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A tailored weighted scoring model removes guesswork and ranks YouTube ideas by value, effort, and risk to drive measurable channel growth.
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A tailored weighted scoring model removes guesswork and ranks YouTube ideas by value, effort, and risk to drive measurable channel growth.

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