There are many ways to promote your news story via social media, Twitter is one of those outlets that allows you to have your story told in a fast, easily accessable manner.
Hash tags: If your story is concerning a popular subject that people are following, adding the hash tag for the issue will allow those followers to see your story.
Hash Tags are a great way to link up with followers who are looking to read about the subject you are writing about.
Picutres- Tumblr, Instagram, exc are all linked to Twitter which are all ways to share your story with a picture attatched to gain attention. If someone sees your picture and are intrigued, they will most likely click on the link to your story and continue reading.
Running for Brews is a charity organization out of Tampa that always posts links to their stories and events through pictures. It's a catchy way of getting people to look further into their cause, since pictures are more enjoyable that just words.
Links: Adding links to your personal blog, website, or stories allows followers to not only read what you have to say, but gives them a site that is compiled of your works. So not just the story they first chose to read is seen, but they have the ability to look around and explore what else you have written. Once you draw them in with the link, you have them looking into more of your works.
Twitter is a very fast and very easy way to get your stories seen and read. By using these 3 simple methods, your story will get tossed around more frequently.
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