by Kassandra Strout | Jul 29, 2014 | Social Media
We’ve talked a bit about hashtags before (what they do, how you can use them), but this is just the tip of the iceberg, friends. The hashtag has great and terrible powers, much like Excalibur, the One Ring, Dr. Who’s screwdriver, or Silly Putty (I...
by Kassandra Strout | Apr 24, 2014 | Social Media
Hashtags are popping up all over the place lately, but what exactly do they do, anyway? This video explains why people use hashtags, what they do, and how you can benefit from them, too! Note: Kassie didn’t know anything about hashtags pre-filming, but she did...
by Ty Green | Jul 30, 2012 | Social Media
Chris Messina is believed to be the first user of the # (hashtag) on Twitter, using it to model his suggestion for indicating groups on Twitter. Twitter describes hashtags as “themes” of tweets, as they link all other tweets containing that hashtag and are displayed...
by Nicole Ouellette | Dec 28, 2010 | Marketing Monday
To anyone just starting to use Twitter, it can seem like some exclusive club of short hand and something called hashtags. Hashtags are basically a pound sign followed by a word. Here are some examples: A hashtag can have a few functions in Twitter (for categorization...