Increase YouTube Views with Custom Thumbnail Science

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About Jeremy Vest

> Worked with many of the worlds top brands> Have over 300 million views to my credit

> Owner of YouTube certified company Vidpow.com

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What are YouTube Custom Thumbnails?

Your videos billboard

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Why are YouTube Custom Thumbnails so Important?

Biggest source of organic traffic for many channels through suggest videos

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How to Enable YouTube Custom Thumbnails

If Your Account is verified and in good standing you can upload custom iconshttps://www.youtube.com/verify

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How to Add YouTube Custom Thumbnails

Go to the video you want to edit and upload your image

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How to Make YouTube Custom Thumbnails

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1280x720 PX 16:9 Aspect Ratio

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Saturate color

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Over Sharpen

Eyes, Emotion & Excitement

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What in the world is that? & keep it Close

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A dog can’t be a cat

I would show a clip from the actual video because view duration is so important. Don’t use a thumbnail that does not truly represent the video.

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Custom Thumbnails Examples

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Show Results

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Typography & Contrast

Branding & the connection theory

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Custom Thumbnails A&B Testing

Using Adwords for Video

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Views to Impression Testing

Tracking Success

Body copy goes here and such

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YouTube Analytics / Traffic Sources / suggested Videos

Thanks

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