The thumbnails could be so designed to arouse curiosity about the videos and entice them with ‘what next’ syndrome. So even though they do invite a lot of views, they gain tremendous negativity as well from other YouTubers in terms of comments and feedback.
There are ample examples of videos on YouTube where the said video and thumbnail are drastically different. Remember to be creative but not misleading. READ MORE: Optimize your YouTube channel – Homepage Setupĭesign your YouTube Thumbnail Creatively:īe as creative as you can get with Photoshop or any other photo editing suit. You can directly snip a scene from the reel of the video and voila- there’s your thumbnail. You should also learn to identify and prioritise the USP of your video.
For example if you have a show wherein you are showing an interview of a power couple then the audience would very much want to see the ‘faces’ of the duo in the thumbnail rather that of the host. Important points to remember while ‘designing’ your YouTube thumbnails Prioritize the USP of the content:įirstly, always make sure that your YouTube thumbnail has a direct relation with the content of the video. It helps decide the YouTubers to whether see the video or not, as Thumbnails are the first thing which viewers see. Just as we check out a trailer before seeing the movie, similarly the YouTube thumbnails help you translate the content of the video on to the ‘showcase’. If you want your video to clock in more views than YouTube Thumbnails integrate an important part of the metadata which needs to be properly optimised to gain you traction in multiple ways.
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Thumbnails are the Miniature visual windows or ‘mini- posters’ to each and every video on YouTube respectively.