Thread by @evielync

First impressions are everything 👀

There's more to your Twitter profile than what you can fit into that 160 character limit bio.

Here's how to optimise your profile for the best first impression 👇

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Every time someone visits your profile is a chance to introduce yourself.

It's not enough just to SAY what you do, you need to SHOW who you are.

👉 Show your personality
👉 Use every inch of real estate
👉 Create attention & tell a story

Read on to find out how 👇

ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛᴡɪᴛᴛᴇʀ ɴᴀᴍᴇ. Did you know you can have up to 50 characters in your Twitter Name?

Go beyond your name & add some context
👉 Add Credibility with a number count
👉 Tell Em What You're Doing. (Eg. Ev is... )
👉 Name & Claim by adding your title

Add credibility with numbers 💯

@jwginn uses numbers in his name to build credibility for the number of days he has been writing. Counting up to 500. It adds instant credibility.

𝗛𝗢𝗪? [Your Name] | [#]

Tell Em What You're Doing

Dylan from @growthcurrency uses this formula to tell people what he's currently doing - teaching marketing to Creators.

If you are building in public, use this one.

𝗛𝗢𝗪?
[Your Name] is [fill in the blank]

Name & Claim it

@jerinenicole created her own category - Multipassionate Creator. And now it's literally become part of her name and identity.

This framework works best if you've found & become known for 'your thing.'

𝗛𝗢𝗪?
[Your name] | [Your Category]

ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛᴡɪᴛᴛᴇʀ ʙᴀɴɴᴇʀ is a huge section of real estate on your profile that often goes under-utilized. Use it to...

👉 Add context to your bio
👉 Show Your personality
👉 Give a Call to Action

Invite people to be part of your community

@CopyEzekiel uses his banner to invite people to hang and chill. You immediately know this guy isn't just about followers. He wants to build community.

Extra credit for the arrow that draws people to the follow button.

Design a visual banner

@iamjeremyenns banner charts his creative journey which is a perfect visual representation of his newsletter - The Creative Wayfinder.

You don't always need to say things, sometimes it's best to show through visuals.

@tdinh_me makes the ultimate use of his Twitter Banner real estate...

👉 Highlighting new followers
👉 Reply emoji's
👉 Progress bar on his profile pic

He is building some crazy profile tools at @blackmagic_so that you should definitely check out.

ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘɪɴɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴡᴇᴇᴛ. After your bio, your pinned tweet is the most clicked media on your profile. Make it count with a thread..

👉 Threads give you more real estate
👉 You can continue adding to them
👉 They continue to get likes and build credibility

Tell your story.

@Nicolascole77 keeps his pinned thread simple with a quick intro to who he is, what he does & an invite to know more.

𝗛𝗢𝗪?
I'm {name], I {what you do]
Here's my story 👇

Build credibility

@StringStory uses her pinned thread to tell her incredible story of how she grew on LinkedIn. You can't help but want to know more.

𝗛𝗢𝗪?
How I [what you did]
Here's how I did it 👇

Tell people about your launch

@arvidkahl uses a pinned thread to tell people about his new book and invites them to read more in the thread.

𝗛𝗢𝗪?
I just launched [__]
What you'll learn/get
Read on for the full story 👇

Give your audience practical advice

@dickiebush uses his pinned thread to give practical advice to writers, which works because he has a course for writers.

𝗛𝗢𝗪?
👉 Choose a topic
👉 Collect frameworks
👉 Make it insanely practical

If you enjoyed this thread on Optimising Your Twitter Profile Retweet the 1st tweet above and follow me @evielync.

You can also check out this thread I wrote on How To Manage Twitter Engagement 👇
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There's more to your Twitter Profile than just the 160 character bio.

👉 Expand on your name
👉 Use your banner to provide context and a call to action
👉 Use a thread as your pinned tweet to expand the real estate