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Facebook and hashtags: at long last

Sherrilynne Starkie

Facebook has introduced the use of hashtags ! Hashtags are the first step. The news is music to the ears of social media users and professionals alike although many are asking, “What took you so long?”. In addition, users can create updates directly from a hashtag feed to insert themselves directly into any open discussions.

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What is hashtagging and how to use it effectively

Sprout Social

To hashtag or not to hashtag? The short answer: Yes, definitely use hashtags. Hashtags are an essential asset in your digital marketing toolbox. According to 72% of our LinkedIn community , hashtagging impacts the overall performance of social media content. What is hashtagging? How to use hashtags.

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Top Five: Social networks invest in quality news

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week’s must-know social media news for marketing and communications professionals includes headlines about Facebook’s attempt to clean up, support for journalism from Twitter and Google, the continuing importance of links in SEO and some new, clever features from LinkedIn. Glad to see these priorities.

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Ultimate Twitter Marketing Guide With Tips & Strategies

Keyhole.co

Did you know that Twitter, now rebranded as X, started as a minimalist platform for sharing short, 140-character messages? It has become a global powerhouse for real-time news, conversations, and marketing. Twitter, or X as it’s now known, is full of features designed to boost your marketing efforts.

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4 Twitter Analytics Tools You Can’t Ignore

agora pulse

Twitter seems so real-time that it’s hard to step back to see what you’ve done on the platform. Use one of these Twitter analytics tools to better analyze your performance (or someone else’s). Don’t count Twitter out. Luckily, you can choose from a variety of Twitter analytics tools to help you do this.

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9 Twitter Best Practices for Business

Socialized

Since its foundation in 2006, Twitter turned the globe into bite-sized posts by the distillation of World News, updates, and jokes. With Twitter developing, best practices have arisen for using the site. Here are few tricks to help the company thrive on Twitter and join the big league. How to Build an Account on Twitter.

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How to Use Hashtags: A Quick and Simple Guide for Every Network

Hootsuite

Whichever social media platforms your brand uses as part of its social media strategy , knowing how to use hashtags will help boost your brand’s social media engagement. But if you’re sticking with #ThrowbackThursday posts on Twitter, unsure of how else to use hashtags, stay right here. What is a hashtag? Hashtag basics.

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