Hastags to increase followers and a hot video on how Twitter got its name

I noticed an increase in my Twitter followers lately, and it’s mainly from creating hashtags. One way to to get new like-minded followers is by taking advantage of the hashtag to give your tweets more exposure. Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets. They’re like tags on Flickr, only added inline to your post. You create a hashtag simply by prefixing a word with a hash symbol: #hashtag

You can also use a service like Twitscoop to find out what the hot topics are and join in. If people like what you’re saying, chances are they’ll follow you.