Sunday, November 30, 2014

This is great news for us using comment tracker.


This is great news for us using comment tracker.

Originally shared by Gerwin Sturm

Notifications for reshares of your posts now actually open the reshare instead of your own post, which is awesome, because now you don't have to hunt down those reshares any more :D

Of course I won't be satisfied until this information (i.e. the activity ID of the reshare and not only the ID of the resharer) is available in the Google+ API as well :)

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Is a Chromebook with a minimum amount of Ram suitable for hosting a Hangout On Air?

Originally shared by Andrew Hatchett

Is a Chromebook with a minimum amount of Ram suitable for hosting a Hangout On Air?

The test will be conducted using and Acer C710 with 2GB of RAM.
We hope to test using 3 cameras:
C710 built in webcam
Logitech c525
Logitech c920

We also plan to test using ethernet and Wi-Fi to see if/how it affects the quality of the HOA.

Come Join Us!

Join us and find out!

Friday, November 28, 2014

For those interested in Chromebooks/Boxes... more information can be found in these G+Communities:


For those interested in Chromebooks/Boxes... more information can be found in these G+Communities:

+Chromeboxs
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/117957110173835045569

+Chromebook
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/115475865381145127662

+Chromebooks
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/105678482604512626671

+Chromebook Users
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/112113270537114386848

+The Chromebook Community
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/110512406501595697128

+Chrome OS
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/107021066849116516708

+Chrome OS Power Users
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/117532992401199569963

Just a Heads Up on what is happening next week


Just a Heads Up on what is happening next week

Due to interest expressed by community members on ChromeBooks/Boxes, I will be holding an HOA (time/date to be determined) using my 2GB Ram Chromebook.

During that HOA I'll show what the picture looks like using 3 different cameras ( Built in webcam, Logitech c525, and Logitech c920). I may even try to show the difference in picture quality using ethernet vs. Wi-Fi.

Need a stocking stuffer for yourself?

Need a stocking stuffer for yourself?
Been thinking about a Chromebox?

Here's the solution!
(Best deal I've seen today!)

Originally shared by Alvin Chin

$114?  Such a deal !

Brent Sullivan 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883220572&cm_re=chromebox-_-83-220-572-_-Product

For those interested in keeping up on the Comment Tracker, you might want to take a look at this community.

For those interested in keeping up on the Comment Tracker, you might want to take a look at this community.

TODAY IS BLACK FRIDAY


TODAY IS BLACK FRIDAY

The following events happening today, Friday, 28 Nov , the 332nd day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the community. There are 33 days remaining in the year

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING


HAPPY THANKSGIVING

The following events happening today, Thursdayday, 27 Nov , the 331th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the community. There are 34 days remaining in the year...and TOMORROW is BLACK FRIDAY!

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

The following may be of interest to members of our global community!

The following may be of interest to members of our global community!

Originally shared by Stephen Pritchard

Interesting ruling by the UK's ASA on paid-for YouTube videos. What are the implications for YouTube or Hangout producers? (NB I plan to write up an article on this so please respond privately indicate that you don't want to be quoted, if you want to speak off record)
http://www.asa.org.uk/News-resources/Media-Centre/2014/Making-ads-Clear-The-challenge-for-advertisers-and-vloggers.aspx#.VHWy394eZRp

The following events happening today, Wednesday, 26 Nov , the 330th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of...


The following events happening today, Wednesday, 26 Nov , the 330th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the community. There are 35 days remaining in the year...and only 2 days until BLACK FRIDAY!

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

The following events happening today, Tuesday, 25 Nov , the 329th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the...


The following events happening today, Tuesday, 25 Nov , the 329th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the community. There are 36 days remaining in the year...and only 3 days until BLACK FRIDAY!

Monday, November 24, 2014

Members of the community may find this of interest

Members of the community may find this of interest

Originally shared by Molly Youngblood

Learn More About How You Can Use YouTube To Market Your Business With Hangouts, Hangouts On Air, Helpouts And More

I am stumped!

