You can’t watch TV these days without hearing about Twitter, the ‘micro-blogging tool’ that allows you to communicate with people in 140 characters or less.
No matter what stage of The 5 stages of Twitter Acceptance you are currently in, you may or may not be aware of a very powerful way to take advantage of Twitter: #Hashtags.
Hashtags were created to create groupings on Twitter. Think of it as the “Subject” line on an e-mail message. They’re normally appended at the end of a tweet to indicate what a tweet is about.
For example, we’re attending the NACCE conference next week in Chicago. NACCE uses the hashtag #nacce7 for this conference so anyone tweeting about that conference should append #nacce7 to the end of their tweet. Such as:
Hashtags are a great way for conference members to quickly see what others are tweeting about a conference. Simply do a Twitter search for the hashtag you’re looking for. You can also find a list of popular hashtags on the hashtags website.
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