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Google+ Profiles for Investor Relations How to use Google’s primary Social Network in your IR Strategy

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ì  Google+  Profiles  for  Investor  Relations  How  to  use  Google’s  primary  Social  Network  in  your  IR  Strategy  

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Should  a  public  company  use  Google+?  

Absolutely.  For  dozens  of  reasons.  We’ll  explain…  

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Should  a  public  company  use  Google+?  

ì  Google+  has  a  highly  male-­‐dominant  audience  

ì  IR  professionals  seem  to  have  dismissed  Google+  Profiles  as  being  effecKve  IR  tools  

ì  That’s  an  advantage  for  anyone  who  does  

ì  Largely  because  it’s  thought  that  you  can’t  use  Google+  Profiles  as  a  business  

ì  But  that’s  not  technically  true  

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Google  Products  and  Gmail  Addresses  

How  do  Gmail  Addresses  affect  Google+  Profiles?  

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Google  Products  and  Gmail  Addresses  

ì  Google  requires  you  to  create  a  Gmail  account  to  use  products  like  YouTube  and  AnalyKcs  

ì  YouTube  accounts  are  NOT  broken  down  into  Personal  and  Business  

ì  If  they  want  to  use  YouTube,  Businesses  have  no  choice  but  to  create  a  Gmail  account  

ì  If  your  business  has  a  Gmail  account,  it  also  has  a  Google+  profile…  

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Legitimacy  of  Google+  Profiles  

According  to  the  Terms  and  CondiKons  -­‐  Is  using  a  Google+  Profile  as  a  business  “OK”?  

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Google+  Terms  of  Use  

ì  11.  Do  not  use  our  products  to  impersonate  

ì  12.  To  help  fight  spam  and  prevent  fake  profiles,  use  the  name  your  friends,  family  or  co-­‐workers  usually  call  you.  E.g.  if  your  full  legal  name  is  Charles  Jones  Jr.  but  you  normally  use  Chuck  Jones  or  Junior  Jones,  either  of  those  would  be  acceptable  

ì  Thank  goodness,  neither  of  these  eliminates  the  use  of  Google+  Profiles  by  businesses…  

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11.  Impersonation  

ì  Google+  prevents  you  from  “ImpersonaKng”  

ì  Being  deliberately  decepKve  in  Social  Media  is  just  about  the  worst  thing  you  could  do  anyway  

ì  The  workaround  here  is  to  share  a  Google+  Profile  between  mul4ple  people  

ì  This  eliminates  any  suggesKon  of  impersonaKng  another  individual  or  of  deceiving  anyone  

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12.  User  Profile  Names  

ì  Use  a  naming  convenKon  that  makes  plainly  clear  that  the  Google+  Profile  is  managed  by  mulKple  people  at  the  company    

ì  Genericize  the  User  Profile  Name  enough  to  be  accepted  according  to  the  terms  of  use  

ì  Put  your  Company  Name  in  there  somewhere  

ì  E.g.  “Jamie  [Your  Company]”  

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Branding  Your  Google+  Profile  

When  creaKng  your  Google+  Profile,  what  informaKon  should  you  include?  

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User  Profile  Name  Example  

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Using  a  Disclaimer  

ì  Because  you  don’t  want  to  be  accused  of  impersonaKon,  a  disclaimer  is  mandatory  

ì  Disclaimers  should  make  it  clear  that  the  Google+  Profile  is  shared  by  your  IR  Department.  

ì  E.g.  "Usually  I'm  a  member  of  the  Investor  RelaFons  Dept  but  on  a  given  day,  I  could  be  anyone  at  IR  SmarH  Inc.  I  exist  to  allow  simpler,  and  more  effecFve  communicaFon  between  stakeholders  and  our  company."  

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Example  of  a  Disclaimer  

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Branding  Profile  Header  

ì  Include  an  image  from  your  website  

ì  Use  the  main  tagline  in  your  company’s  branding  

ì  Add  stock  Kcker  info  

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Engaging  with  your  Google+  Profile  

Now  that  you’ve  create  it,  how  should  you  use  your  Google+  Profile  in  your  IR  strategy?  

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Uploading  Contacts  

ì  The  fastest  way  to  your  Google+  connecKons  with  the  minimum  of  fuss  

ì  Allows  you  to  find  exisKng  shareholders  in  Google+  

ì  Grab  a  .csv  file  of  all  your  company  contacts  and  upload  them  using  the  Google+  funcKon  

ì  Add  them  to  a  circle  called  “Stakeholders”  

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Example  of  Uploading  Contacts  

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Content  Searches  

ì  Search  for  and  save  keyword  for  future  use  

ì  Find  current  content,  discussion  and  even  other  Google+  users  based  on  your  keywords  

ì  Allows  you  to  monitor  industry  senKment  

ì  Searches  are  a  funcKon  that  is  far  less  effect  as  a  Google+  Page  

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Example  of  Content  Searches  

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Creating  Google+  Circles  

ì  Start  with  the  searches  that  you’ve  saved  in  the  previous  step  

ì  Group  the  people  that  you  follow  by  the  role  they  have  at  their  company  

ì  Don’t  over-­‐categorize,  try  to  limit  your  Google+  Circles  to  <  12  

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Examples  of  Google+  Circles  

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Content  Sharing  

ì  Always  acribute  the  content  you  share  

ì  Adding  a  +  before  a  User  Name  will  share  your  content  directly  with  another  user  

ì  This  provides  more  visibility  than  blending  in  to  their  regular  stream  

ì  Another  advantage  of  using  a  Profile  Vs  a  Page  

 

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Examples  of  Content  Sharing  

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Linking  with  Klout  

ì  Klout  is  the  most  effecKve  way  to  measure  user  senKment  within  Google+  

ì  Klout  only  allows  you  to  link  a  Google+  Profile,  as  yet  you  can’t  link  a  Page  

ì  Google+  is  not  on  par  with  Facebook  and  Twicer  as  an  influencer  of  Klout  

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Example  of  Klout  Linking  

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Questions?  

ì  For  more  informaKon  on  these  and  other  ways  for  your  Public  Company  to  use  Google+  Profiles  in  your  Social  Media  strategy,  contact  IR  Smarc  directly  using:  

ì  Email:  get  @  irsmarc.com  

ì  Website:  hcp://irsmarc.com  

ì  Blog:  irsmarc.com/news