Why people use hashtag on social media sites

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Yogesh Dwivedi

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People have been using hashtags since 2007. Since then other social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Google + have followed suit. Find out the motivation of people to use hashtags and what benefits a brand gets in todays competitive social media marketing space.

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Yogesh Dwivedi

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a hash sign (#), used on social media sites to identify messages on a specific topic

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But why people use #hashtags?

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Experiences

Fears

Interests

To share:

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Statistics• Increase engagement by 100% for individuals & 50% for

brands• 30.5% respondents said hashtags are good for identifying

trends• 20.6 % said hashtags are good for finding brands and products• 17% discovered brands through hashtags only• During Super Bowl, 70% users ended watching entire

commercial due to hashtags

(Source: RadiumOne, Twitter.com)

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Increase Engagement

Awareness

Recruit customers

Build Communities

Listen and engage

Benefits:

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