As you all know how important twitter is in the world of internet marketing and social sharing. So this post is one for who actually want be at the top of twitter. So as to do that his twitter profile has to be most appealing. So everyone has to keep their profile so simple and neat. So we taught it would be good if we provide some good and bad examples and with some resources and examples of the most popular tweeters.

Designing a Custom Twitter Theme

Most of the designers use the below dimentions to design the twitter profile background.

• 1600 px by 1200 px
• 1898 px by 1593 px
• 2048 px by 1707 px

The dimensions you can choose for your Twitter theme depend on 2 factors:

• the background design you plan creating;
• the most used resolution: 1024×768,1280×800 and 1280×1024.

Most of designers design the twitter background area with their company name, links, email addresses or contact phones there. This is not an easy thing to accomplish, you have to move the elements, save as .jpg, upload as a Twitter background and look for a perfect location for say a company name at the same time making sure the design doesn’t look cluttered. If you’re a fan of the clean style, you can just leave the header area as it is, if you are a guru of the clean style, it’s worth giving it a try.

Good example:

Bad example:

10 Rules to Follow

Now when you can choose the right dimensions and have a draft with the middle area screenshot ready you can start on design itself. Same as a website home page, Twitter theme should speak about the author/services or whatever you are trying to deliver to your audience. These 10 simple rules will help you make your Twitter theme not just a cool background but an effective marketing tool:

1. Design your Twitter theme following the style and colors of your website.
2. Add your photo (if you are a one-company person) for more personal approach (we all like to see who we are working/communicating with).
3. Add your company logo and company name.
4. Give a link to your website.
5. Provide email and contact phone number (in case you check your email often and answer the phone, Twitter is real-time).
6. If you work in California only don’t forget to mention that, it’ll help you to create a more targeted base of followers interested in your services.
7. Give a brief description of the services you provide: this can be a few words or several sentences but make sure they deliver the important information.
8. Spend some time on your design. If you provide design services some percentage of people might judge on your creativity from your Twitter theme.
9. Keep the design clean. Make sure the middle area is not overlapping your information (this is the problem with 80% of themes having the info block on the left), that your company name is not cut and that Twitter users don’t have to scroll down to see some important info.
10. Make Twitter theme a small portfolio of your works. If you are a photographer, designer or painter you can nicely integrate the screenshots of your works into the background and your work will speak for itself.

P.S You may skip some of the points above if you own a well established brand or a popular website and just create something cool to keep your fans even more excited and inspired.

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Using photo as a Custom Twitter background

This is probably the most simple way to create a custom Twitter theme. Just take a cool photo and upload it as a Twitter background. Adding some information will help other twitters to identify who you are and what you do. You still have to keep in mind that the photo size should be at least 1024×800 to cover the background and that the middle area will be covered by tweeting interface. It makes sense to use some abstract rather than portrait photos and blend the edges of the photo into the background to eliminate the harsh edges.

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Using a Tile Pattern for Twitter background

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Get Twitter background for free

Below are the free list of twitter background websites where you can download images for free and can be used as a profile background.

• Social Indentities
• TwitPaper
• Twitrbackgrounds
• Free Twitter Designer
• TwitBacks
• Twitter Images
• TwitBackgroundImages
• FreeTwitterSkins
• TwitterBackgroundBase
• Twitterbackgrounds