Social Media Marketing Tip: Twitter @Tags

Learn how you can more effectively connect with people via Twitter.

Would you like to reach more people via Twitter? One thing you can do is to alert top influencers whenever you post a tweet on Twitter by tagging those people. Below, for instance, is one person’s tweet about free speech on campuses with @tags to a number of key influencers:

Here is the video from the Battery today at Chico State. College Republicans across the nation experience treatment just like this on their campuses. It has to stop! @realDonaldTrump @scrowder @benshapiro @FoxNews @BrandonStraka

If, for example, you are a romance novelist, you could @tag famous romance novelists who have a presence on Twitter. Authors like: @PatriciaMcLinn @BethBarany @HelenPollard147 @DebKastner.

Or you are a business author and want to connect with some top business/marketing influencers, you could tag people like: @SethGodinBlog @SMExaminer @BrennerMichael @JordanMcAuley @TerriLonier @MikeMichalowicz

Using Hashtags

Besides @tagging key influencers, of course, you can also use #hashtags to alert people to your topic. Here’s one user doing that for her tweet, using the hashtags of #amwriting #authors #writers.

If you want to use more hashtags related to your writing, books, etc., check out this blog post: The Ultimate Guide to Social Media Hashtags for Book Authors (375 author hashtags).