Did you know you can connect with like minded, crafty people through twitter networking hours?

So how do they work?

They are a great way to get connect with individuals and businesses, to grow your follower base and increase your overall business exposure.

By using the # (hashtag symbol) infront of a word or phrase without spaces within twitter (it also works on facebook too) you make that word or phrase searchable. You can either click on it or enter it into the search box and it will bring up all the tweets recently done by people who have also used that specific hashtag.

A networking hour makes use of this feature to enable people to connect with each other during on an agreed day between specific hour period.

At the allocated time (see the example list further down in this post), you perform a search for the appropriate #hashtag. You are then able to interact with the other people taking part by tweeting, retweeting, replying etc – just make sure you always include the hashtag word /phrase in your tweet.

You can refine the results to suit your own needs – e.g if you wanted to find networking results local to your area, just click to the left of ‘Near You’ and twitter will scale down the result according.

Here is a list of few networking hours to get you started. As we are based in Cheshire, a number (but not all!) of these relate to networking hours particularly relevant for people based in the North West of England.

You can click on any of the # links below to open up the search results for that networking hour phrase.

Daily (Mon-Fri)

  • 2-3.00pm: Follow @BizHour and use #BizHour
  • 3-4.00pm: Follow @B2BHour and use #B2BHour

Mondays

Tuesdays

Wednesdays

For Crafts / Handmade Goods

For the Wedding Industry

Thursdays

Fridays

Saturdays

Sundays

Happy networking!