YouTube thumbnails are essential when it comes to branding your business and creating a personal brand. This YouTube thumbnail tutorial will show you how you can update your custom YouTube thumbnail so you can create awesome YouTube thumbnails for your videos.
Create awesome YouTube thumbnails for your videos
I’m going to go over how to brand your YouTube thumbnails. If you’ve been watching my videos these past few weeks, you’ll notice that I’ve been repeating over and over about how important branding is.
That’s because I want you to create recognition and authority. Now, we’re going to extend that to your YouTube thumbnails. If you’re not convinced on branding and don’t use custom thumbnails, then let me give you a fact:
It’s here! Have you been waiting for Instagram to create a way to schedule your IGTV videos in advance? Well, now it’s possible. Keep watching to find out how to schedule IGTV videos in advance from your computer.
How to schedule IGTV videos in advance from your computer
Do you create videos for Instagram TV? I bet you’ve been struggling to upload your videos to IGTV manually each time.
That’s one of the reasons why I haven’t utilized IGTV. BUT, now that I can schedule my videos in advance I’ll probably start repurposing my YouTube videos there. It’ll be convenient because now I can create a batch day for that.
Now for what you’ve been waiting for….
I’m going to show you how to upload videos to IGTV with facebook creator studio.
YouTube should be an extension of your business, so you should brand your YouTube channel like you’re branding your business. The first step to branding your YouTube channel and creating a personal brand is to update your YouTube channel art, also known as your YouTube channel banner. Keep watching to get tips on how to create the perfect YouTube Channel Banner.
How to create the perfect YouTube Channel Banner
In this super short blog post, we’re going to talk about designing your branded YouTube channel art. This’ll be short because it shouldn’t be complicated. You just need to treat your YouTube channel like your own television show.
So we’re going to talk about what to add to your YouTube channel art and how to brand it.
YouTube should be an extension of your business, so you should brand your YouTube channel like you’re branding your business.
The info
First, we’re going to talk about what information to include on your YouTube channel art.
Like I said earlier, treat your YouTube channel like it’s your own show. That means, make sure you include the name of your show or business, what your show is about or who it’s for, and when your show airs so that people know when the new episodes come out.
Building a brand online? Don’t have millions of dollars to waste on marketing and advertising? Personal branding might be the solution for you. Keep watching to find out how creating a personal brand can help get you more clients.
Should I build a personal brand?
Last week, I talked about how to build your brand on YouTube. Before you get started creating a profile, setting up your channel and/or creating videos, you need to make a big decision.
Are you building a personal brand or a company brand?
I’m going to help you decide. The correct answer for you is a personal brand.
Why a personal brand?
So, why am I telling you to build a personal brand? The short answer is I assume that you’re watching this video because you’re a solopreneur or small business. And if you’re one of the 2, you have limited funds for marketing.
Are you invisible online? Want a quick way to build brand awareness? If you’re trying to build your brand online, then building your brand on YouTube will help. Keep watching to learn how to build your brand on YouTube.
How to build your brand on YouTube
A few weeks ago, in the video ‘Why your business should be on YouTube’, I talked about the many goals that your business has when it comes to marketing and growing your business.
Some of those goals include building brand awareness, building authority, and building a community. Basically, if your goal is to become more visible online and get more clients, here’s how to build your brand on YouTube.
Branding 101
First, we’re going to start with basic branding. I’m not going to go into great detail because I already talked about this last week. If you missed it, check out ‘What’s the point of branding?’ here.
Want an easy way to grow and market your business online? Are you trying to build a brand and become more visible online? Then YouTube might be for you. Keep watching to find out why your business should be on YouTube.
Why your business should be on YouTube
If you’re just getting started online growing your business or brand, you probably have these goals in mind.
You want to get started creating your brand.
If you have a brand, you want to build brand awareness.
You want to build authority on your topic or niche.
You want to build social proof. Which is basically proving that you’re a real business and not trying to scam people.
Maybe you’re trying to build a community or grow your email list.
No matter which goal you have, creating video content for your business will help.
Video is the fastest way to grow know, like and trust, and that’s because people can see, hear, and get to know your personality if you keep creating consistent videos.
Even though every social media platform has a video element now, in this video, I’m going to specifically talk about YouTube.
Sound is really important when it comes to video. Here’s how I record my voice for my videos. Don’t worry, it’s really simple and easy to do.
If the audio in your videos is crappy, no one will want to watch your videos. I mean, what’s the point if they can’t hear you or understand what you’re talking about.
How I record my voice for my videos
In this video, I’m going to show you how I record my voice for my YouTube videos.
If you don’t know, I’m all about having a simple set up that’s efficient and convenient. That means I’m really lazy, but mostly I don’t like wasting my time.
That’s why this video will be really short and easy because I really only need 2 things, and that’s my mic and Garageband.
Can video editing fix everything? Even though my videos would suck without video editing, I know that it can’t fix all my problems. Make your video editing easier by avoiding these mistakes.
Can video editing fix everything?
If you think video editing will fix all your problems, then you’re wrong. Video editing can’t fix these mistakes. If you want to find out more, keep watching.
I’ve said this before in a previous video, but my videos would definitely suck without video editing.
Even if I know that, I also know that video editing does not fix everything. So if you’re here to get some video editing tips or you’re a beginner at video editing here are some things to avoid to make video editing easy for you.
Bad lighting
Let’s start with lighting. Video editing will not fix bad lighting or at least not 100%. You can brighten up a video and balance color, but it doesn’t totally fix the problem.