Sams Teach Yourself Google+ in 10 Minutes (Sams Teach Yourself...in 10 Minutes)

Sams Teach Yourself Google+ in 10 Minutes, Second Edition gives you straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through its 10-minute lessons, you’ll learn how to use Google+’s latest improvements to connect with everyone you care about…share what you want to share…even build your business!

Tips point out shortcuts and solutions

Cautions help you avoid common pitfalls

Notes provide additional information

Plain English definitions explain new terms

10 minutes is all you need to learn how to…

• Create a great Google+ profile, fast!
• Understand Google’s new privacy changes and regain control of your privacy
• Navigate Google+ easily using the new Google+ sidebar ribbon
• Use Circles to control exactly what you share and who you share it with
• Design Google+ pages that attract customers to your business or brand
• Find interesting, relevant content easily with Google+ search
• Control your conversation streams with new notification controls
• Discover Google+’s exciting new photo-sharing and enhancement tools
• Collaborate in real time through Google+’s improved Hangouts features
• Connect from your Android smartphone, iPhone, iPad, or other mobile device
• Play the latest social games on Google+

Sams Teach Yourself Google+ in 10 Minutes, 2nd Edition, offers straightforward, practical answers for fast results. Work through 10-minute lessons to jumpstart your Google+ experience…and then use today’s hottest social network to connect with everyone and everything you care about. Step-by-step instructions walk you through the most common questions, issues, and tasks... Tips offer insider advice and shortcuts... Cautions help you avoid common Google+ pitfalls. 

This book is written in a clear, easy-to-understand format suited to both beginners and experienced users. The second edition covers all the latest Google+ features including the Google+ Ribbon (left sidebar navigation), Google+ Pages, Direct Connect, Messenger, YouTube integration, Hangouts on Air, Hangouts with Extras, Creative Kit, What's Hot, Ripples, Trends, and much more. This edition also covers many other upgrades and enhancements including notification controls, pre-locking posts, improved apps for the iPhone and Android devices, mobile Hangouts, chatting within circles, the ability to +1 photos, photo sharing, downloading full-size photos, photo album conversations, and mobile browser updates. 

Key selling features:

• A clear, super quick, easy-to-understand guide for new Google+ users
• Fast access to instructions for every common task, plus reliable, concise answers to the most widely asked questions
• Organized into lessons that distill the most crucial information on each Google+ topic
• Tips point out shortcuts and solutions; cautions help readers avoid common pitfalls

Patrice-Anne Rutledge is a business technology author and journalist specializing in social media, online applications, and small business technology. Her other books include Sams Teach Yourself LinkedIn in 10 Minutes, Using LinkedIn, Using Facebook, and The Truth About Profiting from Social Networking, all from Pearson. Through Rutledge Communications, she also offers writing and editing services to businesses and nonprofits worldwide. You can reach Patrice through her website at www.patricerutledge.com.

2 - Working with Google+ Profiles

3 - Creating a Google+ Page for Your Business

4 - Managing Your Network with Circles

5 - Managing Google+ Settings and Privacy

6 - Sharing Content on Google+

7 - Viewing Your Google+ Stream

8 - Searching on Google+

9 - Using the Google+ Bar

10 - Working with Photos

11 - Chatting on Google+

12 - Using Hangouts for Video Chat

13 - Playing Games

14 - Using Google+ Mobile

15 - Using Google+ Add-Ons and Extensions