Give your Twitter page some serious style!
I have been so immersed in the land of social media over the last two weeks, that my husband and various co-workers are telling me to put down the mouse and step away from the tweeting. I just can't do that... everyday I learn something new about social media. I am embracing it with open arms!
Today I put together a little show on how I built my background for my Twitter page. Everyone should be doing this! Its a great way to set yourself apart from all the tweeters out there and maybe get a few more followers.
The first thing I did was start a new file about 26"x13" @ 72 dpi. Using a template made for Twitter backgrounds (I added a download for the template below, your welcome). You can pick the screen resolution you use and create the background so it flows well with your browser. Lots of people use lots of different screen resolutions and remember that your twitter stream will cover part of your background, but it also moves depending on the size of your browser window. Play with Twitter for a while and you'll get what I'm talking about...
You will want to bulid your background UNDER the template and make sure you turn it off before saving fo the web! You really don't want your template as part of your design... that's no bueno.
I added different elements to make my Twitter background reflect who I am and what I like to do... ART!
Try to add shadows to elements, for me, it is all about looking real. I made it in Photoshop, but I want it to look like I could have taken a photo of my workspace and uploaded it to Twitter. Badda Bing Badda Bang!
Now once you have your background all jazzed up and ready to go you will want to save for web. The trick here is to optimize to file size. You want your saved .jpg to be no larger than 800k. Save with extension turned on and get ready to upload.
Once you are logged on to Twitter go to Settings, then click the Design tab (the last one). At the bottom you will see Change background image, click this. Click Browse and locate your background. Sometimes it previews for you.. sometimes it won't.. click save changes and BAM your beautiful new background is now live and glorious!
Adding a background is a great way to add more information about you and what you do... You can use it for promotional materials, corporate branding or just for fun! Leveraging social media networks is an important part digital asset optimization.
Once your background is live start following @TwitterBGallery. They hold monthly contest on the baddest and raddest backgrounds on Twitter... and let me know too... I'd love to see what you gurus of greatness come up with for Twitter!
The possibilities are endless... now get tweeting and don't forget to stop and say HI @premediaarts
Download your Twitter Template here!
I have been so immersed in the land of social media over the last two weeks, that my husband and various co-workers are telling me to put down the mouse and step away from the tweeting. I just can't do that... everyday I learn something new about social media. I am embracing it with open arms!
Today I put together a little show on how I built my background for my Twitter page. Everyone should be doing this! Its a great way to set yourself apart from all the tweeters out there and maybe get a few more followers.
The first thing I did was start a new file about 26"x13" @ 72 dpi. Using a template made for Twitter backgrounds (I added a download for the template below, your welcome). You can pick the screen resolution you use and create the background so it flows well with your browser. Lots of people use lots of different screen resolutions and remember that your twitter stream will cover part of your background, but it also moves depending on the size of your browser window. Play with Twitter for a while and you'll get what I'm talking about...
You will want to bulid your background UNDER the template and make sure you turn it off before saving fo the web! You really don't want your template as part of your design... that's no bueno.
I added different elements to make my Twitter background reflect who I am and what I like to do... ART!
Try to add shadows to elements, for me, it is all about looking real. I made it in Photoshop, but I want it to look like I could have taken a photo of my workspace and uploaded it to Twitter. Badda Bing Badda Bang!
Now once you have your background all jazzed up and ready to go you will want to save for web. The trick here is to optimize to file size. You want your saved .jpg to be no larger than 800k. Save with extension turned on and get ready to upload.
Once you are logged on to Twitter go to Settings, then click the Design tab (the last one). At the bottom you will see Change background image, click this. Click Browse and locate your background. Sometimes it previews for you.. sometimes it won't.. click save changes and BAM your beautiful new background is now live and glorious!
Adding a background is a great way to add more information about you and what you do... You can use it for promotional materials, corporate branding or just for fun! Leveraging social media networks is an important part digital asset optimization.
Once your background is live start following @TwitterBGallery. They hold monthly contest on the baddest and raddest backgrounds on Twitter... and let me know too... I'd love to see what you gurus of greatness come up with for Twitter!
The possibilities are endless... now get tweeting and don't forget to stop and say HI @premediaarts
Download your Twitter Template here!
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