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Google+ Closes: 13 More Social Media Sites to Make You Happy

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GooglePlus folds, 13 alternatives

When I first started blogging almost 4 years ago, I enjoyed using GooglePlus.

 

I enjoyed the feeling of community the GooglePlus groups gave me.

 

I met new friends from all walks of life tied by a common thread– a love of blogging.

 

I promoted my posts on GooglePlus which has the potential to boost blog traffic.

 

My friends often promoted my posts and expert interviews in which I took part there. Their support further cemented our friendships.

 

Additionally, I was able to promote in GooglePlus groups which had the potential to attract targeted traffic. GooglePlus had all sorts of groups. I recall groups about technology, politics, and WordPress just to name three.

 

I say “recall” since I hadn’t been to GooglePlus in an extremely long time.

 

Apparently, neither had many people since the site announced its impending closure on October 8.

 

GooglePlus announced the site will close its doors come August of 2019.

 

Another reason actually precipitated the site’s imminent closure: a data breach involving 500,000 people.

 

Reactions on Twitter to the news of GooglePlus folding varied:

 

Google has apparently announced they are shutting down  leading thousands to ask the important question “Google+ was still around?”

 

And the main lesson for those end-users, like me, who invested thousands of hours helping to build services like Google+ and Google Reader? Never invest deeply in a platform that isn’t the primary focus of the company behind it.

So GooglePlus is dead now? 🤔☠️

The news that Google is shutting down is met with immense joy and sighs of relief from Social Media Professionals all across the industry who were only publishing on or monitoring the dead platform because it was a checkbox on an executive’s social strategy.

? More like

The data breach is not really a huge deal. No one uses the platform.

Google Is Shutting Down Google+ After Exposing Data Of Up To 500,000 Users. SHOCKING. Never Knew Google Plus Had 500,000 Users.😲🤔🤯

The announcement of the end of another social media site may cause dismay among bloggers who also lost the ability to promote using StumbleUpon which closed its doors recently.

 

What does the end of GooglePlus and StumbleUpon mean for you? It means you need to find new social media sites and social bookmarking sites that allow promotion.

 

This article will recommend 13 alternative social media sites. You can use these sites to promote your website content. 

 

It gets better: In contrast to GooglePlus, which had seen a decline in popularity for years before its closure, the social media sites recommended in this article are growing! Their popularity is on the rise.

 

At the end of this article, you will be able to promote your posts to 13 free social media sites and social bookmarking sites.

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Effective Leadership: How to Be a Strong Leader 100%, 11 Ways

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Effective leadership comes in many forms.

Do you have a team that helps you run your small business blog?

Whether it be a virtual assistant or other tech people who help you, bloggers certainly need effective leadership skills to keep things running smoothly.

Even in your blogging community, you need leadership skills. Bloggers should be thought leaders in their niche.

Why Effective Leadership Matters in the Workplace

& What it Looks Like

This post was contributed.

The issue of effective leadership is one that can’t be ignored in an online or offline setting. If you want to get the most out of your team and inspire them each day, having a leader, or being that leader yourself, is essential. Whether it’s the owner of an online business or a high-level manager, you need to look for a way to ensure that your business isn’t muddled and chaotic without the proper direction that a talented leader offers.

 

It’s not just about motivating people either. There are so many other things that a good leader does and it’s not always what you expect. A lot of the people who think they’re good leaders in fact just do a lot of shouting and grandstanding, but that’s not what good leadership looks like in the 21st century. There are so much more to it and so many benefits that come with getting it right.

 

We’re now going to look at some of the things that make leadership so important and then what effective leadership actually looks like these days. So read on now to find out how you can be a good leader.

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How to Grow Big with These 17 New Digital Marketing Trends

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17 powerful digital marketing trends

Digital marketing trends.

By definition, trends change.

Four months passed since the publication of my popular post How to Use The 12 Top Digital Marketing Trends to Make More Money.

Now that 2018 is nearing a close, are the digital marketing trends reported in that post the same or have they changed?

By the end of this post, you’ll discover the current digital marketing trends, the connection between digital marketing and SEO, and you’ll have a powerful action plan for growing your blog or business online.

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7 Social Media Campaigns Shared by an Expert You Can Trust

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7 creative Social Media Campaign Ideas

Are you looking for ways to make your social media campaign ideas more interesting?

If they don’t engage people exposed to your content, they won’t work.

Guest author Caryl Anne Crowne is a social media expert.

Implement her social media campaign ideas. Your social media followers, website traffic, and income will grow.

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How to Make Your Content Go Viral in 2018, 10 Powerful Ways

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How to make content go viral

by Sandeep Parihar

In today’s world, having an online presence is extremely necessary so that when you want to make something go viral, you can.

As we are living in a digital age, making content go viral is an essential part of marketing.

Since many writers and ad makers spend so much time formulating both a content strategy and content which can get viral on the internet, they are always at the helm trying to create something that turns the tables and grants them spontaneous success, desired fame, and monetary success.

However, alas, not everyone can have the desired success they want.

As you see on the internet, only a few people keep coming in your news feed on every social media platform and showing up in Google searches.

Do you know the reason why only a few writers are ruling the internet and their articles on their sites are going viral?

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Copywritely: This Is the New SEO Tool You Need to Boost Traffic

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Copywritely helps you rank on Google..

We all want our website content to rank on Page 1 of Google.

These high hopes can lead to a great deal of discouragement.

Have you ever experienced the disappointment that comes from having a post underperform in the Search Engine Results Pages?

Haven’t we all?

Ever wonder why?

That’s where Copywritely comes in.

Copywritely functions to check your blog post content before you publish to make sure your content will rank well in search engines.

The tool satisfies both search engines and your visitors since Copywritely cares about your reader’s experience as well as your organic traffic.

Follow Copywritely’s guidance and you can be sure both humans and bots will be pleased with your blog posts.

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