A hashtag is literally a pound sign. When someone organizes a Twitter Party or chat they send out an “official hashtag” which consists of a pound sign followed by a word or words. By using the pound sign you are able to tie similar tweets together so you can follow along during a chat or pull all the tweets up later. Here are some examples of popular generic hashtags: #networking #marketing #bieber #graysanatomy If you are hosting a party or holding a webinar and having people respond by twitter you should set up a more specific tag so you can pull up the tweets related to that particular event.
In the following video I explain how to save a search in Twitter.com, Tweetdeck, and Hootsuite.
Hi ya’ll! I’m new around here in these parts, so I thought I’d take a minute or two to tell you about myself.
My guest this week is Megan Calhoun, founder of 
In my last post about Twitter, I mentioned some Twitter tools that would help you get the most out of using Twitter to promote your blog. There are a lot of different Twitter-related websites and services and the list grows longer every day. I even received an invitation to Twitters Anonymous this morning. I sure hope someone wasn’t trying to tell me something!
First, let’s back up a little just in case you haven’t heard of Twitter. Twitter is one of the many (and I mean MANY) social networking or social media services. Think of it as instant messaging with hundreds of people at once. Better yet, since you can only send messages that are 140 characters or less, its more like texting with hundreds of people. The basic concept of Twitter can be seen in the little box where you enter your text. Twitter asks “What are you doing?”