I am stumped! I am having one heck of a time getting someone in a BHOA. He has a G+ account, and when he clicks on the link, he gets almost in, then he has the spinning wheel or black screen.  Is this a bandwidth, or plugin  problem?  He is using Chrome on a desktop and plugged into the internet.

The following events happening today, Monday, 24 Nov , the 328th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the...


The following events happening today, Monday, 24 Nov , the 328th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the community. There are 37 days remaining in the year...and only 4 days until BLACK FRIDAY!

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Anyone up for a hangout this evening? I'm going to set up one. Come join me. Link will be in comments.

Got my private YouTube video all set up.

Got my private YouTube video all set up.  The one participant and I have had each other in our respective circles for a while and have talked back and forth on G+.  

However, when I went to the little guy at the top of the HOA to invite him in,  by putting the + sign and his name, I did not have the ability to invite him.

I had to grab the link where it said bookmark and send that to him via private message  Since I so rarely do these, I have no doubt I did something wrong - but what???

Friday, November 21, 2014

The following events happening today, Friday, 21 Nov , the 325th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the...


The following events happening today, Friday, 21 Nov , the 325th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the community. There are 40 days remaining in the year...and only 7 days until BLACK FRIDAY!

Thursday, November 20, 2014

TODAY ONLY -Logitech c920 on sale at Amazon - $50!

TODAY ONLY -Logitech c920 on sale at Amazon - $50!

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=c920
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=c920

Two hours of Fun, Frolic, Chat, and generally Hanging out

Originally shared by Andrew Hatchett

Two hours of Fun, Frolic, Chat, and generally Hanging out
JUST CLICK THIS LINK!
https://business-hangouts.com/join.php?m=MTQ1Nzh8Mjk1NzE=
events/ckv3jj5sr03coaj3o9pul55c8m8

Which of the following do you use when hosting a Hangout On Air/Webinar ?

Which of the following do you use when hosting a Hangout On Air/Webinar ?

HRH The Prince of Wales to appear on HOA!

HRH The Prince of Wales to appear on HOA!

Originally shared by Alastair McKenzie

Another royal HOA, this afternoon
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c2m7bppgi91st94kmstunl0ja3c

The following events happening today, Thursday, 20 Nov , the 324th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the...


The following events happening today, Thursday, 20 Nov , the 324th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the community. There are 41 days remaining in the year...and only 8 days until BLACK FRIDAY!

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Wanted to share this with everyone.

Wanted to share this with everyone.
i think it is new actually?
I have never seen it before!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtGMKS6ARO0&feature=share

hanging out tonight Wednesday


hanging out tonight Wednesday
http://bit.ly/NightlyChat

Want to ask a question or just want to chat.  I am here

This may be of interest to members of the community


This may be of interest to members of the community

Originally shared by Mike Fitzpatrick

Google's new mobile friendly tool - robot.txt

In case you missed it, Google has just launched a #mobilefriendlytool to test if your website is suitable for mobile.

Although it seems a little buggy, it is still how Google sees your website and so hugely important for organic traffic.

We had a few sites that failed this test even though they were responsive and very mobile friendly. The cause - was a robot.txt blocking Google Bot from a graphic file. It took 1 minute to fix, and so here is me hoping for an surge of website visitors from organic mobile search.

The tool has been added to our website healthcheck here:
http://jeyjoo.com/blog/how-good-is-your-website-free-website-healthcheck

Here is a link to the mobile friendly tool:
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly

#seotips

The following events happening today, Wednesday, 19 Nov , the 323rd day of 2014, may be of interest to members of...

The following events happening today, Wednesday, 19 Nov , the 323rd day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the community. There are 42 days remaining in the year...and only 9 days until BLACK FRIDAY!

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Watching Jess + Scott +You show in a BHOA

Watching Jess + Scott +You show in a  BHOA
http://goo.gl/c6t5hQ

hanging out


hanging out
http://bit.ly/NightlyChat

please come in if you have some questions.  Or just want to talk

Is anyone available to test a BHOA for a minute or so?

