below you.

I included this video in my recent blog post: How to Create Custom Hangout Lower Thirds which details how to make custom lower thirds and other graphics for your Hangouts.

How to build your network on Google+

Here, Ronnie Bincer shares 5 fundamental steps towards building a dynamic Google+ network.

The reason I like embedding Google+ posts is to allow you to not only enjoy the content the author shared, but to also benefit from the added gems found in the comments.

A Google+ post is a living document. Assuming there is engagement, the comments left on a post are a continuation of the conversation started by its author. 





Thanks very much for taking the time to read this.

Now go out there and enjoy the summer.

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