{"id":6129,"date":"2013-09-25T15:17:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T15:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grapevinemsp.com\/2013\/09\/25\/are-hashtags-actually-helping-your-small-business\/"},"modified":"2013-09-25T15:17:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T15:17:00","slug":"are-hashtags-actually-helping-your-small-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grapevinemsp.com\/are-hashtags-actually-helping-your-small-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Are #Hashtags Actually Helping Your Small Business?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1350\" alt=\"explore-twitter-s-evolution-2006-to-present-26da93b8c5\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesdev.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/explore-twitter-s-evolution-2006-to-present-26da93b8c5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>The hashtag has become the flagship symbol for Twitter, and other websites are also incorporating the popular pound sign, too. Facebook most notably has started allowing categories to be tagged via hashtag, and rumor has it other social media websites are considering the same thing. \u00a0As far as Twitter is concerned, their hashtag works. You add a hashtag to a post to include it in the group of other tweets that include the same hashtag so you can reach a wider audience, and on that front, Twitter\u2019s right \u2013 the hashtag is fully functional.<\/p>\n<p>However, does this always happen? If you\u2019re using a unique hashtag or an incredibly popular one, the odds that your tweet will be seen by a \u201cwider audience\u201d are small. Even if someone does happen to see your tweet, the likelihood of them spending more than a few seconds reading it is also small. This goes for both Facebook and Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s say you search for the tag #socialmedia. The search brings up a ton of tweets that only mention social media, and don\u2019t actually have the tag. How about you want to contribute to the Beyonce conversation that\u2019s all the rage right now, so you tag one of your posts with her name? The fact is that the stream of tweets is simply going too fast to really have any chance of your particular tweet surfacing. Of course, your tweet could suddenly have a huge following because your page is popular or the tweet was particular unique. Then, Twitter\u2019s formula for searching for tweets will push your tweet to the top of the search \u2013 but it\u2019s already popular, and you don\u2019t need that boost as much as you might think you do.<\/p>\n<p>While using a hashtag might not be a killer for your small business, you will have to reach your audience in bigger, better ways. Don\u2019t depend on this small symbol to help your tweets in any way. Instead, tweet unique, interesting content. While this may not bring a lot of people to your door, it\u2019ll intrigue the audience you already have, meaning they\u2019ll be more likely to follow you more often in addition to encouraging them to share. This is how a small business will grow popular, so when you do happen to use that occasional #MileyCyrus hashtag, people will already be paying attention, which raises your odds of having a popular tweet seen by a wider audience.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re using the hashtag to gather interesting data (The New York Times used #snowku to gather haikus about snow), then feel free to keep doing what you\u2019re doing. However, the hashtag isn\u2019t as holy as people think it is \u2013 so remember to keep your content a step above the rest to really stand out.<\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/sitesdev.net\/articles\/2013\/09\/25\/are-hashtags-actually-helping-your-small-business\/' rel='nofollow'>Used with permission from Article Aggregator<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hashtag has become the flagship symbol for Twitter, and other websites are also incorporating the popular pound sign, too. Facebook most notably has started allowing categories to be tagged via hashtag, and rumor has it other social media websites are considering the same thing. \u00a0As far as Twitter is concerned, their hashtag works. 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