Keeping a blog, and a successful one at that, is quite hard. First, it’s about getting started, which is a huge step. Next is actually developing a theme or focus of sorts, to make the blog consistent and coherent. Then it’s having the discipline to post on a more regular basis. And with all of that settled, it’s getting the traffic and gaining readers. Then again, people might say that the point of having a blog is writing freely, without constraints – whatever, whenever. But if a blogger wants to sell his or her blog, eventually things will have to change. And this is where the new feature of Google Plus, Google Communities, enters the picture.
Google Plus has been doing a lot of marketing, trying to compete with Facebook. But it appears that, on this side of the planet anyway, most people remain rather clueless about the details of Google Plus, much less the newly rolled-out Google Communities. In terms of features, Google Communities’ are similar on some levels to Facebook Groups. You can create private or public interest groups and have discussions, share photos and videos. Some say that the photos shared on Google Plus have better quality, although the thing with Facebook is people are quite used to it, and the quality of uploaded photos has improved quite a bit. So the question remains: why go into Google Plus, and specifically into Google Communities? What makes it different?
It would seem that the main advantage is, since Google is the search engine, it helps that that feature will extend to Google Plus and to Google Communities. It will not only help you find what you need, it can also help others find you. So while there’s really no 100% guarantee, here are 3 things for you to consider when promoting your blog on Google Communities:
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