About Us

OurHashtag

About Us

What is a Hashtag?

Hashtags are those terms with a # sign all over Twitter, and flowing through to Facebook for folks updating status using Twitter. In the early days of Twitter, as users were creating new methods for using the microblogging service, people adopted the #keyword standard from IRC (internet relay chat) to connect conversations. Since Twitter is a stream, and by default does not thread conversations, common hashtags are a way to link tweets about the same topic. The most common uses of #hashtags are to categorize current news or pop culture items, link tweets of common topics, and to track conversations at events. People also use #hashtags for emphasis on their tweets to indicate success or failure – #FTW or #FAIL.

Why the name OurHashtag?

As we were naming our company, we wanted a name that had a unique hashtag, an important consideration in the social media world. “What is our hashtag?” we asked. Jeff suggested the novel idea of using “OurHashtag” as both our company name and our hashtag. Each one of our events and gatherings have their own unique hashtag, so we need a place to collect all of our hashtags. This is that place.

The OurHashtag Team

Wayne Sutton (@waynesutton) is an entrepreneur, strategist, and producer with a passion for video blogging and social media. For more than four years, he’s provided counsel to business leaders ranging from founders of small start-ups and representatives of non-profit organizations to CEOs of large and small corporations. For some, understanding the social media landscape is difficult. Wayne enjoys helping industry leaders maneuver through the ever-changing Internet environment. Wayne has seen the web mature to allow video to become a popular medium to share information online. Wayne covers online technology, gadgets, industry news, conferences, product reviews, and the people behind them on his online video channel. Wayne co-hosts Talk Social News, a daily video podcast on social media with Kipp Bodnar.
Website: Wayne-Sutton.com
Blog: SocialWayne.com

Jeffrey L. Cohen (@jeffreylcohen) is a B2B marketing and social media strategist with more than 15 years experience in business to business and business to consumer marketing, on both the client and agency sides. Jeff is also Contributing Editor at SocialMediaB2B.com, the leading B2B industry social media site, which is highly ranked on the Ad Age Power 150. He also produces and co-hosts an online video show with Kipp Bodnar focused on North Carolina Wine. NorthCarolinaWine.TV has provided an opportunity to use video and other social media tools to build out a large digital footprint and create a recognized online brand from scratch.
Website: DigitalPapercuts.com
Blog: SocialMediaB2B.com

Ryan Boyles (@theRab) is a community manager at a large computer corporation with deep roots in NC. He works on a technical evangelism team focused on Web2.0 software development at IBM. His obsession with mobile and declarative living has clearly impacted his ability to blog anything longer than a thought, photo, video or tag. Ryan is one of the founding organizers of Triangle Tweetup and organized the Raleigh Twestival to benefit Charity:Water.
Website: mobthink.com
Blog: secondaryartifacts

Hashtags bring content, community and conversations together. OurHashtag helps organize events to connect people, groups and business.