The consumption of video content has seen a dramatic increase in recent years. With the advent of high-speed internet and the widespread availability of smart devices, people are now able to access video content on-demand, from anywhere and at any time.

This shift in consumer behavior has led to a surge in the creation and distribution of video content.

People not only consuming more video content but also creating content more than ever. As a result, businesses, brands, and individuals alike are recognizing the importance of video in reaching and engaging with their target audience.

Talking about video content, YouTube is the largest place for user-generated videos. With so many new creators, so many new faces — people are watching YouTube more than TV.

Whether you are new to YouTube (as a creator) or a big player, having an effective YouTube banner is a must (also to monetize your channel ). A YouTube banner is like an extended identity of your logo. It represents you. Having an appropriate YouTube Banner will connect to your subscribers at a different level. Not only it will make them familiar with your channel but will also increase audience retention.

But coming up with effective YouTube banner design ideas can be challenging. Sometimes you have it inside but it doesn’t strike your mind. Sometimes you have too many of them but could not finalize one YouTube banner idea. And sometimes, you might have no clue what should be up on your YouTube channel’s banner. Sometimes, you can be busy creating content and left it to the default YouTube banner. I know, being a creator is hard.

Often we have such questions in our mind, before creating a YouTube Banner

What should I put on my YouTube banner?
What is the best banner for YouTube channel?
How do you make a cool YouTube banner?

So I am here to help! In this blog, I want to provide you with enough firepower so that you can generate best YouTube banner ideas, consistently. Better, huh!. It will make your YouTube banner authentic and close to your subscribers. After all, nobody knows better than you about your subscribers.

Here’s an overview of all the ideas:

#1 Give an overview of your channel

#2 Use it as a way to communicate information

#3 Give a sneak peek into your upcoming video

#4 Keep it unique

#1 Give an overview of your channel

The very obvious idea for a YouTube banner is to give an outline of your channel. You can show a collage of all the interesting moments which your fans relate to. Make sure that it should be relevant and convey to the audience the type of content they can expect.

You can also feature the prominent characters of your channel. This will increase familiarity with your characters among your audience.

#2 Use it as a way to communicate information

Your true fans will always love to know a little more. You can use your YouTube channel’s banner to deliver some information. Things like your video release schedule or some events which you are recently part of. You can also promote other social media handles in the YouTube banner. This will help to increase your reach.

If you have merchandise YouTube is a good place to showcase them.

#3 Give a sneak peek at your upcoming video

Sometimes you can use this space to tease or give a sneak peek at your upcoming video or show. This will not only create suspense in your audience but also make your Youtube channel’s banner interesting.

#4 Keep it unique

At times keeping it simple and unique can win the hearts of your subscribers. The word unique means something which is special to your channel. This may include a famous dialogue from your videos or a subscriber created art. This will make your stand apart from the competition.

Now that you have some ideas about your new effective YouTube banner, let’s give a shape and form to it. I mean to actually design them. Though the idea should be yours, it is always a good idea to get it designed by YouTube banner designers. A great place to find such designers is Fiverr. But there is more …

We all know that Fiverr is one of the largest place for digital services. Starting from graphic design, website and app development, content writing, digital marketing, and many more… Fiverr has been catering to these services.

To actually help you out, I have listed the relevant YouTube banner freelance designers from Fiverr according to the niche or genre of your YouTube channel. So that you can save up some time in scouting for them and think about your next Q&A video (maybe).

Vlogging & Lifestyle YouTube Banner

If you are a super-motivated daily vlogger or a have sophisticated lifestyle channel, then this one is for you.

Fashion & Beauty YouTube Banner

If you are into beauty hacks and make-up tips and tricks, then this list is for you

Gaming & Esports YouTube Banner

If you do live stream gaming videos or frequently upload gameplay videos, then find your banger YouTube channel’s banner here

Music Label & Artist Youtube Banner

As an independent music artist, instrumentalist, or create soulful cover songs, then here are your options

Kids & Learning YouTube Banner

If you create educational content to nurture the growing YouTube’s education community, there these resources can help. By the way, YouTube has a new section called Learning.

Yoga & Fitness Youtube Banner

If you are into calm and peaceful yoga or an adrenaline boost workout, then these YouTube channel banner services might be a good “fit”. (pun intended)

Cool YouTube Banner

If your category is not in the list, then no worries. Check out this services.

Conclusion

In conclusion, creating an effective YouTube banner requires a balance of creativity and strategy. Consider your target audience, the purpose of your channel, and the overall aesthetic you want to convey. Utilize color psychology, text placement, and eye-catching graphics to stand out and make a lasting impression. Remember to keep your banner simple, yet memorable, and keep it up to date with current design trends. With these tips and resources in mind, you’ll be well on your way to generating ideas for an eye-catching YouTube banner design that will effectively represent your brand.

In this blog, I am going list all those non-design tools which made my life easier. There can be many other apps or tools which can serve the same purpose, but these apps really worked out for me pretty well. I use them on a daily basis and hope that you will find these tools useful.

All of them are free to use without any trials!

