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The Google+ Guide: Circles, Photos, Hangouts and More
Google+ brings together the best of social networking services and lets you share ideas, photos, and links with your friends, your acquaintances, your family—even your fantasy league or book group—with control over what you share and who you share it with. In this essential handbook to Google+, author Scott McNulty shows you how to set up circles, follow streams, join hangouts, and share photos. You learn how
To keep up with Google’s constantly changing social site, check out www.peachpit.com/googleplusguide for news on updates to Google+.
To keep up with Google’s constantly changing social site, check out www.peachpit.com/googleplusguide for news on updates to Google+.
148 pages, Paperback
First published November 8, 2011
2 people want to read
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Scott McNulty
20 books361 followersScott McNulty is a simple geek who enjoys explaining things. He is the author of several technology books that cover everything from the Kindle Fire to WordPress.
When he isn't writing you'll find Scott reading words that other people have written. It pleases him.
When he isn't writing you'll find Scott reading words that other people have written. It pleases him.
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December 27, 2018
Compresses Weeks of Guessing into Hours of Knowing
My dad gave me a call once when I was in college, asking how to do something in PowerPoint. I gave him the answer and he replied -- incredulously -- "how did you learn this stuff? Was there a book?" I said "no, you just play around with the program for a few days and figure it out." He said, "I have a business, I don't have that kind of time."
Once I left the world of the dorm and got a job, I pretty much became my dad. I don't have three days straight to learn every facet of a new social network. If you're reading this, I bet you don't either.
That's why you should pick up "The Google+ Guide" by Scott McNulty. It's a terrific user's manual for Google+, compressing weeks of guessing how it works into hours of KNOWING how it works. The prose is smooth, the pictures tell you you're in the right place, and whoever did the layout deserves a high five. The combination -- I kid you not -- is so readable that you don't have to have your laptop open at the same time. (Though logging into Google+ and playing around for an hour is advisable before starting the book).
One last point to overcome your reluctance to read a book on Google+: If you work in social media, there's sometimes a stigma against using a book to learn something new. We're supposed to take the 'dorm room' approach and learn stuff the hard way. There's truth to that. You will learn more through trial and error than out of a book. But why not let the book fast-forward the process by a month so that you can focus on advanced techniques sooner? That way you can put your R&D time into other areas. There's no shortage of new networks to explore.
My dad gave me a call once when I was in college, asking how to do something in PowerPoint. I gave him the answer and he replied -- incredulously -- "how did you learn this stuff? Was there a book?" I said "no, you just play around with the program for a few days and figure it out." He said, "I have a business, I don't have that kind of time."
Once I left the world of the dorm and got a job, I pretty much became my dad. I don't have three days straight to learn every facet of a new social network. If you're reading this, I bet you don't either.
That's why you should pick up "The Google+ Guide" by Scott McNulty. It's a terrific user's manual for Google+, compressing weeks of guessing how it works into hours of KNOWING how it works. The prose is smooth, the pictures tell you you're in the right place, and whoever did the layout deserves a high five. The combination -- I kid you not -- is so readable that you don't have to have your laptop open at the same time. (Though logging into Google+ and playing around for an hour is advisable before starting the book).
One last point to overcome your reluctance to read a book on Google+: If you work in social media, there's sometimes a stigma against using a book to learn something new. We're supposed to take the 'dorm room' approach and learn stuff the hard way. There's truth to that. You will learn more through trial and error than out of a book. But why not let the book fast-forward the process by a month so that you can focus on advanced techniques sooner? That way you can put your R&D time into other areas. There's no shortage of new networks to explore.
February 4, 2016
This is a rather straight-forward guide to using Google Plus including setting up a profile and using circles. It's also well illustrated and easy to read. If you're looking for something that tackles more the marketing side then this probably isn't the book. But for a hands-on introduction to this social networking tool this is probably sufficient.
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