UPDATED: Design Background for NEW Twitter Dimensions
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Twitter Background Musts
Your Twitter background is the core of your Profile’s marketing efforts. If using your account for business (vs. personal) use, a template background is just not enough. Specifically, you must have a custom background that integrates these 4 features:
- Company name
- Description of business
– can be in sentence form, an ad slogan, or as a keyword-style list of terms - Branding elements
– ie. logo, product image, photo of store location
– be consistent with the colors/theme of your website and other promo materials - Contact information
– business address, URL, blog, email address, Facebook or LinkedIn profile URL
Note: Place the above elements to the left of your Profile page. The right side must be limited to non-essential graphic elements, as this space is invisible at some screen resolutions.
An Example:
Creating a Custom Twitter Background in Powerpoint (PC or Mac)
It’s easy! No graphic design program is needed to create a professional-looking background. Here is a Twitter design-strategy article with downloadable template catered to Powerpoint. This link also guides through the process of properly Saving and Uploading your custom design. Right after you Upload, it may take a few page refreshes for your background to visibly update.
Here are Twitter background galleries to spark creativity:
Let us know if you have any questions or need assistance Creating or Uploading your Twitter background. We have been very pleased with results achieved through Powerpoint.