The importance of Facebook Cover Photos
Many dismiss the importance of Facebook Cover Photos because users only see them once when they go to check out a page or person, then they revert to seeing content in their news feed rather than going to the actual page, but with recent changes, any time someone hovers over a name of a brand or person on Facebook, a pop up reveals more information about that person or brand, including their cover photo, front and center.
For that and traditional branding reasons, it has become important to have a quality cover photo that doesn’t violate any Facebook rules (lest your Page be permanently deleted without warning), and is as clear and as clean as possible, as they tend to get fuzzy once uploaded to Facebook.
We’ve given you a cheat shee for all of the image sizes you’ll need, and above, we’ve linked to instructions on how to not upload fuzzy pictures, but if you’re feeling really creative after all of these inspirational examples, we have also shared with you a Photoshop template that will allow you to get ultra creative. Now you know how the design works, the rules, and the branding implications, so there is no excuse for a lazy or bad Cover Photo!
For more inspiration:
25 Facebook Cover Photos to inspire your own
Tell us in the comments which cover photo you are most drawn to and why.
Lizaevlzxrimod
July 6, 2012 at 3:36 pm
@trust2move https://t.co/tHlXTTch
AmyVernon
July 6, 2012 at 6:05 pm
Yay! Seriously, thank you, laniar , but I want to give full credit to kmsieminski , who created that pic for an event we had in NYC. 🙂
JamesRShaw
July 6, 2012 at 6:39 pm
Thanks Lani, you inspired me! 10 minutes later and I’m in the back yard with props and a camera 😉 See the results – https://www.facebook.com/ResistAttack
WaltRibeiro
July 6, 2012 at 10:20 pm
I like the simplicity of @AmyVernon ‘s. Also, for future reference, perhaps you can number them next time so commenters can reference them in the comments. Good post.
AGBeat
July 10, 2012 at 1:33 pm
@lixaATX thanks for the tweet!
CoverCamera
July 13, 2012 at 11:36 am
There is an App called CoverCamera for Facebook with it you can create your own profiles and cover images for timeline using your mobile phone. If you are a bit more creative the a concrete brik you will be able to create better and more interesting results.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.covercamera.app
CoverCamera
July 13, 2012 at 11:39 am
There is an App called CoverCamera for Facebook. The App allows you to create your own profiles and cover images with your mobile phone. The result is if you are a bit more creative the a concrete brick you will create better and more interesting results.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.covercamera.app