Twitter Networking Hashtags
Twitter is a thriving online business community, with networking events / hours and live chats happening all around you, but if you are a business how on earth do you know what / when and where these are taking place?
Business opportunities happen during these hours, online relationships are formed and you have a way of tapping into people you would have NEVER known existed without these hashtag keywords that are fully clickable, opening up a live feed of people all wanting the same thing.
To promote their business and meet new potential people to do business with.
You can insert a hashtag anywhere within the 140 characters of your tweet, infact I am thinking of starting our own one #askabee or something like that in the not too distant future as some kind of online help clinic (I’d be interested to know your thoughts on this matter too, or do you have a better hashtag we could utilize)
If a hashtag is powerful enough, then it can end up trending, and if your lucky enough to be involved in a live chat / networking hour that is trending then think of the potential audience you are in front of.
With that said, and seeing as I am UK based, it made a lot of sense for me to compile a daily list of some of the most popular networking hashtags here.
Everyday
- #UKBizLunch 12PM-1PM GMT (for those people lucky enough to take a lunch break)
- #BizHour – Mon-Fri 2-3PM GMT – a great place for businesses to meet
- #B2BHour – Everyday 3-4PM GMT – general business networking
- #WarksHour – Mon-Fri 1-2PM GMT – daily Warwickshire business promoting
- #WomanInBiz – Mon-Fri 6-7PM GMT – daily networking hour for all the women in business
Monday
- #BizMumFollow Monday 9am-9pm – All day networking for entrepreneurial Mums
- #BiziScots Monday 8-9pm – Networking Hour for anyone who wants to connect with Scottish based people
- #UDoNetwork Monday 8-9pm – Networking hour for UDoNetwork
- #MondayMadness Monday 830-930pm – General UK Businesses
- #TwitterBrothers Monday 9-10pm – Networking for Men on Twitter
- #MumpreneurHour Monday 9-10pm – Networking hour for Mumpreneurs
Tuesday
- #MallowMummies Tuesday 830-930pm – Networking hour supporting Small Businesses
- #SmallBizHour Tuesday 9-10pm – Promoting UK small businesses
- #BNIHour Tuesday 9-10pm – BNI Networking Hour
Wednesday
- #HRHour Wednesday 11am-12noon – HR Networking hour
- #UDoNetwork Wednesday 12-1pm – Networking hour for UDoNetwork
- #FlutterBiz Wednesday 6-7pm – Twitter networking for the UK
- #MenMeanBiz Wednesday 7-8pm – Networking Hour for Men in Business
- #BuyBritishBrands Wednesday 830-930pm – Promoting all things British
- #WedChat Wednesday 830-930pm – Wedding chat and networking
- #WeddingHour Wednesday 9-10pm – Wedding chat for wedding related businesses
Thursday
- #TwitterSisters Thursday 830-930pm – Networking for women led businesses
- #WelshIntroBiz Thursday 830-930pm – Networking hour for Welsh businesses
- #MumpreneurHour Thursday 9-10pm – Networking for entrepreneurial Mums
- #SWChat Thursday 9-10pm – Networking hour re Social Workplace
- #FreegleHour 1st Thursday of everymonth 9-10pm – Networking hour to discuss reuse, recycling & freegling
Friday
- #ConnectFriday Friday 10-11am – Informal networking for green businesses
- #EcoHour Friday 12noon-1pm – Eco Friendly Chat
- #PartyBizHour Friday 1-2pm – Networking hour for the Party and Fancy Dress Industry
- #GBHour Friday 4-5pm – get involved with some Great British Networking every Friday
Saturday
- #SatChat Saturday 8-915am – Networking for Saturday mornings
Example of a Hootsuite feed for #ConnectingEssex - #Speednetworking Saturday 6-7pm – Networking for UK Businesses
Sunday
- #WomaninBiz Sunday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Women in Business
There are also regional networking hour hashtags as follows
Monday
- #SouthWestHour Monday 2-3pm – Networking hour for South West of England
- #CumbriaHour Monday 7-8pm – Networking hour for the Lake District
- #BrandYorkshire Monday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Yorkshire
- #BiziScots Monday 8-9pm – Networking hour to meet great Scottish businesses
- #CheshireHour Monday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Cheshire
- #ConnectingEssex Monday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Essex
- #HarrogateHour Monday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Harrogate
- #LincsHour Monday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Lincolnshire
- #NorthEastHour Monday 8-9pm – Networking hour for the North East
Tuesday
- #NorthEastHour Tuesday 2-3pm- Networking hour for the North East
- #AvYourSay Tuesday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Amber Valley in Derbyshire
- #CalderdaleHour Tuesday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Calderdale
- #ChesterHour Tuesday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Chester
- #DiscoverRipon Tuesday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Ripon
- #DoncasterHour Tuesday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Doncaster
