How to make a cool Twitter profile

Nowadays Twitter is part of your identity. So making a cool profile is a basic move to increase your online `image`.
So how should create it? What are the main components of making an awesome Twitter profile?
Today I'll show them! :)

Ok let's start!

First thing: the background!

The background tells a lot about you, so choose it wisely. There is nothing wrong with the default Twitter backgrounds, but they are not unique. They don't tell anything about you or about what you do. So don't be afraid of uploading a unique pic of yours.

It is not that unique but it tells a lot about me: ex. that I love the internet and I work online.

So come on, be creative and choose a great profile background.

Step 2: Write an awesome bio!

I tell what I do, where I work and just a random sentence related to my life. If you include the things I do, people will find and follow you easier.
So why not write or rewrite your bio. Include:

• What you do
• What you love
• Where do you work

Some good examples:

Founder of Squidoo.com, author, blogger. This is a retweet of my blog. ~ Seth Godin

A young lady who is a lover of beta sites, web design/development, wicked fonts, and robots. ~ Thalida

An Aussie married to @CatHaydon. I help people with website design, SEO (search engine optimization) & social media marketing ~ Mike Haydon

Got it? If not, try to find more great Twitter bios and get inspiration.

Choose a nice avatar!

This is very important: Your avatar must show you! Not Mickey Mouse or Oprah, you! Look at mine below!

OK, there is one more!

Now that you've got a nice background, bio and avatar, you can concentrate on styling your profile (link color, text color etc...). You can do it by going to: Settings -> Design -> "Customize your own".

I haven't changed it, because I think it looks OK with my background and avatar. But if you have: ex. a red background, then try to choose the link color to be red or orange.


Well, that's it! Hope you enjoyed this simple tutorial! :)

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How to get people to ReTweet your stuff

(This is the first real post on the Blogging Lion blog! Enjoy! :) )

Twitter is a great platform for everyone including online marketers like me and you. It can be a great traffic source if you use the power of Twitter correctly. Today I will show you the secrets of getting people to RT your tweets.

Getting retweeted is a major step on the ladder to promotion success. Let's view it this way: the more retweets you get -> the more people talk about your product/service/blog -> more chance of getting loyal customers/readers.

So how to get more RTs? Here are some golden tips:

Tweet about interesting things!

Nobody wants to know about your dog's breakfast or your mom's car. Your followers follow you because they think you will update them with useful things. Also stay at your original niche/topic! If you're Twitter profile is about tech and gadgets, probably your followers are interested in tech and gadgets. So don't annoy them with your last night party or such things. They won't RT any of those kind of stuff.

Ask them for RTs!

I know it may sound a bit self promotional, but believe it or not, it mostly works! Once you publish your new blog post, you probably write a tweet like this:

"Twitter marketing: How to get people to RT your stuff! http://link-goes-here"

That's OK in most cases, but if you really want to get many RTs, that's not enough.

To solve this I usually add a phrase like this to the end:

"Twitter marketing: How to get people to RT your stuff! http://link-goes-here  (If you liked the article, please RT!)"

That somehow increases my number of RTs! So why don't you try it as well! :)

(Warning: Don't do this to every tweet of yours, because once they will have enough and they will unfollow you.)

In return, RT their tweets!

If they see you RT their tweets, they will think of somehow returning this favour -> they will RT you as well! :)

Interact with your followers!

This step will build trust. More they trust you and the more they know you, the more they will favourite and RT your tweets. It's that simple!

Well, hope you enjoyed this post. If you did, do me a favour, RT! :) Thanks very much!

If you have anything to add to these points or you have a question, don't hesitate to leave a comment!

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