Google plus has recently gone through a few changes. They are now showing view counts as well as followers. The views are actually the number of times your content has been seen by other people. This includes your photos, posts etc.

I joined an internet 20 group two years ago. It has taken some time for our data to start making sense but we have made a lot of headway in that area. We have some of the industries leaders in our group.

Pro's: We are able to constantly give each other feedback on new Internet/bdc products....this has saved me countless time and money. I do not make many purchases without asking the groups advice. I can also use our composite to hold venders such as autotrader and cars.com accountable. Our best idea sessions are one of the best parts of our meetings, I have used quite a few of them in our dealership. We also have accountabilty among the group members because of the composite.

Con's: There is obviously an expense factor. It also adds some extra work to each managers workload. time out of the store for the meeting every 4 months.

All in all I feel that the pro's definately outweigh the cons. I have learned a lot from my group. They are a very dedicated and hardworking group of managers/owners.