Are you managing Google+ or is Google+ managing you? One tool that can tip the scales in your favor is Friends+Me. Friends+Me has magical unicorn-like powers that not even HootSuite or Buffer possess; specifically, Friends+Me can take things that are posted to your Google+ account or pages and autopost them on a schedule to a Facebook profile or page, LinkedIn profile, group or company page or Twitter…

Watch this video and for a quick overview as to how it works:

http://youtu.be/TrQrlj1_WBA

Using Friends+Me, you can automatically do this and it works great…

This is a small excerpt from a big post by HubSpot on the value of Google+ for SEO:

The biggest difference between Google+ and every other social network, in terms of SEO value, may be the way that user-created content is treated.

Public posts on Google+ are indexed for search, unlike most tweets, Facebook posts, etc. [Note: Twitter has told Google to not follow most links and Facebook’s privacy settings prevent many posts from being indexed – it’s not simply because Google won’t index content from other platforms]. Sure, your profile on other social networks will probably rank well for name-related searches, but there’s no way to target keywords and long tail phrases with specific social posts.

The impact of indexing Google+ public content goes far beyond your personal posts. It means every time that your content gets shared by someone else, you’re gaining link equity as their posts are indexed.

Quick summary: there are a couple primary SEO benefits of using Google Plus. First, posts get crawled and indexed – and it happens quickly because, among other objectives, Google is trying to use Google+ to enhance real-time search. Secondly, Google Plus is used to optimize search results with rich snippets, including the popular Google Authorship feature that allows the author’s picture and information to appear in search results.

Get the rest here: How To Hack Google Plus For SEO Value.

I’m not saying you should abandon any other strategy that is working for you — I’m just encouraging you to revisit Google+ if you have not done so already…

Mitch Joel writes:

With each and every passing day, we’re seeing more and more people build networks of trust through the creation of content that adds value and – by doing so – wind up in some pretty spectacular positions. It’s easy to be negative and see these individuals as some kind of exception to the rule or an anomaly, but that is shortsighted. These individuals are doing what most brands (and individuals) don’t have the ability or integrity to do: spend the time to actually build the trust first, instead of looking for that quick, big fix. It also speaks volumes to what the future holds for those eager to become entrepreneurs. There Is A Bigger Picture (And It’s Worth Thinking About) | Six Pixels of Separation – Marketing and Communications Blog – By Mitch Joel at Twist Image