Promoting your Google Plus profile

While there is still a lot of noise regarding the ham-handed ways that Google has dealt with business accounts on Google Plus, that isn't stopping Mashable from trying new approaches.
This morning, I noticed the following banner at the top of the Mashable site:

Clicking on the link, as you might suspect, brings you to Mashable founder Pete Cashman's Google+ posts page. If you have a Google+ account, you can add him to one of your circles and see what all the fuss is about.
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And now a message from the Department of Self Promotion: you can find me on Google Plus here.