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An example of great Twitter marketing (by the best online printing company)

Posted on 10th November, by Anne in Succeeding. No Comments

In some ways, I am the best kind of customer. If I like your product, I am going to do all but shout it from the rooftops that I have fallen in love with your product.

I call what I do product evangelizing.

At any rate, the best online printer I have ever used is GotPrint.net – their process is simple, their prices are great and they have always delivered before the (already reasonable) promised delivery date. So when I saw that @kauf had tweeted about comparing online printing services, I told him exactly my thoughts on GotPrint.net and how they are awesome.

Shortly thereafter, I get this:

[blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/GotPrint/status/2417214498021376"]

Woah.

I was not expecting that! My own shout-out? An offer of open communication should I ever have any need?

This is how Twitter should be used by companies. Making individual connections. Opening the lines … Read More »


Tutorial: How to make a custom (memorable) profile icon for Twitter

Posted on 26th January, by Anne in Photoshop. 2 Comments

Recently I’ve been making a bigger effort at being an active member of Twitter. Doing so made me realize that I wanted a cute, memorable icon as my profile picture. I wanted people to see me, as well as get an idea of what my focus is on Twitter (which lately has been photography).

Step One: Create the canvas

You have 73×73 pixels to work with. Using Photoshop (or whatever image editor you use that can save transparent PNGs), create a new document 73×73 at 72DPI.

This is what 73×73 pixels looks like:

Step Two: Choose your elements

Since I wanted to show both my niche (photography) and myself, I decided to look for some icons to work with. I found the icons I wanted in the free “Function Icon Set” package.

These are the items I chose to work with for my picture:

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