Is anyone available to test a BHOA for a minute or so?
Here it is: http://goo.gl/JfCXso
http://goo.gl/JfCXso

This may be of interest to members of the community!

This may be of interest to members of the community!

Originally shared by Chad LaFarge

XSplit Broadcaster Version 2
XSplit Broadcaster Version 2 by XSplit has been released... they've also launched a 3-part intro series... part 1 is below... links to subsequent parts are in each video's description.

I use XSplit in Hangouts on Air to share media and switch different camera views. This a very helpful, and simple app.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AONNYyw2pgY&feature=share

The following events happening today, Tuesday, 18 Nov , the 322nd day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the...


The following events happening today, Tuesday, 18 Nov , the 322nd day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the community. There are 43 days remaining in the year...and only 10 days until BLACK FRIDAY!

Monday, November 17, 2014

Just hanging out


Just hanging out
http://bit.ly/NightlyChat

please come in if you have some questions.  Or just want to talk

I will be in till about 11 Eastern

I am trying to find out how to add a Hangout Button to our website so that folks could do a hangout call instead of...

I am trying to find out how to add a Hangout Button to our website so that folks could do a hangout call instead of phoning us.  I know I can do this with Skype but I don't want to use Skype.  Anyone know the code to put the handout button on the site so they can call me?   Problems I am over looking?

Thought this might be useful for some in the community!

Thought this might be useful for some in the community!

Originally shared by Michael Daniels

Ever wanted a G+ DVR
Here is a cool trick to do just that. I show in this Video a way to create a community for yourself and have it act as your DVR!

Hope you like it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YqwhrdMDRc&feature=autoshare

The following events happening today, Monday, 17 Nov , the 321th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the...

The following events happening today, Monday, 17 Nov , the 321th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the community. There are 44 days remaining in the year...and only 11 days until BLACK FRIDAY!

Friday, November 14, 2014

Andy's Friday Frolic is now live!

Andy's Friday Frolic is now live!
https://business-hangouts.com/join.php?m=MTQxMTV8MjgzMzA=
https://business-hangouts.com/join.php?m=MTQxMTV8MjgzMzA

Okay, Brain Trust here at +User2User Community: problems with invitations, part twenty-eleven.

Okay, Brain Trust here at +User2User Community: problems with invitations, part twenty-eleven.

 Why doesn't #Google provide a REASON and list to WHOM the "could not send invitations" error is triggered by instead of this random, unhelpful bulk message? #Feedback   requires that I mention exactly what occurs, so here we go.
1) I have a Circle of people I want to invite.
2) I select that Circle and click "Invite."
3) Instead of inviting all the members of that Circle it is possible to invite and -then providing a list of those it could not invite and EXPLAINING WHY,
4)  it just refuses to send invitations to ALL of them.
5) So, idiot problem that it is, it forces me to go through in ever-shrinking groups of 5 - 10 or 2 - 6 or whatever to ferret out who the culprits are that are ruining my invitation Circle.
6) I remove them and try again.
7) that does not work because MORE are still problematic.
8) lather, rinse, repeat.

It took me over half an hour to go through and remove about 8 seemingly problematic members from over 100 in that Circle just to get my invitations done, and some of the people Google ID's as "could not invite" I have no idea why it couldn't. 

Did those people recently block me?
Did they somehow indicate (but Google, in its infinite ignorance, sees it unwise to tell ME) that they don't want notifications?
If so, why can't each person just turn them off their notifications from me instead of blocking the HOA Event page's invitations, if that is what they are doing?

HELP?

Thanks.

I'm trying to locate the best device to interface/convert my Sony EVI D100 camera as a second video source for...

I'm trying to locate the best device to interface/convert my Sony EVI D100 camera as a second video source for ManyCam. Has anyone found a reliable converter that (a)connects via USB 3.0 (b)is compatible with Windows 8.1 ? Aside from the excellent video output, I really like the position presets and quick auto-focus/zoom capabilities of this device.

