Google Friend Connect Additional Features to Leverage Your Social Networking

I’ve been spending a lot of time expanding my knowledge of social media and social networking.  As I mentioned in a couple of earlier posts, Google has some pretty cool tools in the Google Friend Connect products.

The latest tool I’ve added is the social bar, which is what you see at the bottom of my pages.  At first I was thinking, “Is this going to take away from the look or be distracting?”  Then I figured the benefits would far outweigh any minor design issues.  After all, you are visiting me because of my content, not for my artistic abilities.

Another thing is at the purpose of my blog is to tell you about the different marketing tools available.  While I haven’t completely figured out how all the intricacies of Google Friend Connect, I know for a fact that Google is setting a lot of web standards. In addition, social media is definitely the wave of the future and if there are free tools that put me at the forefront, I’m going to use them and learn how to profit from them as quickly as possible.

The toobar I just added is at the bottom of my pages.  It’s very easy to install.  For instructions, go to Google Friend Connect and follow the directions.

Have fun!

Is Google Friend Connect Worthwhile?

Is Google Friend Connect worthwhile?  Well, it depends if any of the following are attractive to you:

• Having some valuable and pretty cool features added to your site
• Having additional valuable content and applications on yoru site.
• Having your website potentially linked to thousands of THOUSANDS of sites on the web
• Having your visitors, users and subscribers invite THEIR friends from all over the world to your site. You can tap into their contact lists, their social networks, their clients and their friends.  When a friend recommends your site, it is an implied endorsement of you.
• Being one of the first to add a valuable application to your site
• Having your site go viral

Well, you get all of this with Google Friend Connect.  It’s free, easy to install and is definitely the newest must have feature for your site or blog.  This is VERY new and few people outside of the social media gurus are aware of it.  By the way, it’s also free!

Why am I telling you about it?  Well, just so you can get on board and take advantage of the benefits while it’s new and hot.  Of course, you want to add me to your network and invite me as a friend as well.

To learn more, go here – http://www.google.com/friendconnect

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Using Google Friend Connect To Build Your Business

Google Friend Connect is a pretty cool new application from Google that allows you to add social networking features to your site.  It is a quick and easy way to add a pretty cool social tool to your sites. The technology is new, it’s hot and, in my opinion,  it’s a must have.

Look at the home page of this blog, the Small Business Marketing Guide.  See the box with friends listed?  That is where my visitors and friends are adding their google profile to my blog site.  With this application or gadget, as Google calls it, friends can connect  and communicate across sites.

Friends can join and visit each other as well as read and post comments together.  Google makes the installation pretty simple.  You do need some basic knowledge about using ftp to post code to your site but you don’t need to be a techie to make it happen.

You do need a Google account and profile to take advantage of the service.  If  you have a Google account, first be sure that you are connected with me on the Small Business Marketing Guide.

Once you have your account, go to Google Friend Connect and follow the step-by-step instructions to add it to your site or blog.  After you’re done, send me an email with your site and ask me to connect with you.