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How And When To Use Hashtags

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Hashtags are becoming ever more popular. of hashtag users use them to express their personal feelings about things. use hashtags to promote corporate or social events. of hashtag users use them to follow brands. What it tells me is that hashtags are useful tools to promote brands on social media.

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What Is Twitterjacking And Does It Work?

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Twitterjacking is a little known strategy where you can “hijack” a tweet or retweet, hashtag, or another specific Twitter marketing strategy and use it for your own gain. Let’s start with hashtags. Find two or three popular hashtags in your niche and follow them for a while.

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Social Media Discussion at Greater Wayzata Area Chamber of Commerce

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We had a great turn-out for the event, as always, and my favorite part of any speaking gig — the questions from business owners about using social media — did not disappoint. We shared the new search engine for Hashtags and did a search for #Wayzata to demonstrate how powerful the simple Hashtag is getting to be.