Thematic.me – A Customizable Page for Your Twitter Images

Thematic.me has one goal in mind: displaying your Twitter images on a customizable, branded page. In a nutshell, Thematic.me is “photo sharing for brands,” though you really don’t need to your own “brand” to post images. Then again, when you think about the word brand, we all can be considered our own brands in one way or another.
Thematic.me makes it easy for you as brand to create your own mini-site just for your Twitter images. You can add your own custom background, track your statistics, and even use a custom domain (optional). Let’s take a what Thematic.me can do for you.

Change Your Design

In settings you can select a theme or upload your own background image. You can also important your Twitter background so that your Thematic.me page matches your Twitter page. There are a few options here for background tiling, along with changing the colors of the background, image borders and font.

Upload An Image

Adding images is easy. Just click on “Upload” from the top navigation and find the file on your computer. You can also provide a caption, which will also be used as your tweet (if you choose to post it on Twitter).

Share Images via Email

You can add images via a custom unique email address provided by Thematic.me. With this option, your image will automatically be posted to Twitter; the subject of your email will be used as your tweet text. You can also customize the 4 digit “pin number” for your unique email address, so that it’s easier for you to remember.

Connect with Twitter for iOS

If you have the official Twitter app on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, you can use Thematic.me as your default image sharing service. You do this by adding a custom image sharing service. That way, when you upload a picture to the iOS app, it will automatically post to your Thematic.me profile page.

View Your Images

This is what others see when they click on an image: caption, image, your username, when it was uploaded, number of views, share buttons, and a comment area. As you can see, it’s very simple, yet leaves plenty of room for interaction.
Also note that when you receive a comment, it will be sent to you an @mention on Twitter.

Custom Domain

You can even setup your own custom domain to be used instead of http://thematic.me/username.
If you choose this option, you can choose whether or not to use your domain in your links. Meaning, you can have links to your images show as http://thematic.com/photo-1 or http://mydomain.com/photo-1.
Again, if you’re focused on branding, then it’s a good idea to use your own domain in your links.

View Your Stats

Finally, there are a ton of stats that you can use to keep track of your Thematic.me profile.

• last visits
• visits by local time
• length of visits
• frequency overview
• pages per visit
• list of keywords
• list of external websites
• best search engines
• visitor countries
• visitor browsers
• operating systems
• normal/widescreen (display monitors)
• global visitors configuration

A Look Ahead

In the future Thematic.me is looking to add: Facebook integration, video uploading, and an API.
Thematic.me looks promising. Why use a service like TwitPic when you can have your own branded page which can even match your Twitter profile which includes in-depth stats? It’s definitely a good look and a step in the right direction as far as increasing your brand’s reach on the web.

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