- We all know how important video
thumbnails and titles are, right?
So, what if we could test how they would look on YouTube
against your competitors before you even publish the video?
Yeah, we do that.
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- To access our new thumbnail preview tool,
all you need to do is make sure VidIQ is installed,
upload a video, and you should see this new tool
on the right hand side of the first page
of the YouTube upload workflow.
Type in the search term you would like to rank for,
click the button, and we will show you
a mock-up of how your video,
complete with thumbnail, title, and description,
compares against the videos already ranking for that term.
You can either scroll down this list
to compare it against more videos
or click the device icons to the right hand side
to show you how your video will look on
a tablet or on a mobile phone.
If that covers when you are directly competing
for a search term against other videos
you already know about,
what about when you're pushed in front of
random viewers in browse features?
Yeah, we cover that one as well.
The two tabs in the top left
allow you to switch between
search and home screen video previews.
Whole screen previews will show you a more
random selection of videos
just like you might encounter on your home page
for desktop, tablet, and mobile.
This is a good opportunity to see if
your video has that pop and punch
to catch a potential viewer's attention
when even they are not sure what
they are going to watch next.
A couple more things to show you now.
With the search tab selected,
this toggles on or off
whether you want your keyword search term
to be highlighted on the preview screen.
And in the home screen mode,
you can turn on whether you want
the preview to show you random videos
from channels you have either
added to your VidIQ competitor list or
random videos from your YouTube watch history preferences.
Now if all of this is telling you that
your thumbnail, title, and description
don't work as intended, you can change it all here,
preview from this screen and save it all directly
back to your YouTube video.
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The aim of the thumbnail preview tool is to
ensure that your content has the best possible chance
of being discovered on YouTube
before you even press publish.
That's why we include it on the very first
page of the YouTube upload workflow.
But we also include it in the video editor page.
You will find the same tool in pretty much the same place
of the edit video details page.
We've also placed a preview button
just below the upload custom thumbnail option
in both the YouTube upload workflow
and video edit page to remind you to use the tool.
But what you'll also find on this page
are yet more VidIQ tools that tell you
the best time to publish your content on YouTube.
You'll also discover our SEO scorecard
that rates your metadata and the video checklist
to make sure you've done all of those
little video jobs correctly.
And our keyword recommendation tools
that suggest the words and phrases you should be
adding to your videos to make sure
your content is seen by more viewers.
And that's just on the video details page.
We have tools everywhere.
Seriously, if you need support with your YouTube journey,
then we have tools that will help you research YouTube,
analyze every single video on the platform,
audit your own channel,
and take actual steps that will help you
get more views and more subscribers.
There's a link in the video description.
It is free to download.
That video preview tool is available
to all VidIQ users to test,
but to unlock full access, you will need VidIQ boost.
But there are so many other reasons
why you would want to upgrade,
including all of the tools you get, plus the VidIQ academy,
which takes your learning to a whole new level.
As with all new VidIQ tools,
we'd love to hear your feedback,
so let us know in the comments below.
And if you want to learn more about all of the other VidIQ
tools that will help you grow your channel,
check out the playlist over here.
Thank you very much for watching,
and of course, end the rest of your video-making day.