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Let’s Reinvent the #Hashtag

It’s happened to all of us. You pull up Twitter on your phone and are crushed by an avalanche of irrelevant tweets from people who are live tweeting a conference or a TV show you have no interest in. Twitter knows this is a problem – that’s why it’s testing a “mute” button where you […]

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Hijacking #Hashtags…for Good?

Hashtag hijacking has spoiled multi-million dollar campaigns and created PR nightmares for marketers worldwide. But recently, nonprofits and causes have begun to take a cue from the hashjackers and use the guerrilla marketing tactic as a vehicle for social good. The Oklahoma Red Cross took advantage of the SyFy channel’s live tweet promotion of the […]