The previous converter I had worked well on Windows XP but does not work at all on Win7/8. Two others I have tried work okay on WIn7/USB 2.0 but not at all on WIndows 8.1.

The following events happening today, Friday, 14 Nov , the 318th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the...


The following events happening today, Friday, 14 Nov , the 318th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the community. There are 47 days remaining in the year...and only 14 days until BLACK FRIDAY!

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

I am on right now.

I am on right now.
If anyone needs to test anything or check something, come on in.
http://bit.ly/NightlyChat

Catharine Symblème  I know you mentioned the noisy fan, let's see how noisy it is
roxanne davenport let's see about your issue with the screen share.  I had the same thing the other day.

Sally Sue Ember if you want to come chat about the "message button" in a hangout Event, feel free to come chat about it.

Or if anyone else just wants to come by and chat or try something... 
click the image or the link!
https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/gvdqjuhonslsloy3qtj3apphiua

A weekly 'Open Mike' chat session. A sort of pre-event afterparty - if that makes sense!

Originally shared by Andrew Hatchett

A weekly 'Open Mike'  chat session. A sort of pre-event afterparty - if that makes sense!
events/cogv91u353m30pfaskemh5bqa9s

The following events happening today, Tuesday, 11 Nov , the 315th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the...


The following events happening today, Tuesday, 11 Nov , the 315th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the community. There are 50 days remaining in the year...and only 17 days until BLACK FRIDAY!

Monday, November 10, 2014

This is what results. The "Message" button is next to "Viewers" on the Event page. Andrew Hatchett Michael Daniels


This is what results. The "Message" button is next to "Viewers" on the Event page. Andrew Hatchett  Michael Daniels

Hi, all. I can't attend live today but if anyone can answer, please PING me and I'll see it later.

Hi, all. I can't attend live today but if anyone can answer, please PING me and I'll see it later. 
I've sent #Feedback to #G+ several times but nothing has changed: the "#Send #message" function on the invitation box DOES NOT WORK.
No matter which category of respondents/non respondents I check/uncheck, the SEND button returns my message with : "Your message was not sent. Please try again." Trying again; same result.
3 months of this. 
I want to use it for #SHOAE reminders, right?
Help?

This may be of interest to those members who do YouTube Live Streaming.

This may be of interest to those members who do YouTube Live Streaming. 

Originally shared by gbcali

Keyframe frequency: do not exceed 4 seconds

I see YouTube changed Keyframe Frequency requirements from "must be less than or equal to 2 seconds" to "do not exceed 4 seconds."
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2853702
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2853702

The following events happening today, Monday, 10 Nov , the 314th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the...


The following events happening today, Monday, 10 Nov , the 314th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the community. There are 51 days remaining in the year...and only 18 days until BLACK FRIDAY!

Thanks to Ronnie Bincer for this important info.


Thanks to Ronnie Bincer for this important info.

Originally shared by Ronnie Bincer

Caution for HOA Hosts regarding the HOA Permalink
Recently Google introduced the Hangout Link to Bookmark shown below. It makes sense for sharing it for Hangout Video Calls (HVC), but may cause you trouble if you share it for a Hangout on Air (HOA).

If the Host of a HOA shares the link to that HOA, those that use it can enter into the HOA Interface (aka be a video participant in the filmstrip). However, be warned... there is a possible problem with using that link to enter the HOA filmstrip.

If the filmstrip guest or guests arrive into the HOA interface before the Host and the Host uses the same shared link to enter into the HOA interface, there may not be any green "Start Broadcast" button for the host to press to start the broadcast. That's a pretty big problem to have!

Instead, if the HOA Host enters into the HOA interface via the Blue "Start" button, then there is a much better chance that the "Start Broadcast" button will be there for the host to use... even if some of the guests arrive inside before the host does.

Big Tip: the HOA Host should always use the Blue "Start" button to enter into the HOA when ready to start the broadcast.

Special thanks to Michael Daniels, Heather Kraafter & Susan Finch... all fellow Hangout Mastery members, for helping test this link thing with HOAs.