So here is the list of non-design tools for designers:

1. Milanote
2. Notion
3. Grammarly
4. AND CO
5. Mega
6. Enpass Password Manager
7. Notebloc

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Milanote

Every new thing starts with a great idea. Milanote is the place to visualize your idea. It can be in form of a moodboard, timeline, plan, or a list of ideas. This tool will help you to kickstart your projects or ideas and further you can brainstorm on it to make it more solid.

Personally, I use this to make any kind of plan, understanding a problem visually or to create a moodboard. I have done my entire website plan on Milanote. Starting from creating to-dos, boards to connecting each page with arrows.

It has an infinite canvas so that your ideas flow without any blockages. You can upload files, save links and images from the web or write a long piece of text. It also has mobile apps so that you can add your ideas on the go. Also, you can share them with your friends or team member to get valuable suggestions.

Pricing

Free up to 100 cards. (You can get extra 100 cards by referring it to your friends.)

Paid: $9.99 per month

Notion

This one is my favourite! Actually, I am writing this blog on Notion. It truly defines the fact ‘Less is More’. It has a very clean, minimal and decluttered workflow. No complex menus, toolbars, hard to remember short cuts! This tool is very simple yet powerful. It is an amalgamation of Microsoft Word, Trello, Airtable and a few others. Notion is praised all over the internet by The Futur, Ali Abdal and many more productivity gurus.

I use Milanote to write blogs (formerly I used Google Docs) then, I can copy-paste them to WordPress Editor to publish them. I also use it to take notes, to do research and to create some text documents. You can also export it as a PDF and get it printed for offline reference.

Pricing

Free with unlimited pages and blocks (It has a 5MB limit on file attachments, but TBH! you will rarely hit that limit)

Paid: Starting from $4 per month

Grammarly

This happens! I often found this thing common in me and other designers. Sometimes we are so focused on making that perfect layout, but leave unseen spelling and grammatical mistakes. That’s why we need proof-read it several times before shipping it. client or team members.

Outside the design software, we also write emails, messages, notes etc. Here we can leave the proof-read to Grammarly (to large extent). Grammarly is a very advanced tool than Microsoft Office squiggly line spell checker. With its AI-powered assistant, it will help you to achieve error-free writing. Be it spelling, grammar, punctuation, Grammarly will guide you through. They also have special features such as tone, readability, intent, it takes your writing to next level.

I have been using for almost 2 years, and I recommend everyone to use it. Be it browser, desktop or mobile app. After all, it does all the above magic things for free.

Pricing

Free.

Paid: Starting $11.66 per month

AND CO

The next tool is especially helpful for my freelancer friends. AND CO is a swiss-knife for freelance designers or any freelancer. You can create proposals, send invoices, manage payments, track time, generate productivity report and WHAT NOT! Along with these diverse features, it is also has a beautifully designed UI. The dashboard looks clean and sleek.

It has a free plan, which includes all the features but you can have only one active client. If you are happy with the experience, I would suggest you get the Pro Subscription to manage unlimited clients.

Quick Tip: If you want add more clients without upgrading, then you can archive your clients.

Pricing

Free with 1 active client.

Paid: $18 per month (unlimited clients)

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Mega

If Dropbox is known for its reliability and popularity, Mega is known for its massive 50GB FREE storage. Yes! You heard it right. You don’t even need a credit or debit card to sign-up. It’s completely free of cost. Well if you want more you can always upgrade. Even though you upgrade, the cost per GB with comparison to Google Drive, Dropbox is less.

Mega is your go-to if you have massive files to backup. All your archive projects files, photos or videos can find a better place in Mega instead of taking space in your fast SSD. Now coming to reliability and privacy, Mega claims that all files stored in the cloud are end-to-end encrypted (like we have end-to-end encrypted chats in Whatsapp). So only you and with whom you share will have the key to access the file. I have been using Mega for years without a single issue.

Pricing

Free 50GB Lifetime

Paid: Starting from €4.99 or ₹445.24 per month (with 400GB storage)

Enpass Password Manager

The best thing about Enpass Password Manager is that they do not upload or save your passwords in the cloud. Each and everything, passwords, notes, vaults are stored locally on your device. You need to remember only the Master Password to access it.

I recently discovered it (formerly I used LastPass) and completely loved using it. It is beautifully designed and organized password manager. You can also generate hard to break passwords using the app. It is available on all desktop and mobile platforms. In case, you want to sync your passwords with another device then you can choose your own cloud storage(Google Drive, Dropbox, etc) to sync passwords. Even in the cloud drive, it is encrypted and can be only opened using the master password which you have set.

Pricing

It comes with a free plan where you can keep up-to 25 passwords.

Paid: $23.99 for per year

Use coupon code EN128-BFZE1 to get 60% off on the annual plan. So, it will cost $9.59 per year.

If you are from India, it will cost only ₹64 ($1) for an entire year. Don’t forget to use the code!

Use coupon code EN1U4-265QC to get 35% discount on One-time purchases.

