Twitter has grown leaps and bounds, becoming one of the fastest growing networks ever. Because of this, it can be hard to stand out from the millions of other users on the site. If you’re like me and use twitter for marketing, you need to catch someone’s attention quickly. Websites have about ten seconds to impress the visitor. Twitter profiles have far less and if it looks bland, the browser window or tab might get closed and never found again.
Posting valuable updates and getting retweeted is a great way to get people to your twitter profile page. Beyond the content, one of the best ways to get them to click “Follow” is to be original and for many, this is accomplished with Custom Twitter Backgrounds by companies like the one sponsoring this post. Not only does a custom background stand out from the stock ones, but it also adds credibility to you because it doesn’t look like one of 100 accounts set up by a script somewhere. The benefits of having a custom background are clearly there. The only question is if the benefits are worth the cost. As a designer and developer, I’m well aware of the time involved and I think the $99 price tag is certainly justified. As a Twitter user and internet marketer, I am also aware of the tight budgets we often struggle with. If you don’t do a lot of marketing on Twitter, you might benefit from a stock background or a free background (see the same link above as they have free ones on the site, too). If you are serious about marketing online and plan to follow through with Twitter and really work hard at getting followers, $99 is worth the value it will add to all the hard work you’re putting in to build your brand.
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