- #HampshireHour Tuesday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Hampshire
- #KingsLynnHour Tuesday 8-9pm – Networking hour for KingsLynn
- #MerseyBiz Tuesday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Merseyside
- #SheffieldHour Tuesday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Sheffield
- #WestMidsHour Tuesday 8-9pm – Networking hour for the West Midlands
- #WetherbyHour Tuesday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Wetherby
- #WyreFyldeHour Tuesday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Wyre & Flyde
- #WiltshireHour Tuesday 830-930pm – Networking hour for Wiltshire
- #KentHour Tuesday 830-930pm – Networking hour for Kent
- #SouthEastHour Tuesday 830-930pm – Networking hour for businesses in the South East
- #BathHour Tuesday 9-10pm – Networking hour for Bath
- #BrizzleHour Tuesday 9-10pm – Networking hour for Bristol
Wednesday
- #EssexHour Wednesday 2-3pm – Networking hour for Essex
- #DGHour Wednesday 7-8pm – Networking for Dumfries & Galloway
- #StirlingHour Wednesday 7-8pm – Networking hour for Stirling
- #AndoverHour Wednesday 730-830pm – Networking hour for Andover
- #CambsHour Wednesday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Cambridgeshire
- #CardiffHour Wednesday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Cardiff
- #CornwallHour Wednesday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Cornwall
- #DevonHour Wednesday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Devon
- #EastMidlandsHour Wednesday 8-9pm – Networking hour for East Midlands
- #MidlandsHour Wednesday 8-9pm – Networking hour for the Midlands
- #NorthWestHour Wednesday 8- 9pm – Networking for the North West of England
- #OxHour Wednesdays 8-9pm – Networking hour for Oxfordshire
- #SalisburyHour Wednesday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Salisbury
- #StaffordshireHour Wednesday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Staffordshire
- #WolverhamptonHour Wednesday 8-9pm – Networking for Wolverhampton
- #YorkBizHour Wednesday 8-9pm – Networking hour for York
- #YorkshireHour Wednesdays 8-9pm – Networking hour for Yorkshire
- #OxfordshireHour Wednesday 830-930pm – Networking for Oxfordshire
- #ShropshireHour Wednesday 830-930pm – Networking hour for Shropshire
- #ScotlandHour Wednesday 9-10pm – Networking hour for Scotland
- #StirlingHour Wednesday 9-10pm – Networking hour for Stirling
- #IrishBizParty Wednesday 9-11pm – Networking party for Irish businesses
Thursday
- #TeesTime Thursday 2-3pm – Networking for Teeside
- #BlackpoolHour Thursday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Blackpool
- #BradfordHour Thursday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Bradford
- #DerbyshireHour Thursday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Derbyshire
- #EastAngliaHour Thursday 8-9pm – Networking hour for East Anglia
- #HuddersfieldHour Thursday 8-9pm – Networking for Huddersfield
- #HullHour Thursday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Hull
- #KirkleesHour Thursday 8-9pm – Networking for Kirklees
- #LancashireHour Thursday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Lancashire
- #LeedsHour Thursday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Leeds
- #LiverpoolHour Thursday 8-9pm – Networking for Liverpool
- #ManchesterHour Thursday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Manchester
- #NorthantsHour Thursday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Northamptonshire
- #NorthwichHour Thursday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Northwich
- #NottsNatter Thursday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Nottingham
- #NWalesHour Thursday 8-9pm – Networking hour for North Wales
- #SomersetHour Thursday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Somerset
- #SouthWestHour Thursday8-9pm – Networking hour for the South West of England
- #WakefieldHour Thursday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Wakefield
- #WarringtonHour Thursday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Warrington
- #WirralHour Thursday 8-9pm – Networking hour for the Wirral
- #YorkHour Thursday 8-9pm – Networking hour for York
- #SussexHour Thursday 830-930pm – Networking hour for Sussex
Friday
- #ClevelandHour Friday 10-11am – Networking hour for Cleveland
- #YorkBizHour Friday 11am-12noon – Networking hour for York
- #NorthWestHour Fridays 9-10pm – Networking for the North West of England
Saturday
- #BrandYorkshire Saturday 8-9pm – Networking hour for Yorkshire
Sunday
- #WalesHour Sunday 8-9pm – Networking for Wales
- #England Hour Sunday 9pm-10pm – Networking for businesses in England
Competition Hashtags
- #FPSBS Everyday – all day – #FPSBS is run by @TeamFreddiePig – use the #FPSBS on your tweets and Freddie Pig and his followers will retweet your tweets – you are also entered into a competition to be the ‘Showcase of the Day’ and if you win will be featured on Freddie’s homepage www.fpsbs.co.uk.
