There’s a surprising amount of tricks to get a hashtag trending on Twitter! The following are tips that we have collected to help:
- Don’t use the hashtag before the event
- Twitter favors a fast rise of a topic
- Use a new hashtag every event
- Include only one hashtag in your tweet (the one for the event)
- Using older hashtags can result in Twitter pushing down the topic
- Schedule some tweets ahead of time (How to Schedule Tweets)
- Retweets and new tweets are better than QRTs, but the key is a lot of tweets!
- Gifs, pictures, memes help trend faster
- Set your location country and your account to public
- Keep your tweets short but include a message
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