Earlier you had to reach out to customers; you have to do the same today as well but now you also have the option and benefit to let your potential customers find you. How? One word! ‘Hashtag.’
Hashtags have made it much easier to search and follow specific topics that concern us. It is the most popular and the best way to spread your word/art/business/whatever you want to all over social media. Targeting the right audience is much easier with hashtags.
To help you take your business to the next level, you must enter the Hashtag marketing zone. However, before you get started and to make the maximum impact, make sure you get these basics right and play by the book.
:- Always do a thorough research on the hashtag you are thinking of using to make sure it’s associated with and relevant to your services.
:- Try to incorporate trending hashtags to all your social media posts in order to reach larger audience.
:- The shorter the hashtag, the easier it is to spell and remember.
:- Associate a limited number of distinct hashtags to your business in order to avoid confusion.
Tips on how to use hashtags to promote your brand on social media:
Since its inception in 2007, hashtags have taken over the social media and have become a powerful source of marketing. However, hashtag spamming has also become quite common, which is quite frustrating. Here are a few tips and tricks to use hashtags the right way and get the right exposure.
The Brand’s Hashtag
Hashtags have the potential to make your content viral. Create your brand’s own unique hashtag using either your brand name or your tagline, and use it in each post you create for social media. This way your old and potential clients will be able to find you easily.
Campaign and Event Hashtag
Create hashtags for your company’s campaigns and events, and encourage your audience to use them with specific content to promote the cause your company is supporting. You can also start a challenge and invite people to start using your hashtag. It serves two purposes; you get exposed to larger audience and your clients get an insight of the values your stand for.
Avoid Hashtag Spamming
Have you ever seen a post with endless hashtags? It’s frustrating and plain annoying! Thus, refrain from using too many hashtags instead do a tad bit of research and use only thoughtful hashtags that are relevant to your services in that particular post.
Mark your presence on every platform
Don’t limit your hashtag usage to just Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. The more your hashtag gets visible to the public, the more followers you will get. Therefore, use it on other platforms as well; Tumblr, Pinterest, Google+, Vine, business cards, T-shirts, posters etc.
Build your audience by introducing your recent clients
People are more likely to notice a post if their friends or acquaintances are tagged in it. Whenever you post about your services, make sure you tag your recent clients you helped with the same along with a trending hashtag. This way your services will get advertised to a much larger audience.
What are you waiting for? Go log in and hashtag the shit out of social media, but the right way!
Hashtags have made it much easier to search and follow specific topics that concern us. It is the most popular and the best way to spread your word/art/business/whatever you want to all over social media. Targeting the right audience is much easier with hashtags.
To help you take your business to the next level, you must enter the Hashtag marketing zone. However, before you get started and to make the maximum impact, make sure you get these basics right and play by the book.
:- Always do a thorough research on the hashtag you are thinking of using to make sure it’s associated with and relevant to your services.
:- Try to incorporate trending hashtags to all your social media posts in order to reach larger audience.
:- The shorter the hashtag, the easier it is to spell and remember.
:- Associate a limited number of distinct hashtags to your business in order to avoid confusion.
Tips on how to use hashtags to promote your brand on social media:
Since its inception in 2007, hashtags have taken over the social media and have become a powerful source of marketing. However, hashtag spamming has also become quite common, which is quite frustrating. Here are a few tips and tricks to use hashtags the right way and get the right exposure.
The Brand’s Hashtag
Hashtags have the potential to make your content viral. Create your brand’s own unique hashtag using either your brand name or your tagline, and use it in each post you create for social media. This way your old and potential clients will be able to find you easily.
Campaign and Event Hashtag
Create hashtags for your company’s campaigns and events, and encourage your audience to use them with specific content to promote the cause your company is supporting. You can also start a challenge and invite people to start using your hashtag. It serves two purposes; you get exposed to larger audience and your clients get an insight of the values your stand for.
Avoid Hashtag Spamming
Have you ever seen a post with endless hashtags? It’s frustrating and plain annoying! Thus, refrain from using too many hashtags instead do a tad bit of research and use only thoughtful hashtags that are relevant to your services in that particular post.
Mark your presence on every platform
Don’t limit your hashtag usage to just Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. The more your hashtag gets visible to the public, the more followers you will get. Therefore, use it on other platforms as well; Tumblr, Pinterest, Google+, Vine, business cards, T-shirts, posters etc.
Build your audience by introducing your recent clients
People are more likely to notice a post if their friends or acquaintances are tagged in it. Whenever you post about your services, make sure you tag your recent clients you helped with the same along with a trending hashtag. This way your services will get advertised to a much larger audience.
What are you waiting for? Go log in and hashtag the shit out of social media, but the right way!
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