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Friday

Your Google+ Tips of the Week | Issue 113

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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


"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)


Luis Google plus share



Google Plus reshare 5



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


Google Plus reshare of post 4


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.


google plus reshare post 3


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”.)


google plus reshare 2


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).


google plus reshare post


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.

Google Plus Tips of the Week

Google Plus Hangout drawing app


Your Google Plus Tips of the Week for May 3rd

- Brand your YouTube with intro videos
    -  New mobile apps for Docs, Sheets and Slides—work offline and on the go
      - Hangout drawing tool


      YouTube tips from Peggy K H/T Ronnie Bincer & Scott Scowcroft

      Video branding:

      This may be useful, but 3 seconds isn’t a lot of time. I see this basically as an opening logo as opposed to a lead in.
      It only takes three easy steps to set up:

      1. Upload the three-second intro video you’d like to use to your channel as an unlisted video.

        2. On your channel's InVideo Programming page, click "Add a channel branding intro" and select the intro from a list of eligible videos.

          3. Select which videos you want the intro to appear on. You can choose whether to add it to all of your videos, or just the ones you’ve uploaded after a certain date. You can always remove or change the intro later.


          Note that these intros may not be used as ads, sponsorships, or product placements. We also don't recommend this feature be used by channels using their videos as advertisements.
          You can also add a watermark to your videos.
          Go to your YouTube video manager and select “channel Settings” then “in video Programming”. 
          You’ll be given options to:
          1. Add a watermark
          2. Feature a video pr playlist
          3. Add a branding intro



          Add a Custom Thumbnail to Your YouTube Video



          For the #GPlusLunchBunch show, I usually use my event banner as my custom thumbnail for consistency with the HOA event.
          YouTube custom thumbnail

          There are other times when a screen grab from the show is more compelling.
          YouTube custom thumbnail

          If you want to add a custom thumbnail, YouTube account must be in good standing, and you must have monetization enabled on your channel.
          Check your account's Features tab to see if your channel is eligible for custom thumbnails.

          Google Drive Docs & Sheets Get their own apps


          Google docs sheets app

          via Brian Levee  - GoogleDrive Blog

          With their eye on ever increasing mobile usage, Google has separated Docs and Sheets (and soon, Slides) from Drive and made them their own downloadable apps for iOS and Android.

          I think this is a great idea especially on mobile as it can get tedious (especially on the iPhone) to sort through the Drive folders to find a specific document.  It’S also easy to switch over to Drive at anytime.

          You can get the apps on Google Play and in the App Store. If you don’t have time now, over the next few days you’ll be prompted to download the apps when you go to edit or create a document or spreadsheet in your Drive app.

          Hangout Drawing Tool App

          Finally, after this week of Google Plus is dead rumours and counter rumours, I leave you with a bit of fun.
          Ronnie Bincer brought this to my attention earlier this week. It’s a drawing app that enables us to draw freeform, add text and stamp images of arrows, speech bubbles etc right on our Hangout screen.

          Even if you're not a Picasso (as I'm obviously not) the text and stamps functions are useful.
          For instance, when we want to post a link during a HOA, we can text it on the screen as well as posting in the comments section.
          I haven’t tried it in an actual Hangout yet so if anyone is game to play, let me know.




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