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- YouTube cover art, ugh.
I get the frustration.
How do you make it fit for all the different platforms?
To have it on desktop, on mobile, on TV.
Like, how do we make it fit?
I have been there, I know your pain.
I'm gonna fix it for you.
So when you're first optimizing your channel,
you wanna have a banner, that YouTube cover art,
that looks good; that shows your audience who you are,
what you do and catches their attention
so that they'll watch your videos and subscribe, right?
But it can be hard because
you need to make sure that banner,
that cover photo is going to fit the multiple
different platforms that YouTube can be shown on.
Because it can be shown on your computer,
on mobile, on a TV format,
so how do you get one image to fit all of them?
Now, I'm gonna show you how,
but also, you can click the link below
where I've actually created a full guide
that shows you the dimensions
and how to make anything fit,
any image fit into that one image
so that you can make it for your channel.
So you can click the link below to download that right now.
So first of all, you wanna have a banner
that shows the essence of who you are
and what your channel is all about.
So if you're the face of your channel,
there should be a picture of you.
If you have a tag line or a slogan,
or a name of your channel, include that.
Let your audience know what you're all about.
If the videos are about business, if they're about cooking,
have some images that show that.
If you put out videos every Tuesday,
every Thursday, include that on there.
Have a call to action on there that says
click the link to subscribe,
or if you have a website that you wanna direct them to,
include that on your banner as well.
Now, a common and very valid question I get is
well, how do I actually change my YouTube banner?
What is this?
Where do I see it?
How do I upload one?
So what you're gonna do is you're gonna go into YouTube,
and you're gonna go right to your channel.
So click on your name in the top right here,
and then click on My Channel.
From here you're gonna see
your channel from a front end view
how your customers are potentially seeing it.
So I can see all my videos, my playlists.
Now, you're gonna click here
where it says customize channel.
So now that I'm in the screen where I can actually
edit my channel, what you're gonna do is when you hover
over your channel art, see if I hover over this,
I can change my profile picture,
but I wanna hover over the channel art
where it's gonna show me this little pencil here.
You click edit.
You can edit the links.
Those are gonna show up right here.
That's also really important to have that.
But then you can click edit channel art.
From here this is where you're going to upload the photos.
So this is something you can design in Canva,
and if you need a tutorial in Canva,
I also have one of those on my channel.
It's the best tutorial on YouTube about Canva.
Canva said so themselves.
Upload from here.
You can even go into your photos
if there are any previous photos you've uploaded.
You can also use the gallery.
You can see what other people have used.
What YouTube gives you as templates,
and just upload one of those.
There is also a link for how you can create channel art,
but I've got you covered in that
if you click the link below.
I've got an even better one,
especially because I've been around the block.
I get this.
So the other thing that I want you to do
while you're still in here is go to your About page
so that you can make sure that all of your links
and your description,
everything for your channel is optimized.
Most people miss this part.
So I've clicked on the About.
I want you to update your links here.
Put in your website for business inquiries
and description so you can make sure that your channel
is optimized for when people come to see it.
Because on top of that cover art
that you're gonna put on your YouTube channel,
people also wanna know what you're about.
So make sure that your description,
all of your About stuff is in line with who you are,
and then also on the home page,
you can see how it says for returning subscribers.
This is for people who already subscribe to my channel,
and this is how they see my channel right now.
But what about for new visitors?
I wanna make sure that they get
the best first impression of me,
so my first video that shows up here
is a channel trailer that I've made just for them.
So when you start to optimize your channel here,
you can click here to edit this part
and add in a video for you,
and create all of these playlists
that will help people get to know you
and what you're about,
and see your best content firsthand.
Lastly, if you're not great at Photoshop,
because I'm not either, I am all about Canva.
You can go to Canva
and use one of their templates to make your cover art.
So go to Canva.com, create an account.
You can use a free account.
I used Canva for free before I ever started paying for it.
And even when I did,
it was just because I needed more functionality.
You can absolutely use it for free forever if you wanted to.
So they have all these templates you can scroll through.
You can pop in here what would you like to design?
If I actually start typing in YouTube,
it will bring me up a template for
how to make your YouTube cover art.
It will give you lots of samples.
You can just take one of their templates and replace it with
your images, your branding, your fonts, your logo, whatever.
You can use Canva right here.
And again, if you need a tutorial,
go check out the one on my channel.
It's the best one on YouTube.
I'm not just saying that; Canva did.
They really liked my tutorial,
and I think you will too, so you can go check that out.
But that is my best advice for
creating your YouTube cover art
because that's one of my most common questions I get.
tHey ask how do I make it fit?
What do I put on it?
And I get it.
So I wanted to make sure that I put out a video here
that will help you when you're creating your cover art.
Because you're gonna be a huge creator, right?
You've got an impact to make on the world,
and I wanna make sure that your cover art
is just the start of that, so if you need a guide,
more hands-on, click the link below,
and I have my template that I've given you.
A guide on what dimensions you need for all platforms
so you can download that by clicking the link below.
Thanks for watching.
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