{"id":626,"date":"2011-03-08T18:00:12","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T18:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.austadpro.com\/blog\/?p=626"},"modified":"2011-05-24T21:54:48","modified_gmt":"2011-05-24T21:54:48","slug":"twittering-with-hashtags-and-broadcasting-your-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.austadpro.com\/blog\/twittering-with-hashtags-and-broadcasting-your-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Twittering with #Hashtags and Broadcasting Your Tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Twitter can be powerful. It gives you reach. It gets your name in front of people on the web and on their phone. But it”s not about how many people you have following you. I mean, not everyone can be like Charlie Sheen and get 2+ million followers in a matter of days. You don’t need that. Just being active and networking is enough to bring in leads or referrals.<\/p>\n

But just in case you are looking for larger audiences, this is what the hashtag (#) is for.<\/p>\n

A hashtag is just a pound symbol (#) which is followed by a descriptive name used to broadcast to a specific group of people who are following it. For example, if you wrote the following tweet:<\/p>\n

#TigerBlood is the reason I\u2019m, duh, #WINNING<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Thanks Charlie Sheen for these new hashtags, lol)<\/p>\n

Then anyone following the tags for \u2018TigerBlood\u2019 and\/or \u2018Winning\u2019 then receives your tweet.<\/p>\n

If you want to know what kind of traffic a hashtag is getting or if one exists, go to www.hashtags.org<\/a>. You can also create your own hashtag by tweeting it yourself just by using the #hashtag in your post.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s do a real life example. Let\u2019s say you are a NJ Audio Visual<\/a> company that designs and installs home theater systems and home automation solutions. You may want to tweet using a hashtag of #hometheater or #homeautomation. This will broadcast you out to everyone who is following those terms.
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#Hashtag tips<\/h2>\n