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Your YouTube Channel Art Matters!

Your YouTube Channel Art Matters

August 14, 2018/in Marketing, Social Media /by Kevin Richards

So many business owners are turning to YouTube to expand their reach & grow an audience these days. It’s so easy to share content and reach new people on the platform. Now, when someone arrives on your channel, what do they see? Does it match the quality of your brand and your product or service? Does it even matter, shouldn’t the video content speak for itself? Well, in short, of course it matters!

YouTube is now a powerhouse publishing network that is slowly replacing traditional media. Being so huge and saturated with content, your YouTube channel art needs to be as professional as it can be to stand out.

Your YouTube channel art is an important part of your YouTube channel’s branding. It’s the first thing viewers will see and tells them a lot about you. What message do you want to tell first-time viewers of your channel? What kind of quality do you want them to see?

Some of our clients have been diving into the world of content marketing on YouTube. We’ve been right there with them creating professional graphics for their channels! Not to mention profile photos, video thumbnails and end-screens.

Since we started this journey, we’ve kept track of their YouTube analytic statistics. What we’ve found is steady growth and positive reactions to their channels. Today, I want to share with you some of the real results we’ve gotten with real clients. Let’s get started!

All About Suspenders

Back in April of 2018, we began working on the Suspender Store YouTube channel. Suspender Store has been a great client who we love, so we were excited to work on their YouTube channel art.

The goals were simple: improve existing content, add new content, get more subscribers, market their suspenders e-commerce store. Ventura quickly went to work creating all new thumbnails for the channel. Meanwhile, Suspender Store focused on creating new content.

Before working with us, Suspender Store's graphics were difficult to understand and didn't include any text or branding.

This combo of producing consistent content and professional branding has had interesting results. It’s resulted in a noticeable improvement in engagement with their audience. We’ve gathered the data from before and after this change below:

Suspender Store's YouTube statistics show a clear trend of increased engagement: more likes, more comments, shares and videos.

Whoa, those are interesting results! But what can we tell by looking at these stats? The biggest changes seen here all involve engagement. More likes, more comments, more shares.

Engagement is reflective of how people are reacting to the content, rather than just if they’ve seen it or not. You can think of it as customer feedback.

Unfortunately, we did not end up seeing an increase in subscribers. We did see more positive feedback and engagement though. This tells us that the audience is liking the content being shared and is reacting well to it.

We’re happy with the results so far! We look forward to looking for new ways to improve Suspender Store’s YouTube channel.

Garage Doors for the Masses

We’ve had a relationship with Ohio’s North Shore Commercial Door for years. When they came to us with the goal of growing the North Shore Commercial Door YouTube channel, we jumped at the opportunity and haven’t looked back!

Like Suspender Store, NSCD had existing videos and content produced for the channel. They had a specific goal: grow their subscribers. Together, we went through and completely rebranded their YouTube channel art. We also began creating bold, easy to read thumbnails for their videos.

North Shore needed a complete set of channel graphics, before it was basic cover images and basic, hard to read thumbnails.

During this time, they also produced and shared more videos and content on a consistent basis. We recently looked into the results of the past 6 months of the channel and compared it to the 6 months before that. We found that the channel had impressive growth during that time, so let’s dive into it!

North Shore's YouTube statistics show a major increase in views, likes, watch time & subscribers. This allowed them to start using YouTube advertising which was a huge boost for the channel.

The growth achieved was great to see! But, let’s break it down and see if can find out the bigger picture in the stats.

That original goal of growing to 1000 subscribers was accomplished within the first few months. We saw an almost 350% increase in subscribers gained when compared to the previous 6 months.

Hitting that goal was a milestone because it allowed NSCD more freedom on the platform in form of advertising. That advertising was a huge player in a massive 200% increase in video views during that time-frame.

Naturally, getting more views isn’t the only marker of successful videos. Engagement saw an improvement as well, with more watch time, likes, comments & shares.

While Ventura Web Design assists NSCD with professional design, the key is that they’re always putting out content. They are constantly creating new, useful and relevant content for their viewers. We can tell it’s resonating with viewers because the analytics reflect their reactions.

The Big YouTube Channel Idea

YouTube definitely won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. The platform is a juggernaut and disruptive agent in the media industry. Anyone looking to run a business, of any kind, should be examining YouTube and taking it seriously.

Being such a popular, and easy to use platform, there’s a huge number of channels! It’s important to differentiate yourself and your business. There is so much competition that YouTube channel art, branding, graphics and video content will make a huge difference in standing out from the crowd. Not only that, but it will provide a better user experience for your audience.

Good YouTube thumbnails include bright colors, expressive emotion, context is explained and it's branded. Bad thumbnails are the opposite: dull colors, no emotion, no branding and no context.

Know how to make your own YouTube Banner? Download our template:

Download our PSD YouTube Template

Start a YouTube Channel and get cool YouTube banners

So, are you running a YouTube channel for your business? If not, why not? If you’re curious about having professional graphics made, we’ve made it easy to get in touch with us. Head over to our Support page and submit a request for help with your YouTube channel art. If you prefer a phone call to get instant access to us, call 702-515-2057. We want to help you grow your channel!

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