Social Media Marketing: What Is A Hashtag?

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Simple explanation of the use of the hashtag for social media marketing. How to use it and where to use it - including a useful tool for searching hashtags across social networking sites. You can read the full blog over at http://kljsocialmedia.com

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What is a #Hashtag?

By Karen James

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What is it?

A word or words (with no spaces) preceded by the # symbol turns it/them into a clickable link

#Hashtagsareclickable

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Why is it used?

To group conversations about the same topics together making them easier to follow and easier to find

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How is the #hashtag used?

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On television programs .... #bgt

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But for business

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For Conferences

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For Local Networking

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For Industry Discussions

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For Categorising

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... and for Recommending!

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Where are #hashtags used?

Let me know if I’ve missed any!

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Can you search #hashtags across social media sites?

Funny you should ask!

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Check out (tagboard.com)

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Want some more simpleexplanations?

See you soon Karen

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