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Quite a few people here have mentioned how G+ is doing little for them, they have only a few people circling them and little responses to what they post.

One thing I have found is that with G+ there is a huge difference with this and other social sites. There is a lot of "ownership" here and we take responsibility for what we post, who we post to and how we interact. We are not at the mercy of the people that run the site.

But you have to put the work in to get the benefit out.

As a photographer I am fortunate enough to have a good level of exposure here, something we need but it didnt just happen.

So what can you do to make G+ work for you?

You have 150 invites, use as many as you can, go out to your friends, family and extended people that you know and invite them to G+ and encourage them to both come here and get involved. If you invite 150 people, then they invite yet another 150 and if say 20% of all these people circle you through a common link you can see how the numbers will rack up.


I recall +Thomas Hawk saying use the +1 button, he is right, hit the public stream, go look at posts and if you like what you see, read etc then use the +1, people will begin to see you and it takes very little to do.

Interact, speak to people, get out of your comfort zone and go respond to posts you would normally not respond to, you will be surprised at times who you get to interact this way. You will also be surprised at the level of interaction you get back.

Share, if you like something share it, get it out to a wider audience and you will find others will reciprocate the goodwill you have given.

Circles, use them, organise them, add people, you have to have a wide and varied amount of people inyour circles and you have to try and interact with them. My profile only shows around 800+ people in my circles, theses are the "Behind The Lens Photo Critique" members from +Colby Brown initiative, I have a lot more that you don't see.

Go public. So many members restrict what they post, not an issue when you want it that way but if you are looking for exposure for say photography then by restricting your audience you stifle your work. Some do this without realising, when you share something makes sure the public tab is visible. I have come across works that I want to share to a wider audience but when I hit the share button I get a warning to say it has been shared with a limited audience. I cannot then share it out to a wider audience and that's a shame.

The amount of work you put into G+ at the beginning will pay you back tenfold eventually.

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