Thumbnail and Hook Strategies

Alec shares his thumbnail trade dress, font choices, and deliberate deviation from common YouTube best practices.

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Myke talks to Alec from Technology Connections about how he turns everyday tech into compelling videos, from topic selection and deep research to scripting, hands-on experimentation, filming, and editing entirely on his own.

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