Janet Fouts

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How to Participate in a Tweet Chat

Janet Fouts

Twitter chats, sometimes known as a Twitter party or a tweet chat, happen when a group of people all tweet about the same topic using a specific tag (#) called a hashtag that allows it to be followed on Twitter. You can simply click on the hashtag on a tweet to see all of the recent tweets around that Hashtag. or Hashtags.org.

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Putting Instagram events to work for your business

Janet Fouts

They set up the hashtag #Comodomenu , put it on the bottom of the menu in the restaurant and online, and asked guests to both share their photos and tag them as well as browse the tag on Instagram to see what dishes were most popular. Make it easy for people to understand what they need to do, what the hashtag is and why they should care.

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Meercat jumps on Twitter Video

Janet Fouts

Here’s how it works: Download the iOS app to see who is streaming or click this link to see who’s streaming #meerkat on TwitterUse mentions on Twitter to comment or comment through the app and join the conversation there. Then just run with it. What’s the worst that could happen?

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Fast Company Pulls a Fast One

Janet Fouts

Then it encourages a user to try to get their network to respond to a comment or post about the site to show how much influence that user has. It’s getting pretty bad buzz on Twitter right now under the hashtag #InfluenceProject from a broad spectrum of people. The more people who click your link the more influence you have.

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Why are you following me?

Janet Fouts

Oh, and hey, if you do happen to follow me, I’d love it if you tell me why in the comments. If you participate in Tweetchats on a regular basis, or even just go look at the recorded #Hashtag later you might find some very interesting people. It’s not an ego stroke kind of thing. I really want to know! Auto Followers.

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App dot net- It’s not Twitter

Janet Fouts

Mentions (@jfouts), Hashtags (#ADN) work pretty much the same. Like my personal favorite Twitter app, Tweetbot, it allows you to create drafts for later publishing and to quote a message and add your own comments to it before sending. In fact there are few posts I’ve made so far that even get to the limit.

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Why people don’t get Google+

Janet Fouts

The quick link or the witty comment shared on Twitter has the shelf life of maybe a couple of minutes before it’s buried in the Twitter stream. With Google+ you can toss off a quick comment on a link you’ve shared and find thoughtful commentary building on it for days, in a threaded format just like Facebook and popular forums.

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