#blessed #besties #selfie #nofilter #sun #fun #bae…

Remember a time when a picture was worth a thousand words and didn’t come with a series of inane hashtags attached? Well, despite their ability to make us cringe (and defriend people on Facebook) the power of the hashtag should not be underestimated. This is especially true when it comes to small business owners who want to connect to users across multiple platforms at a rate of knots.

Of course there are a certain set of rules one should follow in order to avoid alienating users, and the infographic below lays bare how best to ensure you don’t fall foul of these.

OK, you got all of that? Did you see the bit in there about hashtagging a picture of your lunch, your workout routine and the sunset?

Funny, neither did I.

[source:huffpost]