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Dog Tails channel
Dog Tails
Dog Facts & Videos
Last 28 days
Channel Health Score
0
CHS
Healthy

Your channel is taking off. People watch your Shorts almost to the end. Keep posting every day and start making longform videos.

Views
75.1K
▲ viral lift
Watch Time
275.1 hrs
▲ +371% vs prev
Subscribers (Net)
+394
▲ 146 from YPP
Avg % Viewed
74.6%
▲ elite for Shorts
CTR (Longform)
4.6%
▲ packaging working
YPP Progress · Subscribers
854 of 1,000
▲ 146 to go
How your channel is doing
Compass
Dog Facts & Fun YouCompetitorBreakdown
42/50 32/50 50/50 32/50 50/50 38/50
You
Dog Facts & Fun, estimated from public data
You win
Subscriber Momentum+12
Cadence Consistency+4
They win
CTR Health-8
Discovery Health-8
Watch Time Depth-3
Biggest gap: CTR Health. You 32/50, them 40/50. Their thumbnails promise one specific reveal. Put your most surprising fact in yours.
Where your views come from
Shorts feed93.2%
Search4.7%
Channel pages1.5%
3 things to focus on
1
Grow your CTR health
2
Grow your discovery health
3
Keep pressing your subscriber momentum lead
“Many elements in my report blow vidIQ out of the water.”
AM
Anthony Morganti
Photography & Lightroom · 408K subscribers
Switched from vidIQ
How it works

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From telling us about your channel to a complete personalized growth plan.

1

Connect your channel

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A plain-English read on what's working, what's not, and where the gaps are. Competitor breakdown + channel diagnostic, in your inbox