Images are an effective way to generate interest in your content marketing efforts. Thumbnails are the first thing someone sees when scrolling through their Twitter or Facebook feed. That’s why it’s important to spend just 1 or 2 minutes to create a simple but attractive thumbnail for your blog posts.
By the way, this isn’t just speculation, it’s real science. Jeff Bullas shared some stats on this in his May 28, 2012 blog post.
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6 Powerful Reasons Why You Should Incorporate Images into Your Marketing
- Articles with images get 94% more total views
- Inserting a photo and a video in a press release increases views by over 45%
- 60% of consumers are more likely to consider or contact a business when an image appears in local search results
- On an e-commerce site, 67% of consumers say the quality of a product image is important when selecting and purchasing a product “very important” is
- In an online shop, customers think that the quality of a product image is more important than product-specific information (63%), a long description (54%) and ratings and testimonials (53%) .
- The interaction rate on Facebook for photos is average ch 0.37%, while text is only 0.27% (this means a 37% higher engagement rate for photos over text)
- Read the full list…
Of course, adding images to your blog posts is important and valuable. But if you’re really trying to scale your content marketing, how can you consistently produce high-quality images at the same time?
In this short tutorial video, Hayk explains how to create stunning thumbnails in less than two minutes .
How to Create Stunning Blog Thumbnails in Less Than 2 Minutes
6 Steps to Create Blog Thumbnails Fast
Blog thumbnails are the first impression you make when readers visit your website. It is important to look your best and one must first have a good understanding of these thumbnails and how to create them.
Let’s walk through the steps:
1) Type “pablo.buffer.com” in the address bar. 2) Browse the images (left). Select an image and double click to edit the text. 3) Paste the text you want with the font you prefer. Optimize the size and placement. 4) You can add logos and other details as you need. 5) If you are satisfied with the thumbnail, click “Share and Download” on the page. This will give you a number of options as to where you can save the file. You click “Download” and it should be saved to your computer. 6) That’s all. You now have a thumbnail that you can upload as you please.
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These are the main steps to create blog thumbnails quickly. They should take less than two minutes as long as you have an idea of what is required. Some can do it even faster!
How to sign up for a Buffer account
All you need to do it yourself is a free tool called Pablo from buffers Just click this link to go to their website.
Go to “Getting started with Buffer” in the top right corner. You will follow all the instructions on this page and fill everything out.
This should give you access to all the features this excellent thumbnail tool has to offer. All you have to do after you’re logged in is simply go to pablo.buffer.com to access the graphics tool.
Now that you’ve watched the video and logged into Buffer , you are on the right track Your way to always beautiful blog thumbnails.
Advantages of good blog thumbnails
What are the advantages of good blog thumbnails? Why spend time doing this when you could leave it and hope for the best?
The first thing is the impression you make. An excellent blog thumbnail shows a sense of professionalism and attention to detail. Readers are subconsciously drawn to these thumbnails.
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Want a good example of this? Go to YouTube and watch videos with professional thumbnails and they want it. Which one is better? It’s always the professional one.
Check out these thumbnails. I was just searching “content marketing” on YouTube and was wondering which video you would watch.
Creating beautiful thumbnails is very quick, so you don’t waste a lot of time. It’s beneficial because it increases conversion volume (i.e., the number of incoming readers) and that’s what matters.
Create your blog thumbnails and see how it improves your results in seconds.
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