#SocialCafe Chat Topic: Twitter Hashtags, Tracking and Trending

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1. What are Twitter hashtags and how do you use them?

We talked about what #hashtags are, and a history about how the Twitter #hashtag came about.

Here are a couple of links for the curious Twitter historian:

• The Short and Illustrious History of Twitter #Hashtags
• Check out the screenshot of the first tweet about #Hashtags

2. How to Select Hashtags? What favorite hashtag do you use most often?

When it comes to selecting #hashtags, how do we do that? There are actually two parts to that, depending on if you are following a #hashtag or creating one.

How to DO #hashtags

3. What makes #hashtags trend?

But, by all means, Stake Your Claim to your #Hashtag! As Gail Gardener, GrowMap tweets:

Here is a great article on Sprout Insight Blog, talking about How To Find The Best Twitter Hashtags.

4. What Twitter Apps and Tools are available to track hashtags? How do you track hashtags?

Hashtags help us with a myriad of things, including, as Deborah Anderson, SocialWebCafe.com tweets...

Another handy #hashtag search tool, beyond the #Trending Topics on Twitter, is the use of Snapbird - Quick and Easy Twitter Search.

Also check out this article by Ann Smarty on Internet Marketing Ninjas: How To Intelligently Use Social Media Hashtags.

Final Thoughts and Action Steps

Here is a list of some tools and articles to check out...

Articles:

• How Twitter's Trending Algorithm Picks Its Topics.
• 6 Tools to Learn More About Your Twitter Engagement by Kristi Hines.

Tools:

• Twitter hashtag tracking and analytics.
• TweetReach: How Far Did Your Tweet Travel?
• Relationship Management for Twitter.

#SocialCafe Twitter Chat Announcement

This SocialWebCafe Twitter Event is about Twitter Hashtags, Tracking and Trending.

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About this Topic/Event

During this chat, we are going to learn about what hashtags are and how they came to be a part of Twitter and now, other social outlets.

Come, ask your questions and share your thoughts about hashtags and how you use them in your business or personal life. Have hashtags impacted you?

Twitter Event Details

• Date:   08/15/2012
• Time:   6:00 pm PST/PDT (9:00 pm EST/EDT).
• Hashtag:   #SocialCafe

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Twitter Event Questions

1. What are Twitter hashtags and how do you use them?
2. How to Select Hashtags? What favorite hashtag do you use most often?
3. What makes #hashtags trend?
4. What Twitter Apps and Tools are available to track hashtags? How do you track hashtags?

Format: Q&A

For more information on the formats of Twitter Events and what we recommend as tools to join in the fun, please visit Twitter Event Instruction.

Have questions? Leave them in the comments or send a regular tweet to Deborah @SocialWebCafe.

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