Format: Aside
How do I use Google Profiles?
Google Profiles is a great way to share all your online accounts, review others online presence, and help your social media updates be seen in Google search results. By setting up your account and connecting all your social media places to your Google Profiles page, you can drive traffic to your own website, and also to other places you share. This service was created a year ago to integrate with Google Buzz, but with little adoption yet.
Let’s look at how to set up and edit your Google Profile:
What is the best time of the day to update social media?
Updating your social media accounts, like Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube, is valuable. But, did you know that posting at various times of the day can increase your chances of being seen? Here’s a condensed list of times:
Best time to update your blog:
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- 9am EST publish to be read on your site or RSS
- Share the blog post to Facebook at 10am, especially on Saturday’s
- Share the blog post to Twitter at 4pm, especially on Friday’s
- When to tweet: This depends mostly on who you’ve connected with. 14blocks can give you a great snapshot of the past day’s ideal times to reach the most engaged Twitter followers.
- Strategy to increase Twitter followers: follow & unfollow people during late night or early morning hours
- 11am, 3pm, and 8pm ET (especially Wednesday’s but not Sunday’s)
- Morning posts are most effective
- Top of the hour, then bottom of the hour (0:00 – 0:15 or 0:30 – 0:45)
- Friday or Sunday
- Follow other social media guidelines to share video
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Local Businesses: Are you checking your reviews?
People turn online to review everything lately. Whether it’s books, music, movies, or food, you can find out quickly what others think of things. If you’re a local business, you need to be monitoring these reviews, as well as seeking out reviews from your customers.
Let’s look at a Google Search Engine Results Page (SERP):
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