44 Essential Twitter Hashtags Every Author Should Know

Posted on January 30, 2013 by selfpubbooks — 2 Comments

Authors need to know more about Twitter than how to get started.

Used correctly, Twitter hashtags are one of the best ways to connect with industry experts, readers, and other authors. Used incorrectly, it’s just another way to waste your precious time.

And you dear author, do not have time to waste.

If you’ve used the social network for any length of time, you’ve seen hashtags floating around at the tail end of the 140 character tweets. Here’s what you need to know to use them well.

Hashtags are used for:

Indexing emotions (#Vague #OhNoHeDidnt)
Identifying a Brand (#Ferrari)
Recommending a Product (#BestRead)
Connecting with like-minded people (#MemoirChat)
Finding Experts (#AskAgent)
Some Twitter hashtags are easy to understand. #WritingTip and #WriteTips are tags that provide, you guessed it, writing tips. Others, like #FF are a little harder to understand. #FF stands for #FollowFriday. On Friday,

Twitter users tag other users for their friends to follow.

Get Industry Information –
#WritingTip
#WriteTip
#GetPublished
#PromoTip
#SelfPublishing
#Publishing
#AskAgent
#AskAuthor
#AskEditor
#EBooks
#IndiePub (or #IndiePublishing)
#BookMarketing
Get Your Creative Juices Flowing
#WritingPrompt
#StoryStarter
#WordAThon
#Creativity
#WIP (work in progress)
#1K1H (write one thousand words in one hour)
Connect With Readers
#FridayReads
#BookGiveaway
#MustRead
#LitChat
#StoryFriday
#MustRead

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