Google+ Brand Account Separate from Google My Business

[nhhernandez]

Hi everyone,

I tried to create a Google+ account from a client's Google My Business, but found that 'Enable Google+' is no longer available on the sidebar of the GMB dashboard. I used this tutorial to do that before  - http://onlineownership.com/create-google-page-connected-google-business-page/

An update on that article:

Update: 31st October 2017
Google My Business has confirmed that enabling a G+ business page will no longer be available. Users will need to now create a G+ Brand page for their business on G+.

My question is: If we create a separate G+ Brand page, are we still able to tie it up with GMB or are they going to be completely different platforms? On the dashboard for our older clients we have a list that goes like:

Your Business is Live on Google

• View on Search
• View on Maps
• View on Google+

In light of this new change. Do we still really have to bother creating G+ brand pages? It seems like the newly launched Google Posts is more user-friendly and easier to update. The posts could be created on GMB and it's going to appear on searches within the local knowledge graph. Thoughts?

[bigslice]

I am looking into this also. This is an excellent question

[nhhernandez]

Hi there, I found an answer to my question. Indeed, GMB and G+ are now two different entities and we no longer could create G+ from GMB. I found the following resources:

Use this link to start your G+ Brand page https://plus.google.com/brand

Manage G+ brand pages by switching from your avatar up on the right to "All your brand pages" or bookmark this link
https://myaccount.google.com/brandaccounts

Create and manage Collections for your brand. Here is a help article: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+NinaTrankova/posts/EYY9iu2JZFx

Source: https://plus.google.com/+NinaTrankova/posts/S4Ca7QHHHRJ

[Ben_Fisher]

They are indeed separated, to get your G+ page for your local listing to display in brandaccounts, create a new G+ page and use the exact URL you use for GMB. This will let Google know they are tied together.