To join in on the learning with the rest of us paying very close attention to all that Google does with the HVC & HOA tools, please visit www.bit.ly/HangoutMastery

For the recent announcement about these permalink/bookmarking links for HVCs & HOAs see this post: http://goo.gl/Cd4cuH
=== ===
#HOAtips   #HangoutsOnAir   #HangoutMastery   #HangoutBookmarks

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Welcome +Bright Kumado-Apodei, you are our 320th member!


Welcome +Bright Kumado-Apodei, you are our 320th member!

User2User is pleased to announce the return of the Live Help Online Feature.


User2User is pleased to announce the return of the Live Help Online Feature.
Please read the About section and see the following post for full details. My sincere thanks to the volunteers who are making this possible.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/101944073205735325459/stream/84077663-6d23-4a18-b002-832f4b972ea7

This link will take you directly to the LIVE-HELP/CHAT-NOW Room.


This link will take you directly to the LIVE-HELP/CHAT-NOW Room.
Please read the About section to see how it functions- Thanks

https://business-hangouts.com/view.php?k=MjYxMjM=&viewermode=true

*ANY REQUEST TO JOIN THE USER2USER-LIVE! COMMUNITY THAT DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA LISTED BELOW WILL BE IGNORED. *


*ANY REQUEST TO JOIN THE USER2USER-LIVE! COMMUNITY THAT DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA LISTED BELOW WILL BE IGNORED. * 

Criteria for joining the User2User-LIVE! Community are as follows:

1). If you are a person you must have a face for a profile picture .

2). If you are a business, your page should have a logo.

3). Your about page must contain a short paragraph about you - the more the better!

4). You should have more than one post on your public profile.

5). No pictures of nude or scantily clad individuals on your profile page.

Upon joining the community you agree to post a message in the community introducing yourself and the reason(s) you wish to participate in the community. 

Thanks.
Andy Hatchett - Owner

Note To All


Note To All

In preparation for changes to be announced later this evening, I am presently re-classifying the past posts in the "REQUEST FOR LIVE HELP" category into more appropriate categories.  This may generate notifications on past posts. Please forgive the inconvenience, it should be over with by this evening.

Thanks!
Andy

Saturday, November 8, 2014

I was unable to download Comment Tracker during or even with help after the HOA.

I was unable to download Comment Tracker during or even with help after the HOA.  I found the problem, I think. I have three Chrome profiles and several Google accounts.  I have one Google+ account and it works fine regardless of the Chrome profile. I can sign in to any Google account, but I could not download Comment Tracker until I switched to the same Chrome profile as my G+ account. Then, voila! Just like magic -- it works!

One clue from others was that CT worked in Firefox or Safari even when they couldn't get it in Chrome. Also if you have a separate Chrome profile for work that might explain some of the other problems.
I cannot schedule my BHOA.  It keeps throwing me into scheduling a regular HOA.  Did I miss something??

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

This is a test for the User2User Community

Originally shared by Michael Daniels

This is a test for the User2User Community

Thought this would be very helpful for some folks.

Thought this would be very helpful for some folks.
Where do I or How do I start a hangout?

This might help you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCqyax-hAvc&feature=share

Hangout Quick tip

Hangout Quick tip
... to show you how to get folks into the filmstrip of a hangout with you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIKDurp8ePw&feature=share

Hey Andrew Hatchett!

Hey Andrew Hatchett! I am running a big event this month on nonfiction writing. Someone wrote a piece on HOAs. I would love to have a course to promote--as an affiliate. Do you have one? Or do you know of someone who does?

The following events happening today, Wednesday, 5 Nov , the 309th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the...

The following events happening today, Wednesday, 5 Nov , the 309th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the community. There are 56 days remaining in the year...and only 23 days until BLACK FRIDAY!

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

*Not quite finished...but you get the idea" ... and it isn't even 2015 yet! :)


*Not quite finished...but you get the idea" ... and it isn't even 2015 yet!  :)

Would love to get the Comment Tracker at http://goo.gl/9ghVE9 if someone has a minute.

