Brian G. Johnson - Tube Ritual: Jumpstart Your Journey to 5,000 YouTube Subscribers

In July 2016, it started to get just a little bit easier. That happened around the 1,500-subscriber mark. It was around this time that I noticed the videos I had been uploading to YouTube were starting to receive comments. People were watching and engaging.

But, let me back up. A few months earlier in March, I had begun a one-year YouTube experiment. The goal being to see how many active YouTube subscribers I could generate within twelve months of launching a brand-new channel.

Around this same time, I also noticed that my newly uploaded videos were being watched by the same people. People who had commented on past videos were commenting again and again. It was working and I thought those commenters must be my subscribers. Awesome, I had a group (a small group but a group nonetheless) of active subscribers: the very thing that the YouTube algorithm rewards.

Statistically, as subscribers view a video, Watch Time metrics improve. The very thing that greatly impacts the placement of a video in both YouTube search and suggested videos. Well cover both subjects moving forward and more. This is what was happening to my channel around the 3,500-subscriber mark. This resulted in my videos showing up higher in the search results and being recommended as suggested videos. The number of views my videos were getting and the subscriber growth of the channel went through the roof. Considering my channel was just a few months old these results were outstanding. It was around this time that I realized that I had achieved a new level of growth that could be described as organic ; this is something that most YouTubers never achieve. Not because theyre not talented or skilled. But rather, because they didnt take the time to create an overall channel, playlist and video strategy that acknowledges both viewers as well as the YouTube algorithm.

This book addresses this issue by laying out a battle plan that considers both viewers and the YouTube algorithm.

Weeks later, in October, my channel reached the 4,000-subscriber mark as I headed to Breckenridge, Colorado for a one week getaway with my wife. This was to be a working vacation, and my goal was to write a handy little report based on my successful YouTube channel launch and growth to that point.

As our getaway came to an end, I found that my little report had blossomed to 10,000 words -- way too many words for a report, but not enough words for a decent-size book.

I pondered my options, then decided to go forward rather than backward. I decided to take a break from producing and posting videos and spent the entire month of October turning those 10,000 words into a full-blown book.

What youre reading now is the result of that month I spent writing. I called it my October Book , you dig? I also took a break in October from updating my YouTube channel with fresh content to illustrate the point that once you reach the aforementioned plateau, YouTube offers momentum and synergy that no other platform can match.

In other words, once you achieve channel authority , that is your channel and videos keep viewers watching and coming back for more. YouTube promotes those videos so you get more views and experience subscriber growth seemingly on autopilot.

Great videos can also be evergreen (long-lasting). If you publish a great video on a highly-searched-for topic, it can rank on YouTube for years and years.