Social networking giant Facebook is due to enable hashtag support to help members keep track of trending topics.

Hashtags are a great way to start or join an online conversation, made popular by micro blogging site Twitter. Simply adding # infront of a word will automatically link your comments to a thread, enabling you to see what others have to say on the topic.

It can be used to keep up with current events and pop culture, add context to a post, enter competitions and to create a buzz with your marketing campaign.

“The # symbol also carries a lot of meaning around it. It’s basically a message to other twitterers that you’re talking about this topic, and if they want to talk about it with you, they should use this hashtag in all their tweets; otherwise, you may not know that they’ve tweeted about it”.

Hashtags can be a great tool to link your updates together so that customers, colleagues and investors can keep up to date with further developments, events and information in real-time.

It can also be a great way to build up hype surrounding the launch of a product, or other promotional tool such as your corporate videos. Creating a hashtag to add to any posts about an upcoming launch will mean that followers can track updates, keeping tuned for the grand reveal!

Holler can offer help and advice on creating your social media campaign, alongside the production of your next corporate video. Call us to find out more.