
What if I told you that 90% of whether someone watches your video is decided before they even press play?
It's not your content. It's not your speaking ability. It's not your lighting or audio quality.
It's your thumbnail—that tiny little image that appears in their feed for exactly three seconds before they scroll past or click through.
Most business owners treat thumbnails like an afterthought. They let platforms auto-generate them or snap a random screenshot and call it good. Meanwhile, their competitors are using thumbnails like master marketers use storefront windows—to stop traffic and pull people inside.
In today's Video Lion, I'm revealing the psychology behind high-performing thumbnails and the simple techniques that can double your video views without changing a single word of your content.
Come with me!