Cover Photo Facebook
By
Alfian Adi Saputra
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Thursday, June 28, 2018
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Cover Photo
The distinction between your cover picture and profile photo is that your profile image shows up in user's feeds, whereas your cover photo only exists on your Facebook page. When your fans visit your page, you have an opportunity to communicate something essential. So exactly what should your cover photo appear like, then? Change out that routine band photo with one of these 6 innovative (and effective!) ideas.
Cover Photo Facebook
1. Put your tour dates front and center
Your timeline image is a great location to show what you're presently dealing with in a billboard-style picture. If you're touring a brand-new album, create an engaging background with pieces of your cover art, and sprawl your tour dates throughout in a clean, readable design.
The key is to make it visually appealing with traces of your music tethered into the style. Just having the dates will not be enough. When Los Angeles-based vocalist BANKS went on tour with The Weeknd, she took fragments of her London EP cover and developed a very little, branded cover picture with her tour dates spread out throughout her signature monochromatic image. The outcome is her EP artwork being extended into her tour promotions through her cover picture.
2. Produce a collage.
The dimensions for of a cover photo are ideal for developing a collage of your band's experiences and successes. When Sigur Ros introduced their 2012 world tour, they used fan images found on Instagram through their hashtag #sigurroslive and made a sensational collage of different shots from their live programs around the world.
Their cover image was especially imaginative since it took fan art and exposed it to their worldwide following. Other collage concepts might be all of your albums to this day or images of the band on the roadway.
3. Integrate your profile photo.
This is a popular pattern, generally because it's smart and visually pleasing. Social network users produce a scene with their cover picture and use their profile photo to link to the scene.
It could be your lead vocalist holding a microphone in the profile image, and the mic stand and the rest of the band carrying out in your cover picture. The key to this trick is a smooth connection. The colors must be the exact same, and the sizing should be exact. This might take a little trial and error, so make sure to design it and check it out first.
4. Have a call-to-action.
Your cover photo is a fantastic location to ask your fans to engage with your music. Sam Smith utilized his cover image to ask his fans to vote for him at the 2015 Brit Awards. He utilized the photograph from his debut album with a clear call-to-action for his fans to elect the album. And of course, he put the link in the description.
Like I said in the past, your cover image is like your very own social media billboard. Do you have something to ask of your fans? Develop an imaginative style with very little text, ask them through your cover photo, and always put further directions in the description.
5. Promote a hashtag.
Hashtags are the linking points we follow to engage with fans. If you're hosting a live-stream of your brand-new album, produce a hashtag for fans to use while they stream. They can tag their pictures and listening experience. Your cover photo is a fantastic location to motivate your follows to utilize a trending hashtag that's pertinent to your music.
Perhaps it's the title of your new album or your band's name with 2015 connected. In either case, create an appealing hashtag that will bring brand-new individuals to your music, along with enable you to see who your fans are and how they engage with your music.
6. Showcase your audience.
Your cover photo is an excellent place to display your audience. This is especially reliable if the picture is from behind the stage, so the audience can see exactly what you see while you're playing live. One Direction took an image from behind the phase at a huge arena program; the whole crowd was illuminated, and fans tagged themselves in the image. Offer your fans an opportunity to tag themselves so they can record their memories through your cover picture.
Find among the best live images from behind the stage-- or even a picture you drew from the stage yourself-- and design it to fit your cover image's dimensions (851x315). Showcasing your audience and the excitement of your live show is always positive.