Notebloc

If you are someone who always starts design with a sketchbook and later scans to your favourite design software. Then you need to know about this app — Notebloc. Notebloc is a high-quality scanner app, which helps you to scan your crystal clear artworks. The scanning filter works exceptionally well even in low-lit conditions.

The app is simple yet feature-rich. Batch scanning, edge detection, true-white background, PDF export, text OCR, saving to cloud – and of-course everything for FREE. It is available on Android and iOS. If you are still using your phone’s default scanner app, Notebloc is worth a try.

Pricing

Free. (without any feature limitations)

Optional Paid: $3.99 or ₹100 (in India)

Google Play | App Store

Conclusion

Time to wrap this list up. Since I use these regularly, I hope these non-design tools will be helpful to my designer friends. If you haven’t tried a single one, I would highly recommend you to do so. If you are already using any of the tools, please let me know in the comment section below.

I will be more than happy to hear from you!

Don’t you worry any more, minimize your Photoshop/Illustrator and give this blog a thorough read to know about amazing logo design resources.

After reading this blog you will get to know about the best logo resources for designers you need and that logo can FLY HIGH!

Moreover, there is a special FAQ section at the end of this blog, where you will get all the answers you might have as a designer– some, if I knew during my initial logo design phase, would have helped me a lot!

Here’s the list of logo resources for designers:

1. Logo Lab
2. Logo Rank
3. Free Minimal Logos
4. Logospire
5. Brand New by Under Consideration LLC
6. Logo Analysis by Survey Monkey

In case, if you are looking for some courses on logo design then check out this blog. Apart from logo design, the list includes helpful courses for designers.

1. Logo Lab

If you are new to logo design, Logo Lab is quite helpful in testing out your freshly designed logo. It also suggests improvements that could be made to enhance the logo.

Highlighting features of Logo Lab:

• Balance: Find out the visual balance in your logo and make sure the elements are equally weighted.

• Colour: Check out whether the logo works well in black and white or not?

• Scalability: Is your logo recognizable in different sizes? You can determine this using the tool.

• Blur: Logo plays an important role in visual identity. With this feature, you can find how eye-catching or attractive your logo is?

Check out other cool features!!

2. Logo Rank

Logo Rank is a unique logo testing tool, which uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to analyse your logo design. Developed by Brandmark.io, the site claims that the tool is trained on more than a million logo designs to provide accurate suggestions and tips. It ranks your logo based on:

• Uniqueness
• Legibility
• Contrast
• Overall design

To get started just upload your logo, the tool will do the magic!

It may take a while to show the results, but don’t worry it definitely works.

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3. Free Minimal Logos

If you like a lot of white spaces in your design, then you should check out Free Minimal Logos for sure. You can find many simple, clean and minimal logo ideas. Use them as a starting point of your logo design, make some adjustments and add some creativity. Voila! You have designed your new minimal and sleek logo.

4. Logospire

Logo inspiration doesn’t require fancy outlets, and if you are someone who loves simple format and has a truckload of inspiration, then Logospire is the Friend that you must BEFRIEND! Its infinite scrolling logo feed will inspire your logo ideas with out of the box designs. 

The three main reasons I totally love this website are:

• Minimal Website
• Huge Catalog of logos
• Infinite Scroll Feed

5. Brand New by UnderConsideration LLC

Stay up-to-date with logo designs and redesigns of various business and products across all industries.

The website comprises news-worthy projects, each dedicated with meticulous, in-depth and comprehensive analysis. These are mostly clustered into articles based on size and the notoriety of the client or even based on the quality of the design.

One of my favourite things is its browse section. It has loads of options for the type of logo or mockup you want to search for. Choose one and it will bring out its catalog with all guns blazing. If you aren’t satisfied with the topics in the browse section you can be ultra-specific with your keyword search and it will just amaze you in each step.

And guess what? They even have a mailing list that you can opt-in for.

One thing I really like about Brand New is their comment section which has dozens of reviews of the logos. If you are someone who wants to upload your logos and get reviewed, you have an option to do so. 

All in all a great logo resource website!

6. Logo design Analysis by Survey Monkey

Ahh, this site is quite unique. If you are someone who is a brand’s high-level officer or working under some high-end client and want to test the effectiveness of your logos before handing in your project- then Survey Monkey should be your go-to site!

So how do they work? Well, their data based surveys push your logo design concepts to their panellists to fetch reviews. You might feel well, they might be bots. Well no! Survey Monkey’s team shows pride with their robustness to bots and puts in a lot of effort to maintain it and brings in reviews in record time!

Here are some of the unique features that you will get if you opt-in:

• A/B testing
• Up to 15 criteria for testing
• Refined Targeting
• 200 national responses
• Word cloud of the most words used for reviewing your designs
• Ready-made results
• Simple and easy to interpret results, etc.

Now, this is a very good site, but before you jump in, I must tell you that it comes with a big financial dependency, which might not be of much use or even affordable if you are starting or doing a job for smaller clients.

So, it’s better to understand the need before diving in.

Conclusion

Are you going to hop onto Survey Monkey and try out their resources or are you going to give it a pass? Let me know in the comments below!

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