Are you still using the default Twitter background? Have you forgotten to maintain a consistent corporate image and branding throughout your site, email and twitter pages? Here are some tips for changing your Twitter background for free, for peanuts or for less than $100.
I was admiring Sugarrae’s Twitter page the other day – it’s a lot like her website. I then toddled off and read a few articles about consistent design elements and branding power.
- Don’t make the mistake of wasting the background space on your Twitter page.
- Add personality, information, impressions, content and style with a few clicks.
With thousands of businesses now on Twitter, it’s important to set yourself apart from the crowd. Users want that confidence that they’re viewing an ‘official’ profile. Without branding in your background, users see a generic page and leave. 
TwitterBackgrounds.com
Apparently if you leave the default Twitter background – it’s like leaving Kubrick on as the default WordPress theme and you look – well, simple!
Twitter Backgrounds is a site dedicated to helping you mod your Twitter with free templates, a $9.99 personalised option that lets you use your own photos, up to a fully customized version for $99.
Twitter Backgrounds also has some nifty Twitter background reviews and articles including:
- 10 Spectacular Summer Backgrounds for Twitter
- 15 Awesome Dark Twitter Backgrounds
- 15 Unique Tiled Twitter Backgrounds
- 12 Simple Zodiac Backgrounds for Twitter
- SPLAT! 13 Twitter Backgrounds With Splatter-Paint
- 15 Stunning Nature Twitter Backgrounds
- 10 Eye-Catching Blue Twitter Backgrounds
Tranquility HQ on Twitter Gets a New Background
So, here are some before and after shots – took me a total of 30 seconds to give my Twitter site some personality.
Step 1: Chose a background of choice to replace my boring default. Yes I was neglectful and not really getting into Tweeting at the moment. I am planning to get more involved shortly.
Step 2: Selected a theme – I chose Pyramids. Enteredn my username and password and selected moptions to Tweet y change, follow Twitter backgroundsand get Twitter updates [default options].
Step 3: All done. Went and refreshed my page and voila! Beautiful. If I didn’t like it I would have just washed and repeated steps 1 to 3 until I found something I liked.
Your Turn
Off you go! Give your Twitter site some personality one way or another.
- Check out Twitter Backgrounds.
- And if you don’t have a Twitter account then you might want to do some research and reserve your name now.
- Read the article about Shatterboxx : A Review Of Why You Should Follow Your Passion Online and see what a big difference a little Tweet can do.
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Using a custom twitter background will definitely enhance your brand.
I would suggest twitter users change their default twitter background to custom designs.
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