One of the most useful features on Twitter is being withdrawn as of today – the hashtag. For anyone not on Twitter, a hashtag is the universal # symbol, and helps to separate individual conversations from the overall Twitter stream. For example, if I want to just talk with people about silly jokes, I would use the hashtag #sillyjokes. This would help others just follow that conversation by opening up a browsing window just for that hashtag. Twitter issued a statement saying that they were stopping the use of hashtags because of its connotation with drug use. MORE >>

Twitter is the easiest social network in the world to use. One of the nuances that many miss is the art of the hashtag. There is a very complex strategy surrounding the proper use of hashtags, which to select, how to dominate them, and when they can be applied for simple personality enhancement, but we won’t go into too much detail about that here. Here’s a quick video that goes over the 101 aspects of hashtags: Featured Social Media Strategy Twitter HashtagsAt the same time, it’s the most complex. It’s easy to be good. MORE >>

Home About Us Contact SEJ News PPC SEO Tools Social Links BlueGlass SEO Services Social Media Marketing Pay Per Click Online Reputation Management Content Development Mar 24 2009 Ultimate Guide to Twitter Hashtags What is a Twitter hashtag? hashtag is a way to unite global Tweets around some particular topic. According to the official source : Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets. You create a hashtag simply by prefixing a word with a hash symbol: #hashtag. Thanks. MORE >>

Hashtags got their start on Twitter. Without hashtags, many tweeters would have been lost, only capturing some of the conversation around a particular topic. Hashtags are real simple. Then, when you want to follow a conversation, you search for it by hashtag. It wasn’t too long ago when Google+ users suggested that hashtags be introduced for Google+. Within a week they announced that hashtags would be clickable and searchable on Google+. Hashtags on Google+, however, do serve a slightly different purpose. The Google+ team was listening. MORE >>

As a frequent speaker at events of all sizes, I’ve had a chance to observe some of the best practices conference organizers used to promote their events through social media. In most cases, these efforts cost little or nothing more than your time.Here are some suggestions for leveraging social channels for event promotion. You need a single Web address that people can refer to in their social channels. It costs nothing and gives you access to the extended social networks of registrants and potential registrants. Don’t forget to include the Twitter hashtag! MORE >>