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Twitter Background Design How-To and Best Practices

Twitter Background Design How-To and Best Practices | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Check out this overview of best practices to stand out from the crowd with your Twitter theme and follow the tutorial to create your own profile from scratch.

 

With Twitter quickly becoming the hottest site to be seen on, everyone wants to stand out from the crowd. There has already been a range of quality designs showcased on various sites, which has shown an emergence of trends such as the ‘sidebar’. Let’s take a look at some of the best practices around Twitter background design and get to work creating our own.

 

We all recognise the default blue Twitter background right? It’s not a bad design, it’s clean and trendy but it doesn’t stand out when the majority of Twitter users also have the same look. Furthermore, if you’re keen to achieve more followers, removing this background would probably help out by showing that you’re an active user, or if you’re tweeting on behalf of your company or service, it helps prove that you’re not a spammer.

 

Generally speaking, there are three main approaches when it comes to creating your Twitter background (other than a boring solid colour!):

 

Read more: http://bit.ly/KoEvz4


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7 Ways to Find Great People to Follow on Twitter

7 Ways to Find Great People to Follow on Twitter | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it

It is true that there are several ways to find good connections through social media. If the best, in my opinion, is the direct contact, here is a list of some tools that can also support you in this process. [note mg]

 

Is your Twitter timeline filled with the same boring tweets every day? If you don’t know where to look for new and interesting tweeters, you might be stuck with an ordinary feed. We found a few resources and tips to help you find the most interesting people on Twitter. And there’s a bonus to following interesting people: they might find you interesting too!

 

WeFollow

 

WeFollow is one of the most popular Twitter directories. You can add yourself to the directory and find the most popular influencers in categories such as social media, blogger, music and tech. You can also search by keyword for more specific interests.

 

WeFollow is comprehensive and features the most important influencers in major fields of interest...

 

Read more: http://lauraleewalker.com/2011/10/11/7-ways-to-find-great-people-to-follow-on-twitter/


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How to Spend Less Time on Twitter and Get More Out of It

How to Spend Less Time on Twitter and Get More Out of It | Latest Social Media News | Scoop.it
Have you become desensitized and disillusioned with Twitter?

 

Do you feel like you are suffering from Twitter Tiredness?

 

Do you feel like you are “tweeting in the dark”, spending more and more time on Twitter but getting less and less out of it?

 

I know the story. A few months (or years) ago, you signed up for a Twitter account. You dutifully wrote a clever bio, uploaded your picture and started tweeting. Maybe you followed some accounts and learned a bit about the culture and etiquette of the network before sending your first tweet.

 

After following a few people and building a following of your own, you started following more and more and retweeting more and more, all while spending less and less time engaging in conversations and writing original tweets.

 

Read more: http://www.business2community.com/twitter/how-to-spend-less-time-on-twitter-and-get-more-out-of-it-0160103


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