Optimize your YouTube thumbnails with these dimensions: 1280 pixels wide by 720 pixels tall, with a minimum width of 640 pixels. A ratio of 16:9 is ideal as it’s used most often in YouTube players and previews.
If you want to get more views on your YouTube videos, there’s one tactic you can use to get them instantly: use better thumbnail images.
Thumbnail images are just as important as the video’s title if you actually want to get clicks. The images themselves are what can jump out at users and help you stand out in a long line of search results. Since these image thumbnails also show up on Google’s search engines, they’re essential to maximize your impressions.
In this post, we’re going to discuss everything you need to know about YouTube thumbnails, including the ideal size, how to create them, and the only best practices list you’ll ever need. [continue reading…]
You’ve likely seen and used GIFs in your online marketing. Whether you’re looking for the perfect reaction or incorporating GIFs to explain your brand, there seems to be a perfect GIF for almost every situation.
GIFs are engaging and fun for your users—and for you, too. They’re incredibly popular, with over 10 billion GIFs shared online every day from GIPHY alone. And that’s just one of many GIF resources.
With so many places to find amazing GIFs, what do you do if you can’t find what you’re looking for?
The good news is that you can absolutely make your own GIFs for your brand. Let’s take a look at how. [continue reading…]
BeReal is a rising social media platform that encourages in-the-moment authenticity from its users.
Created in Paris in 2020, BeReal is widely considered a disruptor in the social media space. It boomed at the beginning of 2022 and has continued to grow in popularity since. [continue reading…]
If you want to excel in almost any business, you practically need customer testimonials right now.
Customer testimonials can make an enormous impact on any business. They can do everything from expanding your reach to helping you build trust or establishing a strong brand reputation. Strong and well-placed customer testimonials can have a direct correlation with more sales, more customers, and more profit.
So how powerful are customer testimonials exactly, and how can you leverage them for your business? In this post, we’re going to discuss exactly that. [continue reading…]
It’s no exaggeration to say that bubble letter fonts are making a huge comeback right now. In the face of simple and uneventful typefaces, their puffy rounded edges are a sight for sore eyes. They’re lively, friendly, bubbly, and fun. They call to mind soft clouds, gummy candies, and graffiti tags you’d typically see at a skate park.
These are an exploding trend right now, and included in that trend is anything that looks hand-drawn; scribble-like doodles and hand-style graffiti styles are all the rage! So we thought what better time than now to collect and feature some of our favorite bubble fonts. These are all free-to-use fonts made by talented artists, illustrators, and type designers. We even included some graffiti-style fonts we thought were simply too good to pass up!
We’re thrilled to show you how versatile and creative you can be with such an organic style. Not only that, but to help incorporate them in your designs, we’ve incorporated them into some of Snappa’s pre-made templates. See for yourself how easy it is to drop them in! Feel free to click on any of the images below to edit the original template we used. Let’s get started!
Every single business—no matter how big you are, what industry you belong to, or what customers you serve—must have a strong email marketing game. It’s a need, not a want, as email marketing is one of the most high-yielding, high-efficiency marketing channels you can use.
There’s an abundance of data to back this up, but these are some of my personal favorite statistics:
41.5% of brands surveyed in a study said that email marketing was critical to business success
Revenue from email marketing is estimated to reach nearly 11 billion USD by the end of 2023
50% of consumers make purchases from marketing emails at least one time per month
Like everything with marketing, however, the results you get out of your campaigns will entirely depend on how well you create them. Email writing does require a little bit of practice and a lot of strategy, but the good news is that understanding the anatomy of an email from a business and marketing perspective can give you everything you need to get started.
In this post, we’re going to break down the four crucial components in the anatomy of an email and share tips for how to excel with each one. [continue reading…]
Looking to start your own podcast? Great choice! Podcasting is a powerful way to produce incredible content and build a loyal audience. And with 384 million podcast listeners globally, there’s an audience for every topic and niche you could imagine.
In this podcast beginners’ guide, we walk you through everything new podcasters need to know. We’ll explain important concepts and teach you how to start your own show. [continue reading…]
Have you ever booked an appointment, scheduled a call, added items to your shopping cart, and registered for Spotify or Netflix?
Then you’re familiar with online forms. And you know you need them to carry out all these and similar actions.
That said, online forms have been in existence for about as long as the internet. And without being aware of it, internet users became dependent on them.
Want to design better online forms? Then this guide is for you. We’ll walk you through as you design beautiful forms that get the job done.[continue reading…]
Instagram Stories have become a high-engaging wildly successful social media tool over the past few years. Users love it, and Instagram and Facebook have invested a ton into it— more stickers, music, and the expansion of Stories to Facebook.
So every business knows that they need Instagram Stories for marketing. But with many brands posting over three times a day on Stories alone, that very idea becomes incredibly overwhelming.
You need to come up with a lot of ideas, and you need to create a lot of visual content to meet that number.
Planning ahead is the best thing you can do to stay on top of this, while using templates to speed up the creation process.
So, are you looking for high-performing and easy-to-execute Instagram Story ideas? Let’s take a look at seven of our favorites and some free Instagram Story templates that can get you started. [continue reading…]
Whether you’re making graphics for your social media, blog or website, finding unique elements to use in your graphics can sometimes be a chore. That’s where cool unique shapes come in. A nicely placed vector can transform a graphic into something magical. Vectors are fully scalable, high-quality shapes that can be used in basically any style of design. Adding some cool shapes in a fresh color palette can be the lynchpin to take your design to the next level.
In this post, we’ll be sharing some of our favorite cool shapes we’ve been enjoying lately. Whether you’re running the socials for your work account or just your personal account, you’ll definitely want to incorporate these unique (sometimes weird) shapes into your content. Let’s jump in together! [continue reading…]
