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http://mmspark.com/google-plus-hover-cards/ Google plus hover cards - your online business card and branding tool
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Ninja Marketing With Google Plus Hover Cards
mmspark.com
Hover your mouse over any Google+ user’s name
You’ll see a popover box with their:
cover photo profile image their name a link to add them to circles (or showing what circles you have them in already)
their tag line and employment or location
This is known as a “hover card”
Here are some examples:
Your hover card is your online business card
The information displayed is pulled from your Google+ profile
Now your audience can instantly see:
Genius!
who you are common contacts which circles you’re in and how you can help them
Using your Google+ Profile To Complete Your Hover Card
The image below shows which Google+ profile fields to fill in to complete your hover card
Notice in the hover cards below that employment shows but you don’t have to put your business or job
Use this to promote yourself in as few characters as possible, or better still include the URL for your
website (as Lisa’s done)
Updates are made in real time so if there are any changes you can instantly update
and rebrand!
Stephan Hovnanian calls the hover card “The ultimate networking and personal branding tool”
If you’re a local business make sure you include your location so customers can instantly see
where you’re based
Top Tip:
Hover cards are interactive!
Hovering over your name will take the user to your profile page or users can “follow”
you, right there on the spot
Where do hover cards appear?
Hover cards can be found in over twenty places across various Google properties
(including Gmail and YouTube) as detailed in Stephan Hovnanian’s excellent article
http://www.websighthangouts.com/google-plus-hovercard/
Just imagine, 24 new opportunities to get in front of potential clients!
The Google+ Hover card will trigger on:
All posts and status updates All comments Hangouts The +1 activity on any comment A +mention in a post (or comment) Your posts when someone is browsing the related hash
tags on a post
and many, many more!
One of my favorite uses of the Hover card
With a quick cut and paste of code the Google+ badge displays on your website
https://developers.google.com/+/web/badge/Check the link below for Google+ badges for your website:
This is essentially a static version of the hover card
– but it’s interactive!
Your visitors can add you to their circles or “follow” you while they’re on your site and
without having to visit Google+
Google plus profile badge in your sidebar
What to do next?
Make sure you’ve got an optimized Google+ profile so that your hover card reflects your
brand or business
http://mmspark.com/optimise-your-google-plus-profile/
It’s Ninja marketing at its best
MMSpark shows entrepreneurs how to create successful businesses using online marketing and social media
Discover more…http://mmspark.com