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  - Personal branding:
  - HOW TO: Build Your Personal Brand on Twitter
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  - Some great examples of custom Twitter background designs
  - check out some comprehensive lists
  - o to settings, then design, and then click “change background image.” You can now browse your computer and add any image you’d like, so long as it’s under 800k in size.
  - mproperly-sized images can be covered up by your Twitter profile or can start to tile, which often leads to an undesired effect.
  - the total image size should be around 1600px wide by 1200px tall.
  - If you build a left-hand column, popular on many Twitter backgrounds, make sure that it’s small enough not to be covered up by the central Twitter content – many designers suggest smaller than 200px or 235px
  - check out Croncast
  - MyTweetSpace: MyTweetSpace is one of the simplest ways to create a Twitter background with minimal effort. It allows users to create badges, add graphics, play with text, and more to create elegant backgrounds and left-hand text columns. You can even log in with Twitter and MyTweetSpace will automatically update your background.
  - TwitterBacks: This website provides a set of templates perfect for creating your ideal Twitter background. The templates come in PSD (Photoshop) form
  - TweetStyle: TweetStyle offers free background templates, custom Twitter backgrounds, and a few useful blog posts on the subject
  - Free Twitter Designer: This handy little app provides an easy-to-use image editor to help you create a professional-looking theme.
  - TwitBacks (): This is another tool for creating backgrounds. This one specializes in left-hand column-based backgrounds
  - TwitterGallery: TwitterGallery is a directory of themes based on color and category.
  - Peekr: If you stumble across a great Twitter background and want to take a quick look at it in its pure form
  - Start customizing and share your background
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