Your Vimeo profile is where you share your personal or business brand with the Vimeo community. Vimeo provides a range of options so that you can customise your Vimeo home page and personalise details. This is very useful for ensuring that your brand on Vimeo is consistent with your other websites / social media profile across the internet.
Here’s how to customise your Vimeo profile:
First you will need to go to your Profile page inside of My Settings. To do this hover your mouse over your profile thumbnail at the top right of the page (you will need to be logged in). Click on the edit profile tab.
It should open up in the the general profile tab on the side menu. This page has a number of options to customise different elements of your Vimeo profile.
How to customise your Vimeo Profile Picture
Vimeo enables you to customise your Vimeo profile picture. This will feature next to your Vimeo user name when you upload any video to Vimeo. It will also feature on your profile page. It’s a good idea to choose a profile image that is eye catching and reflects your personal or business brand. A good portrait image can help your Vimeo videos to stand out when people are searching for content.
To customise your Vimeo profile picture click on the upload new image button under profile picture.
Select the image that you want to upload from your computer and then select open. The ideal image size for a portrait image is 600 x 600 pixels as this avoids having to crop your image. You will also need to upload a JPG, PNG or GIF.
How to delete an existing Vimeo portrait image
To delete an existing Vimeo portrait image simply hover the mouse over the top right hand corner of your image and click the red X button. Before you can delete your profile image you need to have at least one other profile image uploaded.
How to create a Vimeo Bio and About Section
Vimeo allows you to write a personal bio that will appear on the front page of your profile. This is a where you can tell the Vimeo community a bit about yourself. Keep this short as you only have 160 characters.
The about section is for a more detailed description. If you are a business you can describe what your business does and the types of products and services that you offer. You can also include links from your Vimeo profile to other websites or social media profiles. This will appear in the about page on your profile.
You can edit your Vimeo Bio and about section by entering details about yourself into the text fields titled Bio and About.
How to add a Custom Name
Vimeo lets you choose a custom URL for your page. To change it, enter the name you want to use in the Vimeo URL field.
How to add links to your Vimeo Profile
Vimeo allows you to include links directly inside your Vimeo bio. You can also include links just under your Vimeo Bio in the Your Website’s section.
To a web link click on the small + Add a new link button.
How to setup featured videos
Vimeo allows you to put your best work front and centre with there featured video options. These featured videos will appear on your profile page. In order to feature a video it must be a video that you created or that you are credited for. It also must be a video which is set to public.
To add a video select the work section under the profile settings. Click the button under Featured video and enter the Vimeo URL for that video in the appropriate space. You can also start to write the name of your video in the space to search for the appropriate video.