Everybody got their trainers on…..if you haven’t then you’re never going to keep up!!!

How on earth are businesses expected to keep up with the constantly changing Social Media environment – unless you subscribe and have the time to read all the associated editorials or have a dedicated service provider to give you the heads up it’s going to prove pretty tough!

Everyone is talking about Google+ and it being the fastest growing launch of any social network. It has attracted approximately 10 million users in the first 2 weeks!!! In contrast Facebook took 2 years to achieve the same figure!

But what is it?!?!

Basically, Google+ is an amalgamation of several services we already use. The idea, according to Google, is to do them better. For example, rather than the one-to-one video call which Facebook are to rollout and Skype already covers Google+ will allow a group video call with numerous colleagues or friends (interestingly Mark Zuckerberg protested that one-to-one communication will still be the most popular use of live chat!) or you can drag-and-drop people in to “Circles” which makes it easier to share or connect with these “Circles” via video or a mobile phone app.

To find out more have a look at this quick video the Loving Social Media team have produced, giving you a brief overview.

http://www.lovingsocialmedia.co.uk/wp/2011/09/how-to-use-google-plus/