Day 11 - Creator Breakthrough Series (The Thumbnail & Title Formula That Gets Clicks)

Quick Question First: Since I have pivoted my niche, I am wondering should I go ahead and start creating and publishing videos for this new channel. I was waiting for the time in the challenge when Alexa tells us to go ahead and create a video, but I don't know when that is. I plan to redo the 30-second video that ended up being a 1min43sec. What do y'all think?

Okay, Day 11! I am liking this one. Creating Thumbnails and Titles. (Clearly the editing portion is stressful, but I will get pass that, lol.)

I love how Alexa breaks these two down. I always needed to know the "science" of Thumbnails and Titles and she has it all here in this Day 11. For my background, it will be light against my dark complexion. The focal point will be the gift basket I am designing. It always wins whether I want to be focus or not (and I do not). However, I will be in the frame of my video. I will be showing all of those expressions based on the title and thumbnail and what I am trying to convey in the video. They all should match.

For my thumbnail sizes, I have been using "thumbs up," which shows what my thumbnails look like on mobile, tv, desktop, tablet, playlist, etc. There are other tools out there that do the same, but this is the one I learned first and use. I believe, from what I have observed, my Thumbnail is the "What" and my title is the "Why":

-"What" (thumbnail) is in the video, and

-"Why" (title) my viewer should click.

Did I get that right? That's what I have noticed even when looking at the playlist for this challenge.

My thumbnail-title combination will not be clickbait! I hate clickbait. It's like lying! Deception! I hate lies!!!

I've made all these mistakes except repeating the text of the title in the thumbnail. Guilty😅! I learned early on that this was a no-no. For this lesson, I will be spending a lot more time on creating my title and thumbnails no matter how long it takes before my video is uploaded. My key is going to be batch producing which I know is coming in a future lesson of this challenge.

So, for my action assignment, my title ideas are:

-How to make gift items stand up. (I've been asked that constantly over the years)

-Great a Christian Based Easter Gift Basket (because it is a trending holiday at this point.)

I haven't decided which one I will do yet, probably both. During my mini recovery, I was working on a checklist for Easter so I could have an opt-in. Maybe I will do that.

Side Info:

-Current Niche: Teaching Gift Basket Biz Startups

-Pivoted from: Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse

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