Trying out the New google+ and blogger combo

I found out that you can link your google plus with your blogger.  The only thing I can't figure out is how the heck do I get my blog posts to link to my google plus so that my followers on google plus can see when I have new post up.  If anyone knows how to do this please let me know.  Right now i have to paste the link in the share box.  I lost alot of followers when I shut down my old account.  I had some people who found it that shouldn't have. So i had to end my livingdeadnurse alias and create my new one.  Help I need more traffic to my blog.  Any suggestions?  I am hoping that maybe if I had more audience i might be more compelled to type more often.  Or so I hope that is if work will let me.  Course another reason I haven't blogged in awhile is because I love to read too.  Unfortunately I cannot do both.  Such limited time I have anymore.  Plus trying to get on this weight loss kick.  So there is time for the gym too...ugh i know when I was younger I was in many activities.  How in the world I ever juggled so many is beyond me.   So tell me those that have over 200 followers how the heck do you do it?