Circle-Creator: Peter G McDermott

2012-03-03 01:45:08

270 Profiles, 117 Reshares, 127 +1's, 142 Comments

How to Be Circled on Google+Interaction. Interaction. Interaction.In real life, people commonly ask ...How to Be Circled on Google+
Interaction. Interaction. Interaction.

In real life, people commonly ask me, “how in the world did you get so many followers on Google?” Of course, being an early adopter helped, but the most important thing I did when I arrived here was interacting with other users. I can’t say it enough, interacting with people’s content shows them two things: 1) You’re paying attention. 2) You invested time in starting a conversation.

There are so many people on Google+ that have some incredible content to share. Now, of course, this content might not all be relative to you. Someone into +Lady Gaga and fashion design isn’t going to take too much interest into +Robert Scoble's posts, but at the same time a budding tech blogger wouldn’t make much of an effort to follow a well-known cake decorator.

The point is, all of your circles should be relative to you. You should circle people that interest you.

So how you do you find people that interest you? Well, sometimes you have to take a gamble. You have to see what they have to say, determine if it is relevant and then decide whether or not you want to continue interacting with them. It’s the same principal as making friends at school, work or sports bar.

In order to help some users interested in interacting with more people I created a call to action last night asking users to comment and share if they were interested in being exposed to more users. The response was overwhelming and a great demonstration of how community members can come together.

Lately I have ranted a bit about the Suggested Users List and the What’s Hot List, but the real truth in the matter is that they...don’t matter. This network is only to you what you take out of it. So, here’s an opportunity for a couple of hundred people to show you what they are all about.

Special thanks to +Natalie Villalobos and +Robert Scoble for helping me in the back channel with “re-aligning” my focus. It took a while, but I think I’m back on track to doing what I do best.

There are a few great people in here including Googler +Sara Eleta Reid, funny hangout man +matthew rappaport, culinary extraordinaire +Lee Allison, Google+ enthusiast and business expert +Denis Labelle, and Nashville local +Andy Torres

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  1. Andrew Pam
    AustraliaLinkedIn

    2,870 followers
    0 following


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    2 comments per posting
    1 reshares per posting
    4 +1's per posting

  2. Followers on 03/02/2012: 592
    Followers on 03/04/2012: 867
    Follower difference: 275 (46.45 %)
  3. CJ Dulberger
    United StatesTwitterLinkedIn

    2,796 followers
    0 following


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    0 reshares per posting
    1 +1's per posting

  4. Dany Alex
    United States

    2,795 followers
    0 following


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  5. Followers on 03/02/2012: 1,193
    Followers on 03/04/2012: 1,449
    Follower difference: 256 (21.46 %)
  6. Jay Day
    Twitter

    2,737 followers
    1,701 following


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  7. Yair Barak
    Israel

    2,735 followers
    422 following


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  8. Celeste Sanders
    United StatesTwitterFacebook

    2,642 followers
    1,319 following


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    0 reshares per posting
    1 +1's per posting

  9. Meetu Singhal
    United StatesTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    2,471 followers
    53 following


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    0 reshares per posting
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  10. Followers on 03/02/2012: 1,180
    Followers on 03/04/2012: 1,421
    Follower difference: 241 (20.42 %)
  11. Mike Homoki
    United StatesTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    2,467 followers
    0 following


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    0 reshares per posting
    1 +1's per posting

  12. Followers on 03/02/2012: 1,531
    Followers on 03/04/2012: 1,819
    Follower difference: 288 (18.81 %)
  13. Silver Suurvarik
    Estonia

    2,453 followers
    0 following


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    1 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    2 +1's per posting

  14. Followers on 03/02/2012: 1,070
    Followers on 03/04/2012: 1,358
    Follower difference: 288 (26.92 %)
  15. Santiago Molina
    Venezuela

    2,430 followers
    423 following


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    5 comments per posting
    1 reshares per posting
    6 +1's per posting

  16. Dennis McCaie
    TwitterFacebook

    2,402 followers
    2,351 following


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    4 comments per posting
    1 reshares per posting
    5 +1's per posting

  17. Kevin Mitchell
    TwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    2,367 followers
    1,040 following


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    0 reshares per posting
    1 +1's per posting

  18. Followers on 03/02/2012: 1,616
    Followers on 03/04/2012: 1,849
    Follower difference: 233 (14.42 %)
  19. Josue Pacheco
    CanadaTwitterFacebook

    2,265 followers
    4,523 following


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  20. Donald Keesee
    United States

    2,180 followers
    1,832 following


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  21. Mark Debattista
    MaltaTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    2,102 followers
    20 following


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    5 comments per posting
    5 reshares per posting
    9 +1's per posting

  22. Followers on 03/02/2012: 1,274
    Followers on 03/04/2012: 1,502
    Follower difference: 228 (17.90 %)
  23. Jared Hundrup
    United StatesFacebookLinkedIn

    2,099 followers
    726 following


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    2 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    3 +1's per posting

  24. Steve Hall
    United StatesTwitter

    1,910 followers
    0 following


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    1 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    2 +1's per posting

  25. Followers on 03/02/2012: 290
    Followers on 03/04/2012: 577
    Follower difference: 287 (98.97 %)
  26. Angélica Garcia-Boiteux
    United StatesTwitterLinkedIn

    1,905 followers
    319 following


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    3 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    2 +1's per posting

  27. PluskateersGoogle+ Page
    TwitterFacebook

    1,839 followers
    25 following


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    0 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    0 +1's per posting

  28. Followers on 03/02/2012: 919
    Followers on 03/04/2012: 1,160
    Follower difference: 241 (26.22 %)
  29. Zach Harper
    United States

    1,791 followers
    1,422 following


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  30. Followers on 03/02/2012: 272
  31. Caleb Blycker

    1,693 followers
    3,692 following


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    2 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    2 +1's per posting

  32. Devin Wren
    United StatesTwitterFacebook

    1,520 followers
    3,145 following


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    0 reshares per posting
    0 +1's per posting

  33. Jordan Gomez
    United States

    1,435 followers
    0 following


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    1 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    2 +1's per posting

  34. Isaac Rivas
    United StatesTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

    1,421 followers
    415 following


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    0 comments per posting
    0 reshares per posting
    1 +1's per posting

  35. Javier Ocampo
    United StatesTwitterFacebook

    1,400 followers
    0 following


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    0 reshares per posting
    0 +1's per posting

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