I posted the previous blog. Here is day 3: Make great thumbnails, 90% of the best-performing videos on YouTube have custom thumbnails. Attract more viewers and increase watch time by creating visually interesting, click-compelling thumbnails of your own.
Day 3: Make great thumbnails, 90% of the best-performing videos on YouTube have custom thumbnails. Attract more viewers and increase watch time by creating visually interesting, click-compelling thumbnails of your own. ( time 15 mins, basic level)
Subject read:
Best practices:
-Choose an image that describes your video.
+Create thumbnails that accurately describe your video so viewers know what they’re about to watch.
-Design an image that gets viewers to click.
+For your audience, an eye-catching thumbnail can be the difference between choosing to watch a video or scrolling right past it -- so select images that will attract viewers.
-Tell a cohesive story wity your thumbnail and title
+When titles and thumbnails work together as a team, they can help set expectations and build interest in your videos. Even small changes to title and thumbnail combinations can completely transform a viewer’s expectation of what a video is about, so design them to send a concrete message to viewers.
-Make sure thumbnails looks great at all sizes
+Your viewers are likely to find and watch your YouTube videos in many places on the web, and on different devices.
-Measure their effectiveness.
+Let YouTube Analytics tell you how well your thumbnails work at attracting and engaging viewers.
-Upload fabulous thumbnail
Get activities: answer some question.
Check your knowledge:
Question 1:Which of the following elements contribute to a compelling thumbnail?
Correct answer is Close-ups, in-focus, high resolution, accurately represents content, looks good large or small.
Wrong answers are:
-Multiple images, low resolution, minimal contrast, any content.
-Close-ups, low resolution, looks good large, in-focus.
-High resolution, accurately represents content, multiple images.
Question 2: What’s the best reason to create custom thumbnails for your videos?
Correct answer is: To let people know what your video’s about, and (hopefully) increase the video’s watch time.
Wrong answers are:
-To show off your amazing graphic design skills.
-To prove to advertisers that you’re serious about branding your channel.
-To catch people’s attention, and (hopefully) increase the number of views your video receives.
Question 3: Why should titles and thumbnails be considered together?
Correct answer is: Thumbnails and titles should tell a cohesive story encouraging viewers to click and watch.
Wrong answers are:
-Because they each tell a different part of the story.
-They should not, because each has a unique purpose.
-The title is more important than the description and the thumbnail so it should be considered first.
The system show the congratulation after I completed the course from the begin to the end. I will take new knowledge to apply my "Explorer Mr Channel" channel. I go along with the analytic of the youtube channel to define how it is effective.
Next: make video descriptions work for you(YouTube is one of the largest search engines in the world. And writing descriptions with keywords can help viewers find your videos more easily through search.)
Day 3: Make great thumbnails, 90% of the best-performing videos on YouTube have custom thumbnails. Attract more viewers and increase watch time by creating visually interesting, click-compelling thumbnails of your own. ( time 15 mins, basic level)
Subject read:
Best practices:
-Choose an image that describes your video.
+Create thumbnails that accurately describe your video so viewers know what they’re about to watch.
-Design an image that gets viewers to click.
+For your audience, an eye-catching thumbnail can be the difference between choosing to watch a video or scrolling right past it -- so select images that will attract viewers.
-Tell a cohesive story wity your thumbnail and title
+When titles and thumbnails work together as a team, they can help set expectations and build interest in your videos. Even small changes to title and thumbnail combinations can completely transform a viewer’s expectation of what a video is about, so design them to send a concrete message to viewers.
-Make sure thumbnails looks great at all sizes
+Your viewers are likely to find and watch your YouTube videos in many places on the web, and on different devices.
-Measure their effectiveness.
+Let YouTube Analytics tell you how well your thumbnails work at attracting and engaging viewers.
-Upload fabulous thumbnail
Get activities: answer some question.
Check your knowledge:
Question 1:Which of the following elements contribute to a compelling thumbnail?
Correct answer is Close-ups, in-focus, high resolution, accurately represents content, looks good large or small.
Wrong answers are:
-Multiple images, low resolution, minimal contrast, any content.
-Close-ups, low resolution, looks good large, in-focus.
-High resolution, accurately represents content, multiple images.
Question 2: What’s the best reason to create custom thumbnails for your videos?
Correct answer is: To let people know what your video’s about, and (hopefully) increase the video’s watch time.
Wrong answers are:
-To show off your amazing graphic design skills.
-To prove to advertisers that you’re serious about branding your channel.
-To catch people’s attention, and (hopefully) increase the number of views your video receives.
Question 3: Why should titles and thumbnails be considered together?
Correct answer is: Thumbnails and titles should tell a cohesive story encouraging viewers to click and watch.
Wrong answers are:
-Because they each tell a different part of the story.
-They should not, because each has a unique purpose.
-The title is more important than the description and the thumbnail so it should be considered first.
The system show the congratulation after I completed the course from the begin to the end. I will take new knowledge to apply my "Explorer Mr Channel" channel. I go along with the analytic of the youtube channel to define how it is effective.
Next: make video descriptions work for you(YouTube is one of the largest search engines in the world. And writing descriptions with keywords can help viewers find your videos more easily through search.)
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