For those of you who struggle using hashtags, Suzie over at Suzie Speaks has simplified hashtags for bloggers.
What is a Hashtag?
A hashtag, put simply, is a label or category that allows others to find something within a specific theme or content and are primarily used on Twitter and Instagram. Once you have copied a URL or used the share button on a post, hashtags can be used to direct your post towards the people you want to read them. On Twitter you can use a hashtag for everything – #cats, #dogs, #football, #sandwiches – but as a blogger the main focus is to use categories that will gain interest in your content and grow your readership and traffic.
Using Trending Hashtags
Trending hashtags are the most popular things on Twitter at a particular moment in time and at several points in the last few years I have written a post about a topic while it was trending, with immediate effect on my traffic once it was…
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This is very helpful, Michelle! Thanks for sharing.
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You’re welcome. When I saw this blog post I had to share it. I know too many of us are still struggling with hashtags.
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I never got the whole hashtag craze, although Crissy has shown me some things on Instagram that are interesting. I think I am finally getting them, which is typical as I ditched Twitter a while back.
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I trying to use them, but I’m not where I am comfortable with them.
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Very helpful. Thanks!
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So happy you find it useful.
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Thanks for sharing this! I’m still learning Twitter.
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Aren’t we all! How can posts with a limited amount of characters be so difficult?
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I’m kind of awful on twitter, so this was helpful. Thanks for sharing!
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