A Guide To Understanding Twitter Hashtags

A COMPLETE GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING

TWITTER HASHTAGS

8/29/2013 www.writeawriting.com

Twitter has always been difficult to get to grips with for newbie users.

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People usually point towards their inability to understand those strange # symbols.





















WHAT IS A HASHTAG?

A hashtag can be any keyword provided it has the

# symbol attached to it.

Twitter uses Hashtags to compile tweets into a topic, which can then be viewed with the help of these hashtags.

Let’s say for example that you see a Hashtag like the following on Twitter:#HarryPotter

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HOW DOES HASHTAGS HELP EXACTLY?

One of the major advantages of having hashtags on social media networks (including Twitter) is to make sense of all the information that’s been broadcasted.

With so much noise and information, it can get mighty tricky to find something that you’re looking for.

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HOW DO YOU CREATE A HASHTAG ON

TWITTER? Follow the following rules.

Put the # symbol at the beginning of your desired word. So if you want to create a hashtag

You can’t have spacing in between the words. No matter how long the phrase is, it must all be without spacing.

Try to make a hashtag that’s not being used before.

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TIPS TO GET THE MOST OUT OF HASHTAGS

KEEP YOUR HASHTAGS UNIQUE

As already stated, Hashtags should be checked to see if they are unique and fresh.

Having a new hashtag will help you gather relevant and targeted people to a conversation


KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR HASHTAGS

Always keep monitoring your hashtag. There have been a lot of controversies with Twitter hashtags especially when they can be ‘hi-jacked’ so easily by anyone.

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TALK ABOUT YOUR HASHTAG OFFLINE

It is important that you communicate and promote the hashtags you create away from the online world.

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KEEP YOUR HASHTAG SIMPLE AND SHORT

Long-tail keywords as hashtags are never a good

idea.

Twitter already has a limit on the characters (140) you can have for a tweet.


USE THIRD PART HASHTAG INSIGHT

TOOLS

There are a number of handy Twitter hashtag tools that can be used to allow for easy trackingof trends and conversations for the purpose of market intelligence and competitor analysis.

Such tools give you a great insight on the hashtags being used on Twitter and how much of a buzz they are generating.


USE THIRD PART HASHTAG INSIGHT TOOLS

There are a number of handy Twitter hashtag tools that can be used to allow for easy trackingof trends and conversations for the purpose of market intelligence and competitor analysis

Such tools give you a great insight on the hashtags being used on Twitter and how much of a buzz they are generating.


And if you have a twitter tip that is related to

hashtags, then do share it with us and the WaW community through the comments area.

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A Guide To Understanding Twitter Hashtags