Convert Google Plus page to Business page
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I have a google plus page for my company edspire.com, https://plus.google.com/b/107395030190889162381/107395030190889162381/posts When I created it I don't think I set it up as a business so I'd like to convert to one. As far as I can see it is not possible to do this. What is the recommended process, do I just create a new one and migrate content over or is there some way to merge them? Should I then delete the old one or is it helpful to keep double posting?
Thanks,
Jim
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Hi Jim,
I think you might find this article by Mike Blumenthal to be helpful:
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To clarify;
The current page is not a personal page but as with the poster above I think it was set up before the option to have a business page. It has multiple managers of which I am one and I already also have a personal G+ page. I would like to turn it into a business page, which allows me to add additional details of the business, as I believe this to more appropriate and potentially better for SEO (I might be wrong about this). I can't see a way to change the page type to business, and I have not been able to find instructions about this anywhere but it may be possible
Yes I'd like to avoid double posting, but also to get the most benefit of the existing followers and links from the current page.
Hope that helps to explain.
Thanks,
Jim
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I have a few questions, to help me better understand your question.
First, are you only wanting to have a business page, and not a personal linked to it?
You should be able to edit the exiting profile, rather than set up a whole new one. I would edit what you already have exisiting, revise it to be your personal profile, and then set up an additional business profile under that authorship.In response to the question:
"Should I then delete the old one or is it helpful to keep double posting?"
I would not double post, or at least not do it in the same places or communities. If you make another profile, you should be able to edit or delete any under that account. -
Hi
We had the same issue here, before Business pages was around we created a user. But when we could create a business page (why Google didn't think you wouldn't want to do this, every business wants to promote themselves, i dont know), but after speaking with Google it was advised to us to create a new account and close the old one.
This was a while ago and things might have change, but we was told we couldn't even transfer followers, we could just do post saying we have a new page and to follow the new page, but they couldn't help us a lot.
As far as I know, nothing has changed, so your going to have to create a business page and start all over again, getting followers - would highly recommend running both in parallel for a time before closing the current one and keep posting about your new page, it did help for us.
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