 This episode is brought to you by Game On Snacks, jerky that's changing the game. Enter the promo code FREEDOM at checkout for 5% off all orders. What is up everyone, my name is Destiny Mike. Last week we discussed first impressions and how to get viewers to your channel. This week we're going to discuss thumbnails. Now that the viewer has clicked your channel and they decide that they want to see more, there are two things that are going to make and break your channel. Thumbnails and channel layouts. First, let's talk channel layout. If you have not yet enabled the browse feature on your channel, chances are people are skipping over your channel. It's very easy to mistake a content creator for a viewer if you don't have this feature enabled. This is because it typically shows your full activity. It will show the comments that you've left on other people's videos, it will show the videos you've liked, and then it will show your videos that you've uploaded, but sometimes it'll be lost in the clutter of all the other stuff. This all depends on what options you have checked that you want to share, but it's a lot better to set it up for a browse feature so you can lay out your channel the way you want. Typically a creator wants to show off their work, so if they're not showing it off on their channel, chances are when a viewer visits that channel, they're going to want to skip over it because they can't tell that it's a creator. So if you've not yet enabled browse, visit your channel, click the edit button under your channel, and then click edit channel navigation. Under browse hit enable and now your channel is ready to start organizing. Take a moment to make some playlists, add sections, and feature your channel trailer. Ask yourself, if I'm a new viewer, what would be the best way to navigate the channel and understand what you are all about? For instance, on my daily vlog channel, I have a year recap as the trailer so viewers can see if they're interested. Then I have a playlist organized by months and by years. Now if your channel is laid out properly, there's only one more thing you need to do in order to keep your viewers around, and that is thumbnails. Don't settle for the pre-made thumbnails that YouTube creates for you. More times than not, they're normally pretty bad and will easily get lost in the sea of videos out there. Now if you're like me, sometimes it's hard to keep up with thumbnails, but this does not mean to skip thumbnails altogether. So I'm going to give you a few quick tips to thumbnail making, even if you're not the best graphic designer. What I like to do is go through your video, find a still frame you like, and then export it into your photo editing software. If you don't have Photoshop, there's plenty of free good ones out there that you can choose from. Now let your photos in, you can add some text, add your logo, or simply make an overlay with pre-made shape layers. Don't clutter it up, but make sure to make it pop. Now that your thumbnail is done, save it and upload it. And now before you close out of your software, delete the photo and save your project file. Now you have your very own thumbnail template. Now next time you go to make a thumbnail, export your favorite still frame, import it, and you're basically done. Change your text accordingly, your colors accordingly, and then you're good to go. Everything is already laid out and ready to save you some much needed time. If you keep this up with each video, not only does it make your life easier, but it builds consistency across your channel as a whole. So create templates that you think would work for you and make your life easier. But anyways guys, that's it for me today. If you want to see more of me, check the playlist in the sidebar and you can get all my tips and tricks that I post up weekly. And of course you can visit my personal channels. The links will be in the description below or you can click the video in the end slate. But anyways guys, I'll see you next week. See ya. Thank you for watching and I'll see you in the next video.