How To Use the Twitter Hot Topic Application

Have you ever wanted to know what the newest hot topic was on Twitter?

Or maybe you’d like to know what Twitter topic was the most popular.

Well you can. All you have to do is go to http://hashtags.org/

Now if you would like to start your own Twitter hot topic it’s easy.

How To Create Your Own Twitter Hot Topic

The hot topic application on Twitter is done through the use of hashtags. and you make hashtags right in your own Twitter input messages.

All you have to do is put a number sign (#) in front of your keyword when you write your Twitter message. (Like this – “You can’t post base your life on other people’s expectations.” ~ Stevie Wonder #quote.)

Twitter hashtags can provide useful context and cues for recall. In addition you can track the number of Twitter messages using them.

However you should use hashtags to flag your Twitter hot topics sparingly because using an excessive number of them can cause annoyance, confusion or frustration. These things could cause people to stop following you. So it’s best to use hashtags only when they’re going to add value, rather than on every word in an update.

Now there are no hard and fast rules for using hashtags. Just remember, Twitter was started to answer the simple question: “What are you doing?” Therefore remember to answer that question in your messages and then use 1 – 3 appropriate hashtags rather than writing messages around the tags you think apply to what you’re doing.

To Your Success,
Susan

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