James Spillane
I thought it was just me being thick as usual, but I’ve just discovered that lots of other people don’t know how to send a personal/private message on G+.
It’s not difficult, of course, but I think people like me are so used to being spoon-fed instructions on other Social Media platforms that when we go on to G+ we search around for the “DM” or “PM” button we can’t find anything instant.
Here, then, is how I figure you send private message on Google Plus
**Go to your Google Plus page
**Go to the “Share What’s New” box
**Write your private message in the top box
**Go to “attach” and attach a photo, video, link etc. if you want to
**Go to “send” and delete anything that’s already in there (e.g. “public” in a green oval) – then type in the recipient’s name or select it from the drop down menu
**Click on the “share” green rectangle to the bottom left of the message box
**Voilà – done
Now here are a few silly questions the answers to which I, and my fellow numbskulls, would really value
Given that most of the social media platforms are quite good at leading users by the nose through all their basic processes, why doesn’t G+ make it clear that this is how to send a private message?
As G+ is a brilliant platform (I love it to bits) and is clear to understand in most other ways, why did this issue fall down through the grating?
Is there another magical way to send private message on G+ that I’m just too stupid to have noticed?
Should I, therefore, take my late mother’s advice to forget writing online and get a nice, sensible office job?
Yours in a bit of a PM/DM
Sz
PS: Google, you may want to take note of this … there are probably thousands of us pondering the same issue, so please can you put us out of our misery somehow?
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This article was written for Business 2 Community by James Spillane.
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There is always more than one way to skin a cat.
Go to your G+ page. Now create a Private Community and name it – for instance –
PM Suzan St Maur
– make it private to just that person. Or add more and have group messaging.
Now all of those PM’s and what-nots are all in order and there till you want to dispense with them.