Create a Custom Twitter Background

If your brand has a Twitter account, it is essential to create a customized background page. A custom background gives you a space to showcase contact information, products and services that your company offers, and your website's URL. There are different sites that allow you to make custom Twitter backgrounds, such as TwitBacks.com or MyTweetSpace, but you can also use Photoshop.

In order to create sidebar images, open a new document in Photoshop and make the image size 200 pixels wide x 600 pixels high. Include graphics, logos, and product and contact information within this image. Then open a new document and create your full-sized background image, which should be 1680 pixels wide x 1200 pixels high. Try playing around with different colors and textures for your background page to help it stand out. Then, copy and paste your sidebar image into the top left of your background image. You now have a custom background image! Save the background to your desktop and then upload it to Twitter. (The size of graphics and backgrounds may take some trial and error.) For an example of what a custom background looks like, check out PMC's Twitter page.