If you are an internet amateur then you might have one question in mind, ‘What does Hashtag mean?’ and ‘How do you use it?’ Worry not! We have all the answers to your queries! A Hashtag is a type of tag used on social network and micro-blogging websites that help in searching specific content. You can add hashtags to your tweets and posts on various websites using ‘#’ and the word that you want to rage on the internet. For example: #Vacation or #Summers?
Unarguably, Hashtags took birth on Twitter as its tags are more versatile than tags used on other websites in terms of tones and voice. The trend bar on your twitter page denotes a list of hashtags that would interest you based on your tweets.
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Always remember not to use spaces in hashtags if there is a need to use more than one word, just write them together. If it’s hard to comprehend the definition of the term with the words running together, then you can capitalize all the words. For example, #TeamIndia or #ThrowbackFriday are of the some of the raging hashtags online.
Also, if you are confused about which hashtags to use then give a glance at the hashtags people are using on the social networking websites or you could make up some of them on your own. If these ideas fail to help you, then you may derive some inspiration from hashtags.org that enlists hashtags that are currently popular on Twitter.
Hashtags just don’t always have to be about a topic, they can even symbolize your mood in a tweet. For example: #FeelingAngry or #FeelingHappy. Also, you can use more than one hashtag in your tweet but refrain from using too many as it makes the text look inattentive and sloppy. You may lose some readers on doing the same!
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With the popularity of hashtags on Twitter, huge brands create hashtags to promote specific events and campaigns. If you wish to make twitter a part of your business strategy, then here are a few tips:
#1. Merge Your Tweets
Make a specific business account and make one of your employees tweet on behalf of the company. That would help the users to find all the company related tweets at one place.
#2. Use Significant Hashtags
Have a look at hashtags other companies are using. If you are promoting women safety, then you would use hashtags such as #WomenSafety #WomenPriority
#3. Create A New Hashtag
If you wish to create a new hashtag for the promotion of a specific event, then decide one word and ask everybody to tweet using the same word with a hashtag. Make it short and relevant.
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Are you a hashtag user and do you understand its significance? It evolved and created revolution with its usage. Its used amonst teenagers, old people and literally everybody . In order to make your posts famous on the ineternet, just use relevant hashtags and wohoo! You achieve your aim by getting people with similar interests commenting on ur post. You get to share your thoughts provided you get extra thoughts from people with like minded people. Isn’t it amazing? It is indeed. You can even expand ur business with the usage of hashtags. Make a company campaign and and promote it on twitter and various other social media websites to let people know what you are upto. This will make them participate in ur campaign and will thus increase ur consumer base. Hashtags are used on the internet and I wonder if internet wasn’t there, how would have we survived? Literally impossible in today’s times when there is a need for abundance of information to survive well. If you are not tech savvy,I would recommend people to take classes and use internet to its full potential rather than leaving it. You become something if u take efforts to become something you wish for.