If you use Twitter, you’ve probably seen this, #FF, or this, #FollowFriday or even these –  #ff, #followfriday. If you are new to blogging, you might be wondering what it is all about…

#FollowFriday is a Twitter meme, useful for networking, wherein you suggest or promote Twitter users that you like and think others may like to follow. After all, it is nice to promote what you already enjoy. Also, it is like a little shout-out to the peeps whose tweets you follow.

It is important to include the hashtag (the number or pound symbol that looks like this: #) and the Twitter IDs of the people you want to suggest for #FollowFriday in order for it to work properly.  The hashtag allows people searching for #FollowFriday suggestions to see your tweet when they search #FollowFriday or #FF.  #FF is becoming more and more commonly used as it takes up less of your precious 140 characters, but I still see plenty of people using #FollowFriday as well, and either one works.

You must also include the @ symbol before the Twitter ID of each user you are suggesting for #FollowFriday so that the Twitter user’s name becomes a hyperlink to their Twitter page, which will allow your followers to easily find and follow the user(s) you are suggesting.

Usually, when people participate in #FollowFriday, they list several Twitter ID suggestions.

Here is an example of how a #FollowFriday tweet might look:

“#followfriday @BetterYourBlog @GiftDetective”

This post may not have been helpful to those of you who already know the ins and outs of Tweeting, but I hope to make Better Your Blog helpful to all levels of bloggers and would love it if you would take this brief poll for me! (only four questions!) Please use the scroll bar within the post to answer all four of the questions and be sure to click “Submit” when you are done!

Happy blogging!