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G+ will win, imho. Facebook offers me nothing in terms of business promotion, so besides gaining a few likes via paid promotion ($5), I'll never pay to be there (it is social, not professional).
G+, however, is tied with their search (every time I search for a business, whether it be a restaurant, car dealer, etc., their G+ account is what shows up).I do think Google is a 'wait and hold' company. They have excellent phones, but don't promote them like Samsung and Apple, they have G+ and don't really promote it (obviously that's an exaggeration, but compared to others that are one trick ponies, like Facebook).
Over time, people will migrate as they want better search and are tired of Facebook's endless game changing rules (you reach 3-4% of your fan base when you post?! WTF! Thankfully I don't rely on it, but friends that do it will kill them).
All of the people I follow have G+ accounts that are active, almost as active as FB accounts (not nearly the followers, though).
Point is Google is making a killing and controls search and advertising. They don't need G+ to a be a money make, they just need it to tie together with what deos make them money (see my comment about what shows up in a search).
Facebook has nothing but Facebook. They are leveraging everyone that spent years building fans and now charging them to access the fan base they spent ages putting together. That's bad business, imho, and will eventually bite them.
I will use G+ because of its tie to search, its worth something to my business. Facebook is nothing more than a useless "fun" place to browse.