Growing your channel is nigh on difficult, and no one (Youtube) is really interested in you until you get a significant number of subscribers. I have looked at a a lot of these self help videos and they all say roughly the same things. Here's my 9 suggestions, found in those self help videos and my observations after following their advice (which mostly hasn't worked).
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Andy Wright Online (travel guru) - www.andywrightonline.co.uk
Training the Wright Way - www.trainingthewrightway.co.uk
The Wright Inspiration - www.thewrightinspiration.com
Website Designs R Us - www.websitedesignsrus.co.uk
Arcade Software - www.arcadesoftware.co.uk
Arcade Video - www.arcade-video.co.uk
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM9uIYwLnyI