Google+

I've been experimenting with running a page on Facebook for quite some time and come to one simple conclusion. Unless you are someone who has hundreds of "friends" on Facebook, rather than someone who only keeps in contact with those who are truly part of your life, it all becomes very slow to get noticed. Things have to be shared and liked countless times before many people who are not on your main accounts page really notices anything you post.

Because of this, I have found it time to have a look at Google+. I first had an account on Google+ when it first started out and found it to be quite pointless. Not many members, not a lot of real content and it was lacking in features compared with Facebook. That has all started to change a massive amount. The communities are becoming very popular with a lot of daily activity, posts get noticed and +1'd/shared quite quickly (as a comparison, a Black & White night photo of Poole Quay got two likes on Facebook and 13 +1's on Google+), so I have decided it is time to try out a Google+ page for my site. If it all goes well, this will become a replacement for my main blog, as Google+ has the possibility of posting long, in-depth posts and allows people (including those not directly connected to the page) to comment and engage in conversation/debate about what gets posted.

All in all, it seems to be a step in the right direction...

Page on Google+

~barefootwill

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Comment by Jessi Martin on March 1, 2013 at 7:16am: Well actually it was a mistake at first lol but yeah it makes sense :) I am so new at this I got on Google Plus by invite from a friend at first but then I stopped because not many had joined. So now that I am back, I really like it! I also made a business page as well but I am not sure which I will use more. Here it is: https://plus.google.com/107654507269023851359/posts

Comment by Will Heason on February 28, 2013 at 7:31am: @Jessi Martin interesting choice using a Google Community rather than a Business Page. It gives your audience a much wider and easier choice in ways to contact you, comment and give feedback. I should have thought about that when I started mine lol

Comment by Jessi Martin on February 28, 2013 at 7:01am: this is mine a work in progress

https://plus.google.com/communities/113641895653315839751?hl=en

Comment by Jessi Martin on February 28, 2013 at 6:35am: Well I'm trying it out. I've been using Facebook but now that I read your post I'll have to try it out!

Comment by Will Heason on February 24, 2013 at 5:21am: @Andrea Ramirez-Maciolek

Just added you back on G+, thanks for commenting on my blog here too!

Comment by Andie1022 on February 24, 2013 at 5:10am: Hi Will,

I've been an artist for many years before I picked up a camera. I've faced this issue for years when it came to bringing the right traffic to my artwork and website. I agree with you 100 percent about facebook. Facebook takes A LOT of work! Not unless you have a huge entourage of loyal friends/family/fans or spend hours fishing for people with similar interests you will not get much activity on Facebook. Facebook in my opinion is a place to keep track of friends and family and It really does not filter particular audiences or groups as well as G+. I started my FB page about the same time I started my G+ and I'm in over 1K circles on G+ vs. my 15 followers on FB. And, what's great about the people in my G+ circles is that they are all target audiences; artists and photographers who will appreciate, give feedback and comment on your work. I've also found twitter to be a great place to show your work especially if you use hashtags such as #photography, #art, #nature, ect. With G+ and twitter one artist or one photographer will lead to another and soon you will have a group of great supporting followers. Of course now that I'm getting into photography i've found that picture social has been by far the greatest social network to meet a lot of excellent photographers with the right skills to give you advice:)

PS... thanks for the G+ link, I just added you to my photographers circle.

Comment by Melissa Kelly on February 21, 2013 at 10:25am: I agree, now that I joined a few communities, I actually get feedback on my photos and for the first time my networking is growing. I get some on facebook, and some on google+, more on google, but I'm getting to know people and doing real networking on google communities and it feels good.