- #PurpleBiz Everyday – all day – PurpleBiz is run by @PurpleDogNet – everyday of the week #PurpleBiz is awarded to a UK Business by @PurpleDogNet – The #PurpleBiz competition is won by tweeters retweeting the #PurpleBiz tweets.
- #SBS Sundays 5pm-730pm – Small Business Sunday competition run by @TheoPaphitis – send Theo a tweet about your small business on a Sunday between 5-730pm using #SBS. Theo will then pick his favorite 6 and will retweet their tweets to his followers as well as place them onto his website www.theopaphitis.com.
- #MOM Mondays 1-3pm – Men on Monday competition run by @Jacqueline_Gold – Jacqueline invites business men to send her a tweet about their small business on a Monday between 1-3pm using #MOM. Jacqueline will then pick her favorite 3 and will retweet their tweets to her followers.
- #WOW Wednesdays 1-3pm – Women on Wednesday competition run by @Jacqueline_Gold – Jacqueline invites business women to send her a tweet about their small business on a Wednesday between 1-3pm using #WOW. Jacqueline will then pick her favorite 3 and will retweet their tweets to her followers.
Other useful Hashtags
- #Bizitalk The #Bizitalk was started by @Bizitalk and is used by small businesses as a way to connect, engage and network. By simply adding #Bizitalk to your tweets you can find other small businesses to follow and engage with as well as receive retweets from fellow Bizitalkers and @Bizitalk/@Bizitweet.
- #FF or #FollowFriday Fridays – All day – #FF or #FollowFriday is used on a Friday for users to recommend other users for their followers to follow – some people send tweets starting with #FF and then a list of usernames for people to follow – other people will start their tweets with #FF and then a user’s name and then a reason why you should follow them ie “#FF @bizzebee1 – a reliable source for boosting your business online”.
There is an AWFUL lot to take in on this post, and I hope you can see a lot of opportunity to find new contacts and leads. For anyone embarking on a Twitter sales / marketing campaign I would highly recommend / suggest you bookmark this post (heck bookmark and add to Feedly our whole site) as I guarantee this will be an awesome tool in your online business arsenal!
To your Twitter success!
Clair 🙂 otherwise known as Queen Bee!
9 thoughts on “Twitter Networking Hashtags”
Wow my god! I had no idea this post was going to be such a huge resource of excellent #tag networks. I kind of expected a few and a post about what they are and what they do but this is epic Clair.
This needs sharing and people need to bookmark this post. Excellent work 🙂
Why thank you very much Andi …. That’s the thing about us Bee’s we just keep on giving 🙂
Hi Clair,
Think I had only heard of a couple of these before, so the fact that you have put so many together is amazing!
Hi Matt, Yes there are a few out there that will really wet your appetite … i was amazed when i came across so many, a useful tool for many no doubt!
Hi Clair, A great article, hashtags are really fantastic networking tools. i have edited this post three times as I couldn’t find the hashtags I promote. C ould you alphabetise it please?
Carole
Hi Carole, I will endeavour to put this together for you in alphabetical order, and will make sure this is added into our free downloads section of the website.
Thanks Clair
Hi clair could you possibly add #DudleyHour 6-7PM every Wednesday. We help to connect people and promote their business in and around Dudley (West Midlands)
Thankyou for including #SmallBizHour
We are going strong and discuss a different topic every week. A podcast is in the works. Great list you have here!