Tweets with images and videos get twice the engagement of those without. But do we really know how to correctly use visual content? Find more examples on this post: http://goo.gl/1LFMA2

1. Visual Content
How to use
to promote your tweets
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2. Landscape orientation
Don’t tweet portrait photos.
Twitter cuts them.
portrait
landscape
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3. Avoid white backgrounds
Tweets’ background is white.
The contrast with Colored images highlights the message.
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4. Pay attention to Quality
Don’t tweet blurred, pixelated or small images.
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5. Banners
Create banners to promote your events…
But add information!
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6. Add value to images
Images should add some value to your tweets.
Think twice before publishing.
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7. Don’t tweet presentations, please
You’re attending a conference? Congratulations.
We can read your tweet. It’s not necessary to publish a boring slide.
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8. Quotes
Quotes are great.
But try to add some interesting background.
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9. Several images
Publish several images in the same tweet.
Don’t bother your followers with endless tweets.
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10. Twitter cards?
Twitter cards are new, have a button...
But are they really better that a traditional tweet?
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11. Ribbon images!
Sometimes less is more.
Ribbon images use less space in the home timeline and are easier to see.
Ribbon image
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12. Give a voice to your customers
Show how your customers enjoy your product.
It’s not always me, me, me.
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13. Play with your product
Just play!
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14. Presentations
Yes, you can publish your SlideShare presentations on twitter…
So, don’t tweet screenshots!
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15. Infographics
Don’t explain data. Show it.
And remember that you have limited space!
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16. Videos
There’s something better than images? - Videos!
And avoid titles in the center.
Play icon
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17. Vine videos
6’secs videos which reproduce automatically always catch our attention.
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18. Animated gifs
Animated gifs are an interesting alternative to vine.
(Although more complex to create)
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19. Sound
Yes, sounds can also be images!
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20. Visual Content
How to use
to promote your tweets
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