Dealing with all the differing requirements for image sizes between all the social media channels can be confusing. Keeping up with how quickly the requirements change can be a daunting task. I am sharing this guide with all the correct sizes for 2017 so that you can be confident that, whenever you are posting to Twitter, you are using the right size image.
Twitter is a great free marketing platform for all small businesses, but especially for authors. There is a strong Independent Author community on Twitter who support one another, but there are so many authors out there! How do you get your Tweets noticed and retweeted?
Use an image with every book Tweet, drawing the viewer's eye from the sea of Tweets in their stream. Making sure that the image size is right will ensure that it will be displayed correctly and draw the most attention.
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Key Twitter Image Sizing Tip Take-Aways
Profile Photo: 400 x 400 px, with a maximum file size of 100KB
Header Photo: 1500 x 500 px, with a maximum file size of 10MB
In-Stream Photo: 440 x 220 px, with a maximun file size of 5MB for photos and 3MB for animated gifs.
Additional Tweet Tip
Make sure to have a URL to your amazon author page, book page, landing page, or anywhere you would like your potential reader to go. Otherwise, you have just given them a pretty picture!
This graphic was created by MakeAWebsiteHub, and is part of a larger infographic, which highlights other social media channels. If you want to view the entire infographic, it can be found here.
