# This little pound sign is no longer just used to confirm a number when dealing with an automated voice message. It is used on social media to connect people with similar interests.

The hashtag has become synonymous with social media sites; especially Twitter that started it all. Whenever you use a hashtag to post a picture of text, you allow way more people to view your comment than just your followers and friends.

Let's say you create a post about selling products on eBay, and you add a hashtag or # to the word eBay. This now allows anyone searching for the word eBay to view your post!

Check out this tweet I just posted and how it appears for everyone to see under the hashtag #ebay.

Using a hashtag in your posts is very useful and can help your website and Twitter profile gain a ton of exposure to people in your niche for free.

Just make sure not to go hashtag crazy because it can turn some people off. Try to make your hashtags make sense and include them into your post.

Well I hope you found this Twitter training useful. I know a lot of people downplay Twitter, but I receive a lot of traffic from Twitter. And if it's free to use, you might as well take advantage of it. However if you would like more exposure, you can use Twitter Ads... but that's a whole other training for another day!

Best of luck guys and I wish you success!

Diana