We have two copies of Google Plus First Look (paperback book) to giveaway – Leave a comment to enter

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We have another fantastic book giveaway for you this week. Packt have given us two copies of the paperback book Google Plus First Look, written by Ralph Roberts, to giveaway to two lucky readers. All you have to do for a chance of winning one of these books is leave a comment below telling us why you would like this book.

Please Note: This competition is only open to readers from the US and Europe.

About the Book: Google Plus First Look: A tip-packed, comprehensive look at Google+

PhoneGap Beginners GuideGoogle Plus First Look shows you how to join Plus and the kind of initial setup that guarantees a successful and fun-filled experience. The second chapter shows you Circles, Google’s innovative bit of genius that has taken social networking to a new level of control over our own interactions.

We’ll see (and I do mean see) how Hangouts (video conferencing) works, and master Streams (where posts go). Sharing photos and video is the easiest you’ve ever seen, and you will see it in Chapter 5. Nor do you have to leave Plus at home, in Chapter 6 we take our social networking with us on our smartphones. Photos and videos upload automatically, ready for sharing. Finally, we learn how to promote things the right way, the polite way on Plus. This book serves as an indispensible reference to all that and more.

You can also download a sample PDF chapter by clicking here.

How to win these books

This competition will run for the next 7 days (ending on the 17th of February 2012) and all you have to do for a chance to win is leave a comment below telling us why you would like this book.

Winners will be selected completely at random and will be informed within a few days of the competition ending via email.
Please note that we will need your home address for postage.

Good luck to everyone :)

  • Mike Smith

    I am really interesting in Social Networking and this book on Google+ would be a great help to me.

  • http://twitter.com/stooni stooni

    i will win!

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  • Julien Defrent

    I’m a community managemer who I love google +.
    I’d love to read this book. 

  • http://www.sasono.web.id/ 16 September

    26 January ..?? 

  • http://webdeveloper2.com Techn0tic

    I’d like this book if it shows me how to travel back in time to enter the competition before the 26th Jan deadline. :)

  • http://www.lambiris.com Lambiris

    I’d really love to know is G+ has a real utility… that’s why I’d love to get this book.

  • Calvin

    i would love to got it. Just like by the title of the book. 

  • Asmayasrib

    I want one! :) And great work specky boy! 

  • Mayur Savaj

    This can get me in depth information about G+

  • Mark

    I love you Paul (giz a book)

  • http://twitter.com/Peter_vanGeffen Fifteen Media Design

    It would be a big + on my bookshelf

  • http://twitter.com/rpdtweet Richard Dickinson

    This looks interesting. I would like to know what Google+ is & can’t resist entering this competition!?
    (16 Coltsfoot Crescent BuryStEdmunds Suffolk IP32 7NN UK)

  • Harry Jennerway

    I’m a massive fan of social media in general and am an active user of the Facebook .NET API. Google+ is something I’d definitely like to explore as an API.

  • http://twitter.com/NilsFearons Nils Fearons

    This looks like a fabulous read and make a great addition to my collection!!

  • http://twitter.com/jfculot Jean François

    I would really like to read this book !

  • http://twitter.com/NilsFearons Nils Fearons

    This looks like a fabulous read and make a great addition to my collection!!

  • Siregabriel

    Excelente boom and necesary to know everything about Google Plus

  • Claude Petitpas

    We use Google+ as part of our business strategy, I’m sure we’re not alone in this, but any additional tips and insights are always welcome. So gimme, gimme…  

  • gregatideacatalyst

    I’d love to get the inside scoop on Google + all the tips and tricks :)

  • Vicki Bower

        I’m a teaching asistant at a college in NY for a Social Media and the Arts class.  I would love a copy of this book. G+ is not a platform we teach.  We don’t know eneough about it yet and I have only started using it a few months ago.
        I’m studying Arts Management and will be doing my Senior paper on Social Media Promotion of Visual Art.  It won’t be finished until I graduate in May of next year.  I would love to have it as all-inclusive as possible.
        Thanks for the opportunity to receive a copy of your book.  Social Media had become my passion, and I intend on running a Social Media Marketing company for visual artists and galleries when I am finished with my education.
    -Vicki Bower
    thegallerygoddess@gmail.com

  • http://twitter.com/RebeccaHaden Rebecca Haden

    I’m excited about that book, as I mentioned over at G+, because it shows what passionate online collaboration can achieve. It also shows how G+ can be a valuable tool in such efforts. When so many social media tools are focused on the most frivolous uses, pander to the lowest common denominator, and are infested with manipulative promotion, G+ is encouraging ethical promotion of issues and of organizations — and sharing tips on succeeding at it.

