Sure you’ve written something.. bit of human stuff and whatever… in the hope that should someone click through they may like what they see and want to follow you or save you in a list for a rainy day.. but is it really beneficial to you?
You have 160 characters to make an impact… get someone to know you are real, human and possibly worth interacting with further… so perhaps a benefit to them… but is that it?
Sadly not… you should also be thinking what it is people are looking for… be it key search terms for what you do, where you are or what joint interests you may have… and of course these do show up in the searches so are pretty important really… just think who, what, where, when, why, how and you can’t go far wrong…
I am also a very firm believer in making it easy for people to connect with me… so my very shortest email address, mobile and anything else I think may help in their decision… it’s a bit like the …. seconds you have to make an impact on someone when you meet…
It is also a very good idea to add a background to your twitter page to give more of a visual perspective…. you do this by 
going to your account in the top right which gives you this….
Then click on the design tab…. scroll down to change background image…. now I created mine in Powerpoint and then saved it as a jpg… just fiddle until you get one that suits you… of course depending on the screen used by the people looking this will look very different depending on their resolution setting…. I prefer to host my pictures on something on-line like Photobucket who I believe are now a now a twitter partner… then if i am not at my own laptop I can just log in to my account and get them wherever… and of course it also give embed code for other things too… and has a fabulous resizing tool now…
Happy to share the size of my background if anyone wants it to use as a template… 
There are also some free online sites to custom create your background such as themeleon… these set the sizing etc for you… and a great fun to play with… I wouldn’t get too carried away though and keep changing them.. you should have a brand that people associate with you…
It’s time to show the world what you want them to see… I’d love to see some so feel free to share….
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