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How to Promote with Twitter Hashtags

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Use Twitter to Promote Your Business
Use Twitter to Promote Your Business

Hashtags are to Twitter what labels and keywords are to websites and blog posts. Adding the correct hashtags to your tweets can greatly improve your visibility and drive traffic to your website, online articles, blog, or even your Etsy and eBay stores.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Internet
  • Twitter Account
  1. Step 1

    Go to Hashtags.org to find out what the current and most popular tags are being used. For instance, if you have an article or blog post about an eco-friendly idea or item, you'd use #eco-friendly, and if you were looking for tags to promote your handmade jewelry, you might want to use the following tags: #handmade, #etsy, #jewelry.

    Use the search box to find additional tags, but remember to use the most popular ones to maximize your visibility.

  2. Step 2

    Compose your tweet - keeping in mind that you want to save enough room to add one or two hashtags. You can also use a format that is similar to this: How to #Recycle Silica Gel Packets [followed by the URL for your blog or article post]. Using the '#' with a keyword in your title that is applicable to a hashtag is a great way to keep your tweet condensed but still readable and searchable.

  3. Step 3

    Once you've composed your tweet, click Update from your Twitter profile (or whatever app you are using to post Tweets).

    Your tweet will now be added to the hashtag search results!

Tips & Warnings
  • Use a URL shortening service like bit.ly to create shorter URLs and to keep track of the number of views your tweet is receiving.
  • Keep hashtags fresh! Think short attention span when it comes to Twitter. New hashtags are created every day depending on the current Twitter trends.

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on 11/11/2009 Thanks for sharing! 5 stars/rec!

monica55 said

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on 9/3/2009 Thanks for clarifying a few things about twitter 4 me.

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on 8/11/2009 Cool. Didn't know that.

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on 7/29/2009 LadyM33 you can use it with Amazon, just use bit.ly to shorten your link.

ladym33 said

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on 7/28/2009 This is a neat way of advertising, I wonder if I can still use it, I sell through Amazon.

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