Ever walk into a colleague’s office or acquaintance’s home and think, “Boy, this isn’t anything like them!”?
It’s distracting, isn’t it? It’s the same when a visitor lands on your Twitter page. Soon you begin to wonder about the design choices they made instead of actually engaging with them. We all do it…
Yes, eventually we overlook it, but let’s say it’s your first time in a stranger’s home or office, and it’s boring, bare, nondescript – or even ugly!
What would be your immediate impression? Exactly, you’d have a less than desirable image of them. You might even second guess forming an association with them.
Fortunately, default twitter backgrounds aren’t as ugly as the room to the right, but a lot are as boring. And visitors DO form an impression on first glance at your background and colors.
On LinkedIn, you don’t have to worry about it. Everyone all looks the same on their profile – only the profile pictures differ. Kind of like the IBM white shirt.
But on Twitter (and your blog, website, etc…), your background and colors should reflect your personality or the feel of your company.
Take the time to change the background and change the design colors to match or complement the background. Here’s the link. But before you start, take the time to look at other twitter pages for ideas…
How to change your Twitter background and colors
And if you are trying to exact match the colors of your logo, website, etc., try Colorcop. And have fun with it!
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