My New Custom Twitter Background

I think I used twitbacks for my background. Real easy and just photoshoped out the "twitbacks was used to create this back ground" and it was all good! Check it out - twitter.com/teeskie

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Look...free compared to $100..

http://www.prettytweet.com/

-Mike

If you are a brand in the market than you should choose those fellows who are best in their service as you should never compromise your brand in any sense.

this is a nice one..

I just have one word, :WOW! Your twitter background is great John! I'm familiar with Twitter background so I still stick with the default 1. lol! ;)

Regards,
Lee

Looks really great

I like it. It looks way better than your old one. I'm going to be making one myself, but it's going to be a bit different because the Twitter account I made is for my company, so it won't be all that personal.

This is really excellent background, I am thoroughly impressed.

Are the social links clickable? It looks very nice background, I need one for myself.

The background is very nice. Good job by Hugh. Branding is very important but I'll not pay so much for it. But it's just my opinion.

Peter Lee

Not to hurt Hugh's rate as it certainly is a well known Twitter background, but these images could be done for as low as $10 if you look for a designer on forums or "hire a programmer" sites.

In this economy, it's better to save some money right? :)

-Mike

Very nice. I agree that it fits your brand perfectly. You might even consider integrating it into your main site :)

It is a very good background that they made. I don't think I would pay that much but I am not making that much eaither. Once I start to make a lot of money then I wouldn't think twice about how much money something is. Greg Ellison

Hi John. Thanks for the very nice blog post.

The thing for everyone to remember is that cost is relative. For someone with a company and a brand to market the cost is negligible but for someone with a hobby blog they write for fun and have no intention of monetizing, it's too much.

It may be expensive to no names but a drop in the bucket for you. A good drop, very nice design. I'm sure there are various ways to get one, be it free, trade, or pay. It all depends on what fits your needs.

With design I mean graphic design. Service design has far greater value as well as how you design your marketing.

Like article says, brand is very important in distinguishing your blog from competition. The best way to manage a brand is to turn it into something that people need and then maintain those values unchanged. Therefore design is just a minor aspect of the brand, because it will anyway remain largely static. Too frequent changes just mess poor consumer's head..

Nice background John. I agree with you about the power of branding. For those who are shocked at the cost of branding your twitter page, you should see what design & communications firms charge to brand a business. If your blog generates income, it's like a business. For John, his blog provides sustainable income, it's his business.

For something as cheap as $100, I tend to ask myself: Is this too cheap? I must not be getting much value out of it. However, as Sharat Jaswal pointed out, this is good work and I'd say $100 is a good price.

How much is your blog/business worth to you?

Why pay a $100 for a BG when I can make you something like mine: http://twitter.com/pallian for free! Get in touch for the catch.

there are great sites that do decent ones for free. I agree that $100 can be spent wisely on other ways to push your brand. Even with basic photo shop skills, a person can pump out a nice design. I know mine personally is not as good as many out there, its still cost me $100 less!

I think the new design is great. I think it truly represents who you are and what you're about.

That's an incredible work on your twitter profile. I did checkout Hugh's other work at TwitterImage and most of them are exceptionally well designed.
I think it's the right price that Hugh is charging. For those who say it's high, probably they should re-analyze the talent in his design. Thumbs up from me!

Twitter is just blowing up. everybody and their mother has one nowadays..the background looks good john, it does fit your brand.

i think $100 is just too much to pay for when you can go to photoshop and create one real quick, the only problem i see is basically getting the dimensions just right.

Giving Twitter Image a free post that advertisers pay $500 for is the least I can do for the work Hugh did on my background.<cite"
lol

Well, it's not free in the sense that you are using your affiliate link. It's more of a sales post than a free post.

According to Twitter they are having issues with people on Windows machines (XP or Vista) uploading background images for their profiles.