Create a Twitter Background Image

Since the visual impact of your Twitter background is the strongest tool you have available, customizing it carefully can give your followers all the information about you that want to give them.

You can make your own image on your computer and upload it under Settings – Design – Change Background Image. The first 200-250 pixels width on the left hand side is a great place to put additional profile information and list websites.

For a quick solution, you can create just the sidebar (250×700) as your background image with “no tile” selected. Then, modify the rest of the Twitter color scheme to complement it. You can use the first 200 pixels from the top for your picture or “header” for a possible logo and tagline.

The rest of the 400-500 vertical pixels should be used to tell others what you’re about and most importantly, what you’re looking for. Are you using Twitter to get business? To gather ideas for a project? To get feedback from customers? This is the best place to reflect your interests and other facets of your professional life if necessary, so that others can see it immediately.

Alternatively, you can use it to tell people how best to contact you with your email address, website, Facebook page, etc.

Remember though, the background is only a graphic…you can’t add clickable links to it so make your contact addresses easy to read so followers can copy them.

Still not sure about the dimensions? You can use Browser Shots to see what it will look like on different screen sizes and browsers.

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