Wednesday, June 17, 2015

The #hashtag and your virtual business

People wonder what the hashtag is and what it does. The hashtag is also called the pound sign. The dictionary says: (on social networking websites) a word or phrase preceded by a hashmark (#), used within  message to identify a keyword or topic of interest and facilitate a search for it: Avon has a new tagline #beautyforapurpose . If you look that up you will find all kinds of pictures and people talking about that.
So when you post something on your social media you use hashtags to get people to view it. Do a little experiment and post something with hashtags and without. Since I have started using them i have added more followers, friends, likes and views.
There are a few places to go to find the right phrases to use for your post depending on what its written about and top-hashtags.com and hashtgs.org are great to use.
So whether you are using twitter, facebook, instagram or some other social media remember to use hashtags to bring readers to your post.