Facebook is continuing to make it harder to allow brands to engage with the audience they spent a lot of time and money developing… while G+ is offering more awesome, free and profitable ways to do so. Brands and People can continue to believe the media negative hype, or they can wake up and start figuring out their strategies here… 
" A majority of the top 100 brands- three quarters- have active profiles. As more brands engage users, we expect to see those who are unconvinced to shake off reservations and establish a strong Google+ presence "
Gosh I love this place… ♥
Read more : http://www.clickz.com/clickz/news/2243029/google-strengthens-position-with-9-400-percent-growth
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Awesome!
We love you too Amanda
Great news!
I have never heard of the top brand. is that Herman Miller, the chair company?
You definitely wouldn't see Zuck commenting on a post. Well done +Vic Gundotra!
Google is truly enacting their motto: Don't be evil. Facebook?…take notes. #TeamGoogle
Awesome post & yes +Amanda Blain we love you too
thanks for sharing May the G+ Force be with you
Uh… Ah-mazing! Thanks +Amanda Blain! I've been telling businesses/brands from the beginning of g+ that they need to start building here!
It's a clothing store +Steve Berry http://www.hm.com/us/ H&M
But… how can H&M have more followers than Google themselves?! It's a conspiracy!
I love The Plus too but I'm not seeing brands take advantage and engage like they should.
Thanks for tips Amanda, I am still new, but really starting to love G+.
I am building a Community, Cigar Nation, but am having a hard time letting people know it is there. Ideas????
new to me. I'm pretty fashionable, i'm wearing grinch pj bottoms and a green fantastic 4 shirt.
good nigth
Bigger brands with a huge customer base sure. I'd like to see smaller brands have this kind of success
Which brands rory?
Anyone take your pick.
Google Plus +1, Facebook -1 Like!
I agree.. Brands still need to "relearn" how to be social… Its a huge area to improve upon… Some are getting it better than others… I really like what Once Upon A Time, Game of Thrones, Walking Dead are doing… and a few other TV shows and brands.. but most are still just doing push marketing on mass…
+Amanda Blain brands listen to the social media 'experts' unfortunately… And we know how genius they are… Snake oil anyone?
I am a big fan of Google+ and was actually talking to Social Media Club of Dallas about it last night. Thanks for sharing this and I will make sure they see this post.
G+ layout is nice but I don't see that much engagement on here at all.
This is really encouraging. I've been trying at +DIA to get the needed G+ buy in and IT support to do it right since Nov. 2011 and have been thwarted at every step along the way. Great post, +Amanda Blain! It is inspiring me not to give up and try again.
+Jeremy Darko have a look at this… http://www.amandablain.com/4-steps-to-being-awesome-at-google-plus-in-15-minutes-a-day/ try doing some of that stuff for a few weeks..
Wow wat a great thing
bravo +Amanda Blain , you are a big part of what makes G+ hoppin!
must
I give it a year or so for G+ to turn FB into MySpace.
where?
+Amanda Blain I really would love to see a story on how brands are giving incentives for people to follow them on Google+, the way they used to on Facebook.
Sometimes less is more, I still prefer twitter.
I once used a promoted post on our Facebook page… For one post that linked to our Google+ page
#Tip
do u have account on Fb?
Bom dia linda
I thought Facebook was for pregnant women?
hmm! give your reason y?@ levi
Lol, just seems like the only people using it are girls taking about girl stuff. Like how far along they are or "I'm so angry about *fill in the blank"
thakyou
Where are u at .. today is caturdollar ..
nice
and how many people is google following back???
This should really accelerate now that pages can [finally] interact with a person before the person circles the page. It was almost impossible to build an audience for a small business/page with that requirement.
It's laughable when I drive by a dry cleaner with a sign "Like" us on FB
+Brian Monahan Unfortunately, most small businesses would still rather have a facebook like than a +. None of your friends will see a +, but there's a chance your friends will see a like. It works because I forgot about a bakery until a friend liked one of their posts. I went the next day. Until a + clearly improves a search ranking or a way for people to discover your business, I'd rather have a like. For large brands it matters less.
thats kawa!
interesting the bigger the brand the more marketing budget they have. You cant really convince me that Facebook is a good medium – my likes and traffic jump the shark. Shoot I get more actions elsewhere than on Facebook!
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