Showing your face can depend on your age! I have a tutorials channel where I don't often show my face on the video at all. I have experimented many times face and no face and every time when I have my face - views decrease. It can be that it shows that I'm in my late 50s and my viewers are quite evenly across age groups, with the biggest group being 25-34.
@Kakumei Ascott agreed....she's maybe recognizing (or isn't admitting) that she's damn cute, and that's definitely an element to why that works for her.
I've been messing around with my thumbnails and it is crazy how well these tips work! Removing the background has made a big difference btw. My first 1k viewed video used this tip.
@@gardengate1153 I just found something on Canva that was in my color palette. I'm still learning what works and what doesn't. But it seems like a great strategy.
Rule 1: Show your face *** Delete your background? *** gotta watch the whole video to know how Rule 2: No fancy fonts Rule 3: Keep it simple *** Bonus Tip *** gotta watch the whole video to catch this one Rule 4: Avoid the right side (or is it the left?) *** Gotta watch the video to clarify Rule 5: Make it big *** Canva Hack *** dont want to miss this one In conclusion, here are the five tips but theres more value in it if you watch the whole video.
gosh, thank you. sometimes comments like these try to sum up the entire video but end up leaving our crucial details, thanks for encouraging people to watch it.
1:56 Rule #1 Show Your Face 4:18 Rule #2 No Fancy Fonts 5:59 Rule #3 Keep It Simple 6:43 Bonus Tip - What Thumbnail Text 7:57 Rule #4 Avoid The Right Side 8:49 Rule #5 Keep It Big These were really great tips. She elaborates each rule. To get the full value watch the whole thing!
One more tip: Prevent the text from hitting video length overlay at the bottom right. I would suggest that the text should be visible at 80-90% from the center (i.e. avoiding the edges of the thumbnail).
I think she mentioned the text should be on right hand side. Its confusing check 8.25 part of the video again, however i agree with you it should be on the left
I feel like commenting a million times. This was so informative, direct and fun. Good job vanessa. Love from Kenya. Also new youtuber and growing each day. Keep doing this. Love love love.
Showing your face whatever you look like is important in my opinion because people who like watching your videos recognises one of yours pop up immediately. That’s how I feel about people I watch 😍
Your videos are amazing. I started my channel half a year ago and just got to 3k+ now. I watched your other videos that you talked about experimenting other topics. that was what i did, that i was exploring around too much, now finally got a bit more focused. i wish i knew your channel earlier!!
Thank you Vanessa. You have inspired my channel. I have changed some of my thumbnails and it has helped my channel. Watching this again is another huge eye opener. I hope my channel grows faster and better.
Thank you, Vanessa! Hope everyone who is watching this will get their channel to grow well beyond what they thought was possible! You got this! Keep going!
Wow! I guess you'll be added to the list of my favourite coaches! Very clear message and you really kept it so simple and understandable! Great vid! 👌☝️♥️
I’ve been following you since you started! What I appreciate more from your videos is your entrepreneurial mindset! I was in a rut because of what people said about me for a long time... but you said, a entrepreneur me is not gonna care and keep pushing! It really helped me out!
People consume contents because of a person beliefs and what they represent. That's why the page with the most followers is not a brand but an individual.
Great rules. I've been following these rules since I first saw this video 6 months ago or so, and each one has been very helpful.. Thanks very much. You're one of the more analytical and systematic and that's what makes your videos so valuable.
Thank you, thank you, and thank you. You are amazing! This has to be the best overview of thumbnails on RU-vid. This will be very helpful for my channel. This information I’ve been seeking for multiple years.
Thanks for the tips Vanessa! I am working to improve the thumbnails for my At Home Workout channel, but I started by determining my brand style, colors, font, etc. Keep grinding 😁
Vanessa is incredible at her videos. Lots of personality, easy to listen to, easy to understand and gets to the point quickly. Great work. This video was very helpful. Thank you!!1
I am SOOOOOOO grateful to have found your channel!!! The instructions were very easy to follow and I got my channel art AND Thumbnails by using your videos!! KUDOS to YOU for helping ME!!!!!
That remove.bg tool just saved me hours of time. I do boxing videos and so I cut out boxers and put them together for most of my thumbnails. THANK YOU!!
I have a cleaning channel and I’ve been doing my own research on what thumbnails are working and what’s not. When I see other videos in my niche they are all mixed and who knows what does good. I will figure it out soon lol and make it work 🤩 good luck to everyone!
WOW! Thank you, thank you, thank you, and thank you. This has to be the best overview of thumbnails on RU-vid. This will be very helpful for my channel. This information I’ve been seeking for multiple years.
