Skool Girl Online Top 5: Social Media Hashtags For Networking

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Social media has become more than posting about what you had for breakfast or showing off the dress you wore out to your best friends birthday meal over the weekend, its become a MASSIVE networking tool for people in business.

While face-face networking is still important and effective for creating rapport with people, if you’re like me where sometimes you’ve been too busy to make it out to events, social media is a great way to continue building contacts for your business and projects.

Here are five hashtag’s you can start with…

1. #TargetsNoticeBoard

Useful for: Music networking
Platform: Twitter

#TargetsNoticeBoard was created by BBC 1 Xtra Presenter DJ Target to connect producers, musicians, singers, songwriters and MC’s through Twitter.

Here’s how you use it:

1. Say who you are and what you do.

2. Say who you want to collaborate with.

3. Put a stream link to your music so other artists can hear what you sound like without any long download links.

Every week, Target plays some of the best music on the NoticeBoard on the radio. So far, BBC 1 Xtra have had several full length collaborations as a result of the hashtag. It’s not just up-and-coming artists who check out the hashtag either, everyone from Radio 1’s Skream and Toddla T to MCs like Benny Banks, Wiley and Wretch 32 check it out too.

2. #HelpAQueenOut

Useful for: Business networking with women for inspiration and empowerment

Platform: Twitter

#HelpAQueenOut was created by Birmingham Author and Blogger Annika Spalding and is an online networking hour for women. It takes place weekly every Sunday from 11am – 12pm on Twitter developing sisterhood and empowerment through various topic of discussion to make a positive impact. Anyone can join in and its definitely a motivational way to start your week ahead!

3. #fbloggers

Useful for: Fashion networking

Platforms: Twitter and Instagram

#fbloggers or #fblogger is a common hashtag used by fashion bloggers, vloggers, brands and mostly anyone associated with the fashion world. Its a great way to get your style content and posts retweeted, liked, commented on and shared which in some cases has lead to exposure and opportunities like brand collaborations for bloggers. Simply post your fashion content whether it be a blog post, photo or video followed by the hashtag. There are various accounts you can follow for more opportunities including @femalebloggerRT – the original blogger RT community for hashtags: #bloggers #lbloggers #fbloggers #bbloggers founded by Kali @KALIWOOD02 . Also you can join in with @fbloggerschat every Monday and Thursday from 8-9pm on Twitter run by Birmingham style blogger @unwrittenchloee .

4. #bbloggers

Useful for: Beauty lifestyle networking

Platforms: Twitter and Instagram

Similarly to #fbloggers, #bbloggers or #bblogger is a common hashtag used by beauty bloggers, writers, vloggers, brands and mostly anyone associated with the beauty world. Its a great way to get your beauty content and posts like product reviews and promotions, beauty regimes, routines, tips and recommendations, hacks etc retweeted, liked, commented on and shared which again can lead to exposure and opportunities to collaborate with big brands. Simply post your content followed by #bbloggers , affiliated accounts on Twitter include @bbloggerschat , @femalebloggerRT and @BBlogRT ‏

5. #bloggersoc

Useful for: Bloggers and Journalists of colour networking

Platforms: Twitter and Instagram

#bloggersoc was created by CNN Africa Social Media Producer, Phoebe Parke and is dedicated in bringing together an online community of bloggers and journalists of colour. Its another way to find great content that is not necessarily promoted commercially or in the mass media and gives a chance for diverse voices to heard. Simply post your content followed by the hashtag and the community actually reads as well as retweets and share’s your content. You can find them on Twitter and Instagram @bloggersoc ‏.

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