This document provides various strategies for gaining more Google Plus followers, including following other people in your industry, following people who follow your competitors, sharing interesting articles in communities, getting exposure in large communities by providing unique and valuable content, using bold and italics in posts, linking to your Google Plus profile on your website, adding a follow button to thank you pages, continuing to add value through comments over time, using Social Locker to block content and encourage follows, and being consistent while experimenting with new strategies 20% of the time. The key is to provide valuable content for your audience and community.

1. S T R AT E G I E S T O
G E T T I N G M O R E
G O O G L E P L U S
F O L L O W E R S
B Y G R O W T H P R E S S
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2. F O L L O W
O T H E R
P E O P L E !
Y O U C A N F O L L O W 3 0 + P E O P L E
P E R D A Y I N Y O U R I N D U S T RY.
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1 0 - 2 0 % O F T H E M W I L L
F O L L O W Y O U B A C K .
T H I S S H O U L D O N LY B E D O N E I N
M O D E R A T I O N , A N D S H O U L D N ’ T B E T H E O N LY
G R O W T H S T R A T E G Y Y O U U S E .

3. F O L L O W P E O P L E
F O L L O W I N G
Y O U R
C O M P E T I T O R S !
G R E A T WA Y T O F I N D R E L E VA N T
P E O P L E T O F O L L O W.

4. S H A R E
I N T E R E S T I N G
A R T I C L E S I N
C O M M U N I T I E S
J O I N C O M M U N I T I E S & T H E N C O N T R I B U T E
W I T H I N T E R E S T I N G & R E L E VA N T
I N F O R M A T I O N .
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R E M E M B E R , S PA M M I N G W I L L
G E T Y O U B A N N E D .

5. G E T T I N G G O O D
E X P O S U R E I N L A R G E
C O M M U N I T I E S C O U L D
D R I V E L O T S O F T R A F F I C
& F O L L O W E R S !
T H I S W I L L O N LY H A P P E N I F Y O U H A V E
U N I Q U E A N D VA L U A B L E C O N T E N T.
T H I S D O E S N ’ T M E A N T T H E
C O N T E N T H A S T O B E Y O U R S .
C U R A T I N G C O N T E N T I S A
G R E A T S T R A T E G Y A S W E L L .

6. U S E * B O L D *
A N D _ I TA L I C S _
I N Y O U R P O S T S
U S I N G B O L D A N D I TA L I C S
H E L P S Y O U R P O S T S TA N D O U T
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7. L I N K T O G O O G L E
P L U S O N Y O U R
W E B S I T E H E A D E R
O R F O O T E R
T H I S I S K I N D A A N O
B R A I N E R .
G E T T H I S P L U G I N H E R E :
G R O W T H P R E S S . N E T / U LT I M AT E - S O C I A L

8. A D D F O L L O W
B U T T O N T O
T H A N K Y O U
PA G E
T H E Y A R E A L R E A D Y
I N T E R E S T E D .
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N E V E R U N D E R E S T I M A T E T H E
P O W E R O F A S K I N G !

9. C O N T I N U E T O
A D D VA L U E I N
C O M M E N T S
O V E R T I M E P E O P L E W I L L
R E C O G N I Z E Y O U R K N O W L E D G E .
Y O U W I L L T H E N B E S E E N A S
A N A U T H O R I T Y I N T H A T F I E L D .
T H E N P E O P L E W I L L WA N T T O
F O L L O W Y O U !

10. U S E S O C I A L
L O C K E R T O
G A I N M O R E
F O L L O W E R S
T H I S S H O U L D O N LY B E
I M P L E M E N T E D O N C E Y O U
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A L R E A D Y P R O V I D E D A L O T
O F VA L U E .
B L O C K C O N T E N T A N D
E N C O U R A G E F O L L O W S .
G E T T H I S P L U G I N H E R E :
G R O W T H P R E S S . N E T / S O C I A L - L O C K E R

11. O V E R A N D O V E R A G A I N !
“Rinse & repeat.”

12. O V E R A N D O V E R A G A I N !
“Rinse & repeat.”

13. D O N ’ T G I V E U P !
Be consistent. Be perseverant. Results will come.

14. 8 0 % O F T I M E : D O W H AT Y O U K N O W W O R K S !
2 0 % O F T I M E : E X P E R I M E N T W I T H N E W I D E A S

15. 1 0 0 % O F T H E T I M E D R O P
W H AT I S N O T W O R K I N G .

16. T H A N K Y O U F O R R E A D I N G !
F O R M O R E I N S I G H T F U L A R T I C L E S , S L I D E S & V I D E O S V I S I T:
G R O W T H P R E S S . N E T
S L I D E S P R E PA R E D B Y F R A N K A P I C E L L A