How to Get Verified on Twitter
Verification is an important step to establishing validity to your content and brand image. There are many benefits to verification including trustworthiness with your audience, top searches to increase your public brand awareness, and access to special features, for example, the swipe up function on Instagram stories taking your followers to important links related to your brand, business, or public personality.
Getting verified may seem like a tedious task, but with a few quick steps and personal eligibility, you are on your way to getting your account verified. Below are tips and steps to getting verified on the popular idea, video, and photo-sharing app, Twitter.
Eligibility
Twitter’s process for verification is pretty similar to others such as Instagram in regards to eligibility.
You must be an authentic individual with confirmed identity, a notable brand or personality with news coverage, a Google Trends profile, Wikipedia, etc, and have a complete and active account.
Steps to Verification
- In your account settings, click request verification and “Start Now.”
- Select the category that corresponds to you and give proof of your notability through articles and official websites.
- Next, provide documentation for your identity.
- Click “submit.”
- All that’s left to do is wait for Twitter to get back to you with your verification, given you meet their standards.
Conclusion
Following these steps for verification on Twitter will surely get you proper verification and allow your tweets to reach a wider audience, experience further growth, and expansion in your brand image/public personality. The verification process may seem daunting at first but it is simple to obtain and can be hugely beneficial to increasing your social media presence!
