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SME + Activities Trending Tips for SME’s start.run.grow.succeed Conquering the small business hashtag: Twitter tips for SMEs Start- up SPOTLIGHT Andela Andela is carving a On the surface, Twitter appears to be an unbeatable opportunity to niche for itself in the establish the brand identity of SMEs worldwide. With an average of 100 million daily Twitter users and 500 million ‘tweets’ sent each educational sector with its working day globally, the potential to be noticed is enormous. Prior to the vision of paying social media phenomenon, reaching a large audience would have developers to learn, required an advertising budget of tens of thousands of pounds through TV, radio and press ads. Thanks to Twitter and other rather than the networks, it is now possible to reach more prospects than you ever other way around. dreamed possible. Yet Twitter is still underused by SMEs, mainly The startup is because business owners have little idea how to use the social looking to train network to their advantage. Fortunately, learning the right tips and 100,000 budding tricks is not a difficult process as we demonstrate below. developers to world 1. Target audience engagement- Once you have a Twitter class status, in the account, the worst thing you can do is remain inactive. space of 10 years. 2. Don’t promote…personalise!- develop a personality 3. Develop a winning strategy- Your content strategy is an https://andela.com/ integral part of your online identity; the tweets you send will color peoples’ perceptions of your company so take your time over this. 4. Embrace the power of the #Hashtag- Twitter users place hashtags (#) in front of words in order to make it easier to find. New Business: Pocket Squares for Men Pocket Squares can add functionality to any suit, blazer or jacket. Fo