Twitter lets you customise the background image on your Twitter pages. Use this opportunity to place your company logo and branding on your page.

We've just created a background image for the Magic Toolbox Twitter page and can share these 6 tips...

1. Follow the Twitter design - an easy way to create a good-looking background is to follow Twitters' lead. It uses columns of content with 5px rounded corners and a solid background colour. Space your column 72px from the top of the page and 10px from the left. Example:



2. Display your URL - this is an opportunity to promote your website. Display your URL prominently in your design.

3. Summarise what you do - some visitors won't know who you are or what you do. Tell them Twitter style - in as few words as possible.

4. Match the colours - change your five Twitter design colours (background, text, links, sidebar and border) to match/complement the colours of your background image.

5. Choose the right size - the largest resolution your viewers are likely to have is 1280x1024, so your image needs to be no larger than 1260x900.

6. Minimise file size - it's a big image, so don't go overboard with design or the image could take ages to download. Aim for under 15kb. After tweaking our image, we managed to reduce our image to a 32 colour PNG with a 7kb filesize. (The same image as a JPEG would have been more than 20kb.)