YouTube Recap Channel Growth

I run a movie-recap channel on YouTube and now need a complete, end-to-end growth plan. The channel is already live but it hasn’t been optimised or positioned for steady traffic, so I’m looking for someone who can treat it like a fresh project and map out everything required to scale views, watch-time, and subscribers.

What I’m after
• A thorough audit of the current channel: on-page SEO, tags, playlists, audience retention stats, and competitor benchmarks.
• Keyword research and a bank of high-intent topics that fit movie recaps and can rank in both local (Pakistani/Urdu) and broader audiences.
• A 90-day content calendar with working titles, hook ideas, and story beats for each recap so production stays consistent.
• Metadata templates (titles, descriptions, tags) built from the keyword list and tested best practices.
• Thumbnail guidelines backed by CTR data and a simple A/B testing routine using TubeBuddy or VidIQ.
• A practical promotion strategy that connects the YouTube uploads to short-form cuts on TikTok and Facebook, leveraging each platform’s strengths to push viewers back to the main channel.
• Milestone targets for subscribers, average view duration, and RPM so progress is easy to track inside YouTube Studio analytics.

Acceptance criteria
The plan should arrive as a single Google Doc or PDF with:
1. The audit findings and recommended fixes, clearly prioritised.
2. The full content calendar with at least 30 video ideas.
3. Detailed optimisation checklists I can reuse for every upload.
4. A distribution and engagement workflow I can follow step-by-step.

If you are already comfortable with movie-niche SEO, storytelling formats, and cross-platform growth tactics, let’s get started—I’m ready to implement as soon as the plan lands in my inbox.