Google_ for Business_ How Google's Social Network Changes Everything - Chris Brogan [36]
Photos taken and uploaded via the Instant Upload don’t immediately post into your stream. They simply go into a holding area until you choose to use them (if you want) for inclusion with a post. However, posting a photo via your mobile device does put that photo right into the stream, after you press share. Be aware of the difference.
Thus, if the boss says, “Take some photos of the event,” simply taking photos and having them shoot up to Google+ via Instant Upload leaves them in a kind of limbo. So, you’ll have to go in and publish those photos before they show in your stream. If you do it the other way around, and you’re posting photos thinking that you’re just lobbing them into Instant Upload to sort out later, and you include those photos of your boss drunk and falling out of the duck boat, that might not go well either. See the difference?
Posting Video
You can post video by uploading directly to Google+ via the web application, by posting something originally uploaded via your mobile device (see the above notes on how photos get sent to Google+ via mobile), and by pointing to a video already posted on YouTube.
Of these options, I’ve had the best success with posting via YouTube. When I’ve attempted to post directly from the web application, the quality of the video decreases, and the time it takes to upload is longer (even on my high-speed connection in the office). Instead, if you want to post a video of your own creation, it is probably easier to upload it to YouTube and then post it to Google+ by referencing the YouTube link.
If you’re sharing videos from your own YouTube channel, and that channel is associated with the same Google account that you use for Google+, simply click the Video icon, select YouTube, and then select Your YouTube Videos from the next option.
Sharing other people’s videos from YouTube is relatively easy. You can search for the video by name, or if you have the URL link specifically to that video, you can post into the appropriate spot after selecting Video, and then select YouTube. Either way, it usually comes right up. When you find what you want, select Add Video; then you’ll be dropped back into your post so that you can add text, and adjust the sharing options.
Posting Place and Location Data
You can post data into Google+ via your mobile device and sometimes via the web application. To test this latter effort, I told Google+ to post my location from my Macbook Air, and it knew exactly which coffee shop I was sitting in (The Wired Monk, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, at the time of this writing, should you be the curious type).
Some people share place or location data so that they can encourage serendipitous meetings. You can have your sales team check in via location data to give your team a sense of their comings and goings, if that is of value to your organization. You can use location check-ins to mark potential prospects, for instance, if you were looking for places to sell your retail products. There are lots of ways to consider using place data as part of the value of Google+.
Other Post Options
You can go back and edit a post or delete a post after you’ve added it to the stream. Maybe you’ve accidentally sent out a link to all the public that shares your upcoming ad campaign’s main website address. No worries. You can pull it down relatively fast. You can also link to the post by clicking the arrow in the upper-right corner of the post and selecting Link to This Post.
Here’s a valuable option: You can report and remove offensive or spam-like