Would love to get the Comment Tracker at http://goo.gl/9ghVE9 if someone has a minute.
http://goo.gl/9ghVE9

For Tonight's demo on Manycam I am joined by my good friend Russ Worthington aka _Cousin Russ_ of Myrte's...


For Tonight's demo on Manycam I am joined by my good friend Russ Worthington aka  _Cousin Russ_ of Myrte's  genealogy community.
He and I will demonstrate how we did a mobile hangout and actually do one.
Also we will go over how we added photos and picture-in-picture on screen.
Hope you will come join us tonight at 9pm Eastern time.

Originally shared by Michael Daniels

Some could not make the Manycam Demo last week
So..........
Next Tuesday at 9pm
A manycam Demo!
Please register here:
http://goo.gl/DfPkM1
And leave comments of some of the things you would like me to go over.
I will have a plan of the things that I think are useful but please request something you would like to see.

Thanks

The following events happening today, Tuesday, 4 Nov , the 308th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the...


The following events happening today, Tuesday, 4 Nov , the 308th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the community. There are 57 days remaining in the year...and only 24 days until BLACK FRIDAY!

Monday, November 3, 2014

If the User2User Community held only one live HOA a week on Fridays for questions and answers, which time period...

If the User2User Community held only one live HOA a week on Fridays for questions and answers, which time period would be best for you to attend?

NOTE: THIS POLL WILL CLOSE 11:59PM EST THURSDAY  6 NOV 2014

The following events happening today, Monday, 3 Nov , the 307th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the...


The following events happening today, Monday, 3 Nov , the 307th day of 2014, may be of interest to members of the community. There are 58 days remaining in the year...and only 25 days until BLACK FRIDAY!

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Just set up this Google apps account for ipne.org, and looking forward to testing some HOAs.

Just set up this Google apps account for ipne.org, and looking forward to testing some HOAs. My personal account is Charlotte Pierce​. I've been incredibly busy this fall, but I've missed you all and look forward to interacting more in the coming months.
http://ipne.org

Thought I'd share this with the community.

Thought I'd share this with the community. One of my LinkedIn groups posted a somewhat negative review of HOA's and their capabilities. Here is my response:

Let me provide a different perspective about Google+ Hangouts On Air. I've been using the application for about a year and host an intermittent HOA (Hang Out on Air) dealing with career and training issues as well as being a guest panelist on a number of other "shows." I've experienced all of the issues detailed above and discovered that issues such as lagging between audio and video were on my end instead of Googles. Lag can be caused by slow internet speeds and buffering. I'd suggest using an Ethernet connection rather than depending on wireless routers to stream your audio and video. A good Ethernet cable will run you around $20.00. Additionally the camera that came as standard equipment on your lap top doesn't have the capability to do webinars or training and produces a poor quality of video. (Trust me, I learned the hard way.) I purchased a Logitech C920 web camera for $64.00 on Amazon. This web camera gets the highest ratings for non-professional web camera's. Cisco makes a great web camera with it's own drivers that retails for around $320.00, however my wife told me that we are going to Ireland before I start buying $300 web camera's. Finally, check your computer and it's capabilities. If you are looking to do professional webinars and conferencing make sure you processor and RAM are up to snuff. 

Here is a link that provides you with a checklist when using HOA's :

 http://www.mastery.thehangouthelper.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/HOA-Host-Startup-Checklist-v5.pdf

Google+ and it's Hangouts are free which means Google doesn't email you every time there is an update, you have to check for them, and yes it is a bit of a chore but consider that Go To Meeting's, for example, cheapest package runs $79.00 per organizer per month and in all honesty I've experienced some of the same issues attending webinars on that platform that others say they experience in Google+

What it comes down to is the user and their capability in using the platform, free or paid. I've been fortunate to learn some valuable tips and techniques from some Google+ veterans. I use Google+ because its consistent and my clients love the ability to interact with me in real time as video panel members.