1. Create great content: You should be consistently creating videos that your audience enjoys. Invest in high quality equipment and produce content that people actually want to watch and enjoy.

2. Promote your channel: Make sure you have a good plan for promotion and are regularly promoting your channel. Social media, email lists, forums and other websites can all be useful for promoting your videos and gaining new subscribers.

3. Utilize search engine optimization (SEO): Make sure to properly Optimize each video you upload so it will be more visible in search results on YouTube. Use keywords relevant to your video topic, create compelling descriptions and use thumbnails that draw viewers’ attention. 

4. Build relationships with other creators: Networking with other creators can be a great way to increase viewership on your channel as you can collaborate with each other to promote one another's videos. 

5. Engage with viewers: Building a strong relationship with viewers is an essential step towards growth as people are more likely to become subscribers if they know their voice is being heard and they feel valued by the creator/channel they follow. So make sure you are engaging with comments and questions posted by your viewers as well as responding promptly to any messages or emails from fans or potential sponsors. 

6. Run Ads: Running ads can help drive traffic to your channel, gain more views and grow the subscriber base for your channel over time if done properly. 

7. Optimize for multiple platforms: It’s important to ensure that you optimize all of your content for different devices such as mobile phones, tablets etc so everyone who accesses it has the best experience possible regardless of what device they’re using at the time.