The Importance of Hashtags : How To use Hashtags On Twitter

What is a Hashtag?

A hashtag is a label used on social site such as Twitter, Instagram to make it easier to find posts or information.

It is created by including the symbol "#" in front of a word or words without spaces.

Hashtags are very important to use in your Social media account and  Hashtags are used on a number of social media platforms most commonly, Twitter, Instagram.

Including a Hashtag with your post helps to categorize content for your audience.

From a user perspective, Hashtags allow people to find posts that are relevant to their interest.

Hashtags can help you build a brand for your business by engaging with customers.

Hashtags make you visible on social media.

The more visibility you get, The more likely you are able to create a large audience.

Large audience means, You can get more business from your social media account.

How To Use Hashtags on Twitter

A Hashtag written with a symbol # is used to indexed keywords or topics on Twitter.

This function was created on Twitter, and allows people to easily follow topics they are interested in.

How to use Hashtags to categorize Tweets by keywords

People use the hashtag symbol (#) before a relevant keyword or phrase in their Tweet to categorize those Tweets and help them show more easily in Twitter search.

Clicking or Tapping on a Hashtagged word in any message shows you other Tweets that include that Hashtag.

Hashtags can be included anywhere in a Tweet. It means you can use Hashtags wherever you want to use.

You must use Hashtags according to your content, It is most important

Hashtagged word that become very popular are often trending topics because when you use popular Hashtagged word, You will be visible easily in search result.

You cannot add spaces or punctuation in a Hashtag or It will not work properly.

If you Tweet with a hashtag on a public account. anyone who does a search for that hashtag may find your Tweet.

I recommend using no more than two hashtags per Tweet as best practice, But You may use as many hashtags in a tweet as you like.

Type a hashtagged keyword in the search bar to discover content and accounts based on your interests.

Example of a Tweet with a Hashtag: