Facebook cover image best practice and new cover image size specifications

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Learn how to create a cover image on Facebook that works on desktop and mobile, even if you have text on the image. Ensure you avoid truncation and awkward cropping on mobile.

We reveal some of the big brands that are doing this all wrong.

Plus learn about the new Facebook cover image size specifications.

Includes specifications for the NEW Facebook cover image size specifications!

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Guideline safe area for Facebook’s new cover image size specifications

Below is a cover image we’ve made for a dummy site for a client. The grey box shows the mobile safe area for text. This is explained in the video above. Thanks to Hugh Briss for bringing the image size changes to our attention.

Facebook Cover image size specs

New specifications for Facebook cover images

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About Marie Page

Marie Page is one of the UK’s leading Facebook marketing experts. She is a founding partner of digital marketing consultancy The Digiterati and the Digiterati Academy e-learning portal for marketers and entrepreneurs. Her award-winning Master's Dissertation was the culmination of three years' academic research into Facebook that resulted in a book (and companion online course) 'Winning at Facebook Marketing with Zero Budget' that became an Amazon bestseller. Marie's work on the Facebook News Feed algorithm was featured in The Huffington Post. A recognised thought leader on social media, Marie is often approached by journalists for comment in articles such as this Telegraph article. She was also interviewed for ITV's Tonight show on Facebook privacy issues in relation to advertising. Marie is a regular guest on digital marketing blogs and podcasts including Social Media Examiner and Smart Insights. In 2018 she is speaking at Brighton SEO, Europe's biggest search and marketing conference. Marie is also author of two Smart Insights books: 'Smarter Guide to Facebook Marketing', now in its fourth edition, and 'Facebook Ads Guide', both edited by Dr Dave Chaffey. Marie is also a part time yoga teacher.

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