700 → 15K Subscribers & Monetized in 60 Days with AI SEO + Shorts Strategy

Client Background
Gaming creator with 700 subs; inconsistent views; <4K watch hours.

Challenge

• Couldn’t hit monetization (4K hours)

• Titles/thumbnails not clicking

• Weak discovery outside subscribers

Our Approach

• AI SEO for YouTube: title/desc/tag bundles mapped to trending game moments

• Thumbnail Intelligence: 3 variant tests per upload (face/contrast/text)

• Shorts Flywheel: 4 Shorts from every long video (best 30–45s)

• Collab Matrix: cross-shoutouts with similar 5–15K channels

Execution

1. Weekly long-form + 3–4 Shorts (moment cuts)

2. Low-budget YouTube Ads AI targeting engaged viewers of similar creators

3. Playlist “watch paths” to raise session time

4. Rapid title/thumbnail swaps based on 2-hour CTR signals

Results (60 Days)

• Subs: 700 → 15K

• Views: <5K/mo → 300K+/mo

• 4K watch hours achieved (monetization unlocked)

• CTR improved 2.1% → 6.8% on optimized uploads

Why It Worked
We engineered discoverability: metadata that ranks, shorts that feed long-form, and iterative thumbnails that win clicks.