I’m new to RU-vid 👋🏾 I just jumped into making videos and knew nothing about making thumbnails. I noticed after my two videos posted I didn’t get as many views. My next videos will indeed come have thumbnails now ! Thanks a lot Vanessa ❤️
Canva has a built in background remove too. The left hand side tip is such a good tip, I noticed that when the text is on the right I never click those video
Yes and its great that i found it hopefully i can buy a subscription for creating my thumbnail coz i only use the free trials now im new in creating vlogs 😊😊
Arrived here after searching for same lots of vlogs, Thanks for your golden rules revealed without any hesitations. Hope more wonderful outputs from you dear Vanessa Lau🤩
Practical tips and rules. I very much appreciate the remove.bg suggestion since my backdrop never changes. 100+ episodes in and I'm updating my whole channel now. Awesome 🎩🔮
Thank you for your contribution to the world, I/We greatly appreciate you!!! Here I go diving into my first youtube connect. Send positive vibes! It was definitely a journey just to get to this point and thank you for all the tips and inspiration.
If you’re scrolling through the comments I hope you have a phenomenal day. Get ya bread and all the crumbs too. Stack and act broke Ladies and Gents 😤🤟🏾😤🤟🏾. But this is the internet so lemme stop being positive 🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
Oh my gosh...I LOVE YOUR ENERGY!!! Thank you so much for this video! I've been struggling with my Thumbnails and needed a thorough explaining on what to find "Important" for great thumbnails!! 🤗💚🤗💚
Hi Vanessa, I can honestly say that watching your videos this past week, really helped in preparing my RU-vid channel. Thanks for what you do. I have been so inspired by your work and education, I am ready to go ahead and try it myself.
5 golden rules i'm new to youtube and i'm going to apply this to my next vid!! 1. show your face (human emotions) 2. no fancy fonts especially script fonts (use bold fonts instead) 3. keep it simple (only 4 words) 4. avoid the right side (all words on the left) 5. make the elements big (large enough to see it)
Wow, that's really useful. I started my RU-vid channel around two months ago and didn't know any of these tips :D my fonts are fancy, difficult to read and they need a lot of improvement! I'll try to do better from now on :). Thanks.
ANOTHER BIG TIP THAT HAS HELPED ME: Don't use red, white, or black elements on a thumbnail as much as possible! This is due to the fact that it will blend into RU-vid, which mostly consists of these few colors!
Loved this video! I’ve been doing ALL THE WRONG THINGS with my thumbnails so I’m excited to see the results once I follow your tips! Thanks for all of this 😊
Thanks for all the help! These are really useful tips. I have a quick question: for someone who doesn't quite feel comfortable showing their face, would it still add a human element if I used my animated character who looks like me? I could draw myself showing those emotions and put it in the thumbnail. I've seen some other channels (like Jaiden Animations!) do that and it always inspires me to click, but I don't know if I'm biased because I do animations too(well, as of right now there are none involving me up on my channel but I plan to upload some very soon.) Sorry if this is confusing but could you please let me know?
@Vanessa Lau Thanks for the clarity. You’re 100% right. I went back to my channel and realized that my videos with my face expression has had the most views in comparison to those without. Today’s video was super useful. Needed these tips will definitely be following ! Will definitely keep watching you! 😎 thank you kindly!
Thanks for the advice! I use Canva too, how do you get the text to have a different colour outline? On 10:29 for example, you have white letters with black lining. I can only achieve such a look by putting in the text twice and giving one a different colour, but that creates a "shadow" and is not exactly what I want. I hope I'm clear, a little difficult to explain 😅
Thank you so much for all the information. I love your to the point way of speaking. The font information really helped me out. Keep up the great work.
Lord I had no idea where to start with my thumbnails, but after watching your videos I got some much needed direction. Thanks! Can’t wait to see how it improves my channel. 😊
Omg these tips were super helpful! The text on the left side got me 🤯 I didn’t even think of that but it makes so much sense! Just subbed. Love your content!
Great tips! For me, it has taken 20 videos trying to figure out a consistent thumbnail format that works for our content. I saved/shared this vid. I think everyone should!
Thanks so much for the reminder on the 6 universal human emotions. It is crazy how implementing such a simple tip can make a huge difference in the creating process! Thanks again hun. Great video! xx
I love your videos!! Thanks so much for making this. I'm starting my youtube channel and launching it in a few weeks for real estate in arizona. Doing it all on my own for now and your videos have helped me so much!
Super Simple Saver yiiiikes I felt that, but on the contrary I use mine to look absolutely ridiculous on my thumbnails sometimes for a bit of humor and that works for me lmaooo
