A Step-By-Step Guide On How To Verify Account On Twitter

It’s now possible to apply for a Twitter verification and receive a blue badge next to your username. It’s a simple process as you only need out to update your current information, verify your phone number as well as email address, fill out a request for user verification. The Twitter blue badge sure gives you an ego boost, but there if you are a brand owner, being Twitter verified can give you certain advantages. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to verify account on Twitter.

1. Complete your profile with your name, bio, website, a profile picture, and a cover photo
2. Confirm your email address and add a verified phone number
3. Put in your birthday
4. Change your tweets to “public”
5. Visit Twitter’s verification form

Note that if your profile is a personal instead of a business one, you will also need to post a copy of your ID. A passport or a driver license will work.

It is not clear how does Twitter verify your account, in other words, which criteria it bases its decision on. Twitter listed out several elements that would count when they choose to verify a profile or not. The biggest factor is that the account should be of public interest. “public interest”  here includes organizations as well as public figures in fields such as:

- Music

- Film

- Fashion

- TV

- Politics

- Government

- Media

- Journalism

- Business

- Sports

- Other key interest areas

If you complete the process and don’t get verified, don’t worries as you can wait for 30 days and try again.

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Here’s how to verify a Twitter account

1. Verify your phone number.

Add your phone number here. For phone number’s verification, enter the code that you receive in your email. Once it is verified, this is how it looks like.

2. Confirm your email address.

Once you add in your email address, click the link in your email that Twitter sends you. If it is confirmed, this is how it looks like.

3. Add a profile picture, bio, cover photo, website, and birthday.

Visit your Twitter’s profile. Once you are logged in, click on the “Edit Profile” button which is on the far-right corner.

It is recommended to put in the real name either of the individual or the organization. The cover photo and the profile picture should accurately represent you. And the bio should be about your expertise or company mission.

You can also choose who gets to see your birthday.

4. Change your tweets setting to “public.”

To do this, you need to visit Twitter security and privacy settings. The “Tweet privacy” checkbox should be unchecked.

As you are at the end of the verification process, you will be asked to log in to the account that you want to verify. Toward the end, there will be a paragraph where you will write to Twitter the reason why you should receive the blue badge. You also need to provide at least two websites for Twitter to identify you.

Here’s a picture of the form.

That concludes our guide on how to verify account on Twitter. Next, we are going to give you some tips to help increase your chance of getting verified.

Some tips on maximizing your chance of getting verified.

1. Your Twitter account should be consistently active for the last two weeks.
2. For individuals, in your bio, link other verified Twitter accounts.
3. For organizations, in your bio, you should add numbers and other specific details.
4. For individuals, put in the bio your biggest job title.
5. For people profiles, you should add a cover photo showing you doing something important.
6. In the paragraph where you state the reason why you should be verified, write about how you can help with the Twitter community once Twitter verifies your account.
7. In your bio, put in an exact location.
8. Choose different links to submit.
9. The minimum links you should submit is two while the maximum is five. Go with the maximum one.
10. Check out other recently-verified users to get some inspiration.

That's it. That's the whole process of how to verify Twitter account. No matter where you live, the U.S or India and no matter when you do it, 2019 or 2020, it's the same process. And it is completely free. You can also type in the Google search bar "how to verify my Twitter account" for more references.