Best practices for Google+ Community owners

Looking to get some tips for running your G+ Community? Check out our new Best Practices guide for Community Managers, and learn how to grow a successful, thriving Community on Google+!

Interested in joining the group of experienced Community Managers in the Community Vanguards program? See if you have what it takes, and apply here: https://goo.gl/dyUNqB

Check out our Best Practices guide: https://goo.gl/4YW3wy

Meet Create Member and crafting extraordinaire +Maritza Keyes

Hello Martiza, can you introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about yourself?

”I’m a DIY + Crafts blogger who’s obsessed with all things pretty, paper, and packaging.”

How did your passion for crafting form?

”I started blogging in 2004 which fueled my passion for making, curating and sharing tutorials through different social channels. I still operate a site over at http://maritzalisa.com "

What are your favorite Collections that you've created here on Google+?

_”DIY, Crafts, Inspiration (https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/109486918299396961452/collection/QYS9a) and

DIY Home (https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/109486918299396961452/collection/s5I9a)”_

Discover the USA Southwest Travelers Community

Community Vanguards member +Geri Linda Metterle is a passionate traveler and amateur photographer that shares her work in the USA Southwest Travelers Community. She says, “I love to share not only my photographic work taken through my eyes, with my heart, with other people on the same wavelength, but also get inspired by them for new travel destinations.”

If you’re like Geri and cannot get enough of the American Southwest, check out her Community and share your adventures, stories, and photos with fellow travel enthusiasts! 

This Month On G+

December has been jam packed with cool things here on Google+. In an effort to keep you guys and gals informed on everything going on, at the end of each month we’ll recap the best of G+ in a Collection that you can check at your leisure.

Do you run a Community on G+? This Best Practices resource will help you grow and maintain a successful Community. (https://plus.google.com/+googleplus/posts/PesDvDGeYEd)

If you’re still new to Collections or aren’t quite sure how to use them, we’ve put together a handy guide about getting started (https://plus.google.com/+FaithTanSM/posts/iUFjmiQ4mLg)

Share your accomplishments and wins by using the #ThatsAPlus hashtag. We’ve been featuring some of our favorites! (https://plus.google.com/b/101560853443212199687/s/%23ThatsAPlus/top)

Since being featured G+, Create member +Clarissa Silva has been quite busy: (https://plus.google.com/+googleplus/posts/GQRf2Xwxpcy)

G+ Create member +Azlin Bloor recently released a cookbook with all proceeds going towards children in need (https://plus.google.com/b/101560853443212199687/+googleplus/posts/NmcvZtuJjJ5)

Share your holiday activities with us by using #HolidayPlus

It’s the most wonderful time of the year where we take a little time off from work, spend time with family, and maybe even open a gift or two. Whether its showing off your Christmas decorations or attending a New Years Eve celebration, you can easily share what you’re up to by using the #HolidayPlus hashtag.

We’re looking forward to seeing what you guys are up to over the rest of the holidays!

Congrats to Create Member +Virginia Poltrack for her ComputerWorld Feature!

From her distinctive Android Wear watchfaces to her work with Google's Women's Techmakers, Virginia is leaving her mark all across the internet. We're thrilled to have her in Google+ Create and can't wait to see what she does in 2017.



Meet Create Member +Jade Phoenix

Hello Jade! What kind of work can users expect from you?

"Poetry, rhymes, short stories, upcoming novels and memoirs of personal development lessons life has given me... my vegan and fitness journeys and discoveries... these are some of the things I am passionate to share with you (separate Collections for each linked below)."

"I also love capturing photos that convey the feeling of a moment or take you inside a new experience. It is said that as iron sharpens iron... so does one true friend build, grow, and refine another; I believe in the importance of mindfully adding on to a quality life experience of those we interact with - embodying and sharing a message of love, wisdom, and reciprocity. I say that all friends were once strangers and I am the stranger who feels like an old friend; so let's build and grow together!"

A couple of my Collections:

Perspective -- all original photography, mostly iPhone6
https://plus.google.com/collection/UXPVu

Poetic Storyteller -- all original poetry, mostly introspective
https://plus.google.com/collection/E83Xu

Songs of the Caged Phoenix Paperback:
https://goo.gl/1W7BUV

Songs of the Caged Phoenix eBook:
https://goo.gl/4mmUb4

The Life - a Community I moderate, dedicated to collective contributions of quality content to enhance each other's everyday lives:
https://plus.google.com/communities/109997974914200198303""