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With so many businesses online today it is easy to not even know who is running the company. Let alone knowing what the business looks like or how your products are made or distributed.

If this applies to your business then why not open up your online business to the public by using Hangouts on Air? A Hangout is a way to connect with your customers regardless of their location. You can run your Hangout live or pre-record one and then share the link to it afterwards.

So how do you expose your business on a Hangout?

Well first of all you are going to conduct a tour of your business. Show customers and potential customers what you company looks like behind your website. What you are going to do is draw back your curtains and expose how you do things behind the scenes.

This is perfect for a product based business. You can show the manufacturing process, the packaging process and the shipping process of your products. Customers enjoy knowing how their product was made and delivered to them.

The major benefit of exposing your business is that you are putting a face to your business. Again customers love to know who is running the business behind their favorite products.

Using this technique can help boost your brand and your sales. Plus you are not hiding anything and customers will trust and like you even more.

You may even decide to do more than one Hangout behind the scenes of your company. You could run this as an open house event or for announcing a new product release.

If you decide to run a Hangout on Air then test your equipment ahead of time to ensure things run smoothly. You may even want to create an announcement slide that counts down the time until you draw back the curtains.

Not many companies are doing this at the moment so if you act quickly, you can be one of the first to run this type of Hangout. Expose your business and ‘show’ your customers what goes on behind the scenes.

By putting a face to your company you will be connecting in a new way with potential and current customers. You will build yourself a solid reputation and enhance your brand and your reliability tenfold.

Gmail has recently gone through many changes including changing the way their tabs displayed emails. Did you know that you can run a Hangout from within your Gmail account? Google Chat has disappeared and you can now replace this by making a video call or by having a group message chat.

To use your Gmail account for a Hangout you have to install a simple plugin. Just download it and follow the instructions. It is really easy and installs within minutes.

When you are ready to make a video call simply scroll down the left hand side of your account where your photo is. Next to that you will see a small movie camera icon. Click on that to start your video call.
When your plugin is activated and you are online you will notice that the icon turns green. Click on the drop down arrow to see all the available settings and options. To change any of these options just click on the tab and make the appropriate changes.

The nice thing about running a Message Hangout is that you can invite up to 100 people. With a Hangout on Air only 10 people can participate live, though you can invite more to watch the Hangout.

The good thing about starting your Hangout in Gmail is that your conversation will follow you across all of your devices. So if you are out when the Hangout starts you can join in on your iPhone or Android. Then when you get home you can switch to your computer, laptop or tablet without missing a beat.

With any type of change it does take a little getting used to. But when you see how easy and versatile Gmail and Google+ are you will be glad that you are using them.

Think about how easy it will be to quickly connect with a sales team member out in the field. Or you can call a staff meeting at any time, just by sending out invitations to your staff members on Gmail.

Many businesses are switching their email programs to Gmail because of all the new features and the functionality of it. Gmail makes it so easy to connect with all of your employees or colleagues regardless of their location. Plus with so many people telecommuting using Hangouts is a great way to stay connected to the office.

You have probably heard about Google+ Hangouts but are feeling a little intimidated on using them. Not to worry many people have the same fears and using Hangouts is not that difficult. The worst part is just getting started.

To get started with Google+ Hangouts you will want to create a Google+ account. This is quick and simple to use and if you have a Gmail account the same details and photo are used.

When you invite people to your Hangout they will receive an email notification that your Hangout is about to start. If they don’t have an account they will receive instructions on how to set one up.

There are several ways to hold a Hangout and one of the best ways is to start with a message Hangout. This can be done right inside your Gmail account and is the same has sharing text messages. The only difference is that you can invite up to 100 of your friends to your Hangout and you can all join in on the conversation.

Even if your guests aren’t able to attend your Hangout they can still join in the conversation at a later date. The great thing about Hangouts is that they are accessible on all platforms and that your conversation follows you. So if you start chatting on your iPhone and end up at home on your computer you can easily continue where you left off.

In order to use Hangouts from inside your Gmail account you will need to download and install a plugin. Just follow the directions and you are literally done within a couple of seconds. If you use Google Chrome then download the Google+ Hangouts extension.

After installation you will be directed to synch your Google+ account with your YouTube account, again a simple process. You need to complete this step so that your Hangouts on Air are automatically uploaded to your YouTube account.

This step eliminates the need for editing and adding a sound track to your videos and then manually uploading them to your YouTube account. Just make sure you add a good description to your video along with any relevant keywords. Depending on your purpose with your Hangout video you may want to create specific playlists for them.

Take the time today and learn just how to use Google+ Hangouts and you will be on your way to generating more exposure for your business.