how to activate and promote your google buzz

How to Activate and Promote Your

Google Buzz Sid Macatol

15-Dec 2010 Marvin Macatol - How to Activate and Promote Your Google Buzz

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What is Google Buzz?


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Think of Google Buzz as Google’s low profile version

of Facebook and Twitter


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It doesn’t cost anything to have another social media

network, as you’ll see

Where do we see it?


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It has no distinct URL

Where do we see it?


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But it’s a feature of your Gmail, as you would see

Open your Gmail Account


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Open a New Tab


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Go to google.com/buzz


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I suggest you watch the video


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Scroll down to study the other features of Google Buzz


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Click on ‘Try Google Buzz’


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Google will bring you back to the Gmail Dashboard


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But note the new Buzz icon


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Click Settings.


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Click on Buzz


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Maintain these settings in the meantime


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Click View and Edit


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Add Picasa


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Add Posted via buzz@gmail


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You can add more posting options

later, ok?


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Let’s make do with Picasa and

buzz@gmail at this time

Click ‘Next step’


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Save your profile


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Click Google Buzz icon


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Click ‘Okay’


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Click the white space


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Type something


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Click ‘Insert Link’


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Type a Link


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Click Add Link


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Click any photo from the link you added to your post


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Click “Post”


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There’s your first Buzz post


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Click ‘Compose Mail’


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Type [email protected]


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We added buzz@gmail for posting earlier,

remember?

Type your message at the Subject line


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No, NOT in the Body, ok?


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✖

At the Subject Line


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✖

I mean this . . .


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Click ‘Send’


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There’s your post in Buzz


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It’s from the email you sent to [email protected]


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Remember Picasa? We added it too,

right?

Type picasaweb.google.com on your browser


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Since you’re logged on to Google, Picasa assumes it’s you tyring to get in


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Just type your password


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Click Sign in


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Click ‘Upload’


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Create a new album


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Provide a Title


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Click Continue


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Click ‘Browse’


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Pick a photo from your computer


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The photo in the sample is a downloaded copy of

a photo from Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/

24662369@N07/4386822005#/photos/gsfc/4386822005/


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On the side I wish to demonstrate here how Picasa recognizes the photo and collects the credits for the photo

Click Open (Mac) or OK (Windows)


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Start Upload


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There’s the photo


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There’s the credit


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There it is in your Buzz


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But who’s gonna read your Buzz

posts?


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This is where Buzz promotion

comes in

Click on your name


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Click ‘Google Profile’


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Click ‘Add more info . . .’


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Put as much information here as you can


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Add a photo


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Upload a picture


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Crop the photo well


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Click ‘Apply Changes’


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Scroll down


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Fill up the other blanks


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Fill up Short bio, etc.


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Add URLs here


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Click Add


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Click this button


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Click ‘Save Changes’


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You’re now eligible to be featured in Google search


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Take note of this link


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Zooming in for a better view


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That is your profile URL


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Zooming in for better view


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Copy and paste your profile URL


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You will be using it a lot to promote

your Google Buzz

Click ‘Compose mail’


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Tell your friends about your Google Profile URL


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Click ‘Send’


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Your friend receives the mail


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He will click on the link


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Your friend sees your profile


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He will click “Follow”


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He can also ‘Block’ you


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When he follows you, this is what your freiend sees


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This is what you see


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Click it


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It’s a good idea to follow your followers as well


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Click ‘Done’


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Your profile gets updated


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Click Refresh


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Scroll down


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You see here the Buzz from people you follow


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Add your URL to your email signature

Click ‘Settings’


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Scroll down


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Click this button


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Invite your contacts to follow you in Google Buzz here


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Scroll down


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Click ‘Save Changes’


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Click ‘Compose mail’


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Your email now automatically contains your invitation


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In time, you will have many followers

Thanks for watching the slides.

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You may follow me at: http://www.google.com/profiles/sid.macatol

Dream a life! Live your dreams!

Sid Macatol


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