YouTube Strategy Full Content Pipeline

How I Took Sri Lanka's #1 Business Channel from 100K to 700K+ Subscribers

Client SimpleBooks (Pvt) Ltd
Period Oct 2022 – Mar 2025
Role Full Pipeline Lead
YouTube Growth
14×
Facebook Growth
26×
TikTok Growth
11×
LinkedIn Growth

The Problem

SimpleBooks was already the leading entrepreneurship media brand in Sri Lanka — but growth had plateaued. Production was reactive, not strategic. There was no competitor analysis feeding into topic selection, no structured edit framework, and no cross-platform distribution system to multiply each video's reach.

My Role

I owned the full content pipeline end-to-end — from ideation and competitive research all the way through to post-publish distribution and audience analytics. I built and managed the entire production system, not just one part of it.

What I Built

  • A competitor analysis system watching rival channels, podcasts, and blogs to surface high-performing topic angles
  • Data-backed scripting framework with powerful hooks, segmented content flow, and high-converting CTAs
  • Structured "Edit Plans" sent to each editor specifying B-roll, text highlights, pacing beats, and hook-type openings to maximise viewer retention
  • A 7-person cross-functional production team with clear workflows and quality checkpoints before every upload
  • A full cross-platform distribution system publishing 2 short-form videos per day across FB, IG, TikTok, and LinkedIn — every day
  • SEO-optimised YouTube publishing: titles, descriptions, tags, thumbnails, and scheduling
  • Vodcast guest pipeline: research, outreach, scheduling, and interview coordination

The Results

  • YouTube: 100,000 → 700,000+ subscribers
  • Facebook: 17K → 250,000+ followers (14× growth)
  • TikTok: 5K → 130,000+ (26× growth)
  • LinkedIn: 3K → 35,000+ followers (11× growth)
  • Launched SimpleBooks Tax Channel: 0 → 15,000+ targeted subscribers
  • Managed VERSION:NEXT podcast post-production and personal branding for industry leader Rengan Rajaratnam

The Insight

Most content operations treat each piece of content as a one-off event. What I built at SimpleBooks was a content machine — a repeatable, data-informed system where every decision from topic selection to thumbnail strategy was backed by competitive research and audience behaviour. One long-form recording session became a week of content across 5 platforms. This is exactly what I now build for founders and coaches who are too busy to manage content but too smart to stay quiet.

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