Learning how to integrate Google+ into your blogging world is an ongoing challenge — there are always new features and techniques to connect. Here are some great tips from Smart Schoolhouse: Use high-impact large pictures of your post, always put your posts public and use high-impact words in your descriptions. Some of these we may [...]
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Hints and Tips: How to create a new circle on Google+
Earlier on in the year we created a series of Masterclass tutorials about how to use Google+ as a blogger. Expanding on those initial posts we now help you go one step further. For previous installments, go the Masterclass main page, where you can also grab the badge to encourage people to follow you on [...]

Hints and Tips: How to block someone on Google+
Last year we created a series of Masterclass tutorials about how to use Google+ as a blogger. Expanding on those initial posts we now help you go one step further. For previous installments, go the Masterclass main page, where you can also grab the badge to encourage people to follow you on G+. To block [...]

How to link to a post on Google+
Earlier on in the year we created a series of Masterclass tutorials about how to use Google+ as a blogger. Expanding on those initial posts we now help you go one step further. For previous installments, go the Masterclass main page, where you can also grab the badge to encourage people to follow you [...]

Hints and Tips: How to delete a circle in Google+
Earlier on in the year we created a series of Masterclass tutorials about how to use Google+ as a blogger. Expanding on those initial posts we now help you get more organised. For more installments, go the Masterclass main page, where you can also grab the badge to encourage people to follow you on G+. [...]

Video: How to teach your children about money
Most parents agree: They want their children to have a good understanding of money and how to save and spend it – sometimes better than parents have had themselves. On Thurs 13 December BritMums bloggers from Slummy Single Mummy, Kiddy Charts, and Rosie Scribble hung out with clinical child psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Kilbey to get advice and [...]

LOL Round-up: Don’t read with a toddler on your knee
As the Christmas party season approaches, our minds turn to photocopying our bottoms and wallpapering the office with the images. Or snogging the boss after you’ve eaten a mince-pie leaving crumbs in his moustache. So it seems appropriate to bring together some of your more romantic or raunchier posts. It’s taken me a month [...]

Coffee break Google+ hangout: Social media
BritMums held their second Coffee Break Google + hangout on Wednesday and after a few technical glitches the conversation really started flowing. We were talking about social media with Karin Joyce and Jen from BritMums and we were able to get some fantastic top tips from Maggy Woodley creator of Red Ted Art and [...]

Back to Blogging – Google+
Day 5 the last of Back to Blogging week here at BritMums HQ. Today our attention is on Google + the latest social media to really bring all of our good work together. If you haven’t started on Google + yet you might like to read our Google Masterclass section for tips on getting [...]

BritMums Live! Reporters: A bloggers guide to Google+
The Bloggers’ Guide to Google+ – getting the most out of Circles, Hangouts and More Presenters: Matt Cooke, Lisa De Bonis Reporter: Gillian Nove This was a really busy and popular session and as a result we were all in the main hall, to fit everyone in. I had had the benefit of half an [...]

How to organically increase your G+ followers
There has been a lot of conversation recently around increasing your social media followers on G+. In May we relaunched our BritMums G+ page and wanted to share how we organically built up our followers. Part of our growth was as a result of being chosen to be on a “featured” page presented to new [...]

Brit Mums Live Google + Hangouts: How we use Pinterest
Have you found Pinterest yet? It’s really addictive, it’s like an online scrapbook and great for making mood boards or collecting all your ideas in one place rather than pages torn out of magazines. The Blogger’s Studio at Brit Mums Live – How We Use Pinterest was a very popular one with people standing right [...]

Google+ Masterclass 4: Hangouts
This post is part of a series of Masterclass tutorials about how to use Google+ as a blogger. For more installments, go the Masterclass main page, where you can also grab the badge to encourage people to follow you on G+. What is a hangout? Google+ provides live video conferences. This is called a “hangout” [...]

Final important tips for BritMumsLive!
I woke this morning thinking, “Wow, BritMums Live is tomorrow. TOMORROW!” And I have a long list of jobs to get through, but I am so pumped and excited to meet the loads of bloggers I’ve been working with through this past year, so thrilled to be working with BritMums on the biggest blog event [...]

Google+ Masterclass 3: How to post, share and +1
How to post / share There are two ways to post, either by clicking on “Share” in the upper-right corner of any Google+ page or writing in the text box under the word “Stream” on your profile page. Then simply type in your post. You can add a picture, video, link, or location to your [...]

Google+ Masterclass 1: Getting Started
Google+ is one of the most powerful new social networking tools – you can build your online presence, share different things with different groups and even improve your Google ranking by using it. Over the coming weeks we’re presenting this Masterclass in conjunction with Google that can help you make the most of it. Whether [...]

BritMums Live: Claire Burdett helps you put together a social media plan
Don’t have time to do all the Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ etc that you feel you should? Claire Burdett’s session, Creating a Social Media Plan that Works – Make a strategy, use best practices and get results, will help. Claire Burdett is a leading Social Media expert and has been at the cutting edge of [...]
Take the Google+ Masterclass!
Learn how to use Google+ and make the most of its features and tools with our Masterclass. Presented in conjunction with Google, it features video tutorials, an avalanche of resources and clear step-by-step descriptions of how to use G+. Don’t wait – get started now! 1. Getting Started 2. How to use Circles 3. How [...]
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