Twitter How To – Get Your Own Custom Twitter Background
Your Twitter background is so important for creating a great first impression. After all your not just an anonymous user are you?
In todays post we will take a look at how to get a custom Twitter background so you have no excuses for that boring blue background any longer!
Showcase your Twitter friends
Twilk.com offers completely free custom Twitter backgrounds made up of thumbnail images of your Twitter friends. So simple to use, yet totaly cool!
OK, not so great for business branding but a Twilk background will help your personal Twitter profile stand out from the crowd and the images are are actually an interesting insight into you and your Twitter friends.
The free service offered by Twilk will include a “background powered by Twilk.com” tile, you can get the Twilk branding removed for the small sum of $5.
D.I.Y
Up untill I recently discovered FreeTwitterDesigner.com I would have advised staying away from creating your own Twitter background unless you are a skilled designer. But, FreeTwitterDesigner changes everything!
To keep things as simple as possible log in securely with Twitter OAuth. Next you choose a theme or run with a blank canvas. On the next screen you get to be creative with a real easy to use image editer for dummies (hey, even I can use it!).
Add images, text (various cool fonts available) and shapes. The editer includes filter and resolution options to play with, and even allows you to set up the colours of your Twitter text, borders, sidebar and links to compliment the rest of your custom design.
Then size and position till you get a custom background to be proud of.
Let a pro do all the work.
If your wanting to get a pro on the job then I have another option up my sleeve for you.
Head over to Twitter-Designs.com for a great offer from @brendanwenzel to make up your custom Twitter background to your specification.
The process is simple:
- Send your ideas, information and pictures
- Your first draft is created and you can see what it will look like
- Then Twitter-Designs will work with you and tweak your new Twitter design until you are 100% without a doubt satisfied with the design
- You get the design, put it on your profile and show off your personality and brand through your Twitter page
Simples!
If you know of any other custom Twitter background options let us all know in the comments below and check back soon for a couple of awesome ideas for Twitter backgrounds.
Thanks. i’m new to twitter and i don’t know how to have a background.. this is helpful
Hello,
In following sentence, “anonymous” is misspelled:
“Your Twitter background is so important for creating a great first impression. After all your not just an anonomous user are you?”
and it’s an opening sentence, kind of.
Thanks dude. Consider it corrected.