  • http://twitter.com/StarSunFlower StarSunFlower

    I still have not set up a G+ business profile. I have been using my personal profile. It would be great to win this book and learn all of the facets of google plus! 

  • TechStorm

    I’m currently a web developer with almost 15 years under my belt. Even though I make a good living at this profession I decided to start studying SEM and SEO techniques to service my customers better, and/or possibly change professions. I’m not talking about all the basic information you read on the internet, white hat – black hat junk……..I’m talking about strategies the pro’s use in the real world that come from years of experinece! Any small tips related to Social networking would greatly help me with my studies. Considering Google is constantly changing, upgrading and moving forward it’s easy to miss even the basic techniques, and a book for reference always comes in handy. I can really use this book to my advantage and help my customers leverage Google+ more accurately. 

  • http://www.oldworldcreative.com Evan Skuthorpe

    I’m leaving a comment to enter…

  • Blblattner

    I’m trying to break into web app dev, and the innovation behind Google+ intrigues me. I would love to add this to my library as a resource to further my education of SMM, UX and product development. Cheers!

  • Brian Califano

    Pleaseeeee!

  • Chad Cartwright

    I’d like to read the book so I can see what all the fuss is about. I’ve had a G+ account since beta, and I still don’t see how it fits in the market of social websites.

  • Bbrookes

    Yes Please Speckyboy! This would be great for our Social Media efforts.

  • Aymen

    I think you have a typo, (ending on the 26th of January 2012).

    I would like this book because I have no idea about google plus and would be interested to learn the ins from this book.

  • http://www.influxwebdesign.com Matt Zimmermann

    This would be a great opportunity to learn about using Google+ to a better extent as a freelancer.

  • Slee Van

    Is this a joke?

  • http://www.designrshub.com/ Manuel Garcia

    I’m really excited to read about this as it will add more ideas and techniques to me. Good luck to all of us!

  • J22 Gomez

    I’d really love a copy of this book.  As the person in my organization who has been really pushing for everyone to use Google+, this book would be a great resource for me, especially when trying to answer questions and get everyone on board.

  • Nancy

    I would like to win a copy of this book for sharing with fellow members of the Boulder County Nonprofit Social Media User Group – with small or no budgets any resources we can obtain to share is significant. There are 7 nonprofits participating in the group and google+ is the topic for an upcoming meeting. You can find our group on twitter or facebook – handle bcnpsm 
    nonprofits participating propvide services to  abused and neglect children, provide shelter for the homeless, assist the  disabled, help families going through difficult times

  • http://www.xxxmediadesign.com/ Don Harris

    I’m interested in winning as I would love a copy of this book. Google+ looks like it’s going to be big.

  • http://www.visin.com Thomas Townsend

    This would be a great comparison to Chris Brogans book.

  • Fajar Suryantoro

    This is one of the book that fits my need. Why? cuz I’m a fan of google product.

  • http://www.facebook.com/beachdog Keleigh Schwartz

    Because I want to teach merchants how to promote things the right way, the polite way on Plus!

  • Renee G

    I would love to win this book because I find Google + totally baffling.
    rsgrandinetti@yahoo(DOT)com

  • Loky

    I’d like this book because G+ is pretty new and I already started to promote my business over there. I bet I can find some nice tips in this book.

    Good luck everyone.

  • http://takenoshin.net Takenoshin

    I would love to own this book to learn much on G+ on how this social networking site will help me in my life.

  • http://cemahcreative.com/ Sara Stollings

    I would love to win this book because I want to learn how to better utilize google + from a business standpoint and help my clients do the same. It has so much potential as a social network and I want to be able to fully promote that.

  • Tom Bangham

    I think google+ one area i havent tapped into

  • Purplehayz

    I would love to win this book because I’m very active in social media and still don’t ‘get’ Google+. And I want to get it.

  • APHIWAD CHHOEUN

     G+ rules! i’d just go with the king

  • http://twitter.com/MikeRAnderson Michael R Anderson

    Bring on the G+ knowledge that way I can impress the boys and girls on the internet that I know more then Google.

  • http://twitter.com/HLeichsenring HansjörgLeichsenring

    The would probably help me to do better on G+.

    Kind regards from Germany

    Hansjörg

  • bill

    Just recently signed up for google+.

    So a book on how to use it now would be great. :)

  • http://twitter.com/designonmymind Pradeep Nayar

    This should be interest.

  • Puneet Gupta

    Nice!

  • Iryna Mologoko

    Would love to get one!