Since Twitter began users have been able to upload background images to personalize their page, cute kittens and funky personality has been able to show up in mosaic form. The Twitter background has since taken over MySpace as the key medium for self-expression, personal branding, and personal fulfillment.

If you have never created your own now is the time with my step-by-step rationale on why the Twitter background is key:

1. Why should I create a custom Twitter background?

While wondering whether creating this background is even worth your effort, you may come across a few benefits to making your backdrop truly unique. This is your chance to express what you or your business has to offer. If you are an artist, a blogger, an entrepreneur or a web designer, show off your skill or passion through more than the standard 140-character limit. A common practice for branding techniques is using your face, contact information, or other additional bio information to help potential followers understand why people should follow and possibly do business with you.

2. Basic requirements for creating your own custom background

Now that you decided to create a custom background you need to know how to actually do this. First, got to ‘settings,’ ‘design,’ then ‘change background image.’ You can add any image from your computer as long as it is under 800k in size. To make sure the picture looks correct and covers all screen resolutions, the total image size should be around 1600px wide and 1200px tall. In the end your ideal background will take some trial-and-error, but if you are not a designer there are tools to help, including

twitterbacks

twitbacks

twittergallery

3. Start customizing and share

With these tools and the incentives of gaining followers, there is no reason you can’t create your own Twitter background in mere minutes, and don’t forget to link to your Twitter and other social sites to your blog to create a well rounded personality online.