Are you struggling to get more views and subscribers?
It could be that your Thumbnails are not enticing enough to win the click. And if you are not using custom thumbnails at all, it will be hard to grow your channel.
Back in the day, the YouTube generated thumbnail was all you needed. Now times have changed and the Thumbnail is key to getting your videos found.
Many beginning YouTubers are so focused on making content that they neglect one of the most important pieces for getting their videos found and clicked on. It’s the Thumbnail.
The thumbnail is like a little advertisement for your video. Back in the day, custom thumbnails weren’t that important but now, it is absolutely required if you want to grow your channel.
When YouTube features your video after uploading, it shows your video thumbnail across the platform. If your thumbnail isn’t enticing, you won’t get very many new views.
Recently, Netflix did research on their Thumbnails and how people browsing Netflix chose videos. The Netflix research algorithm analytics showed which thumbnails were most likely to be clicked.
The concepts they discovered apply to YouTube as well.
It’s best to understand the theories of how to design a click worth thumbnail and once you get the concept, the design is easy using a program like Canva, Photoshop and many others.
In this video you will learn:
- Why thumbnails are so important
- How less is more when designing a thumbnail
- Why smiling faces or extreme emotion win the click
- Only three point of focus on your thumbnail
- Use big, high contrast text
- Make sure your thumbnails show what your video is about
- Why you should NOT put your business or channel name on your thumbnail
- Why you should limit your text to six words or less on your thumbnail
To be completely honest, most successful YouTubers put just as much thought and care into designing their thumbnails as they do their actual content!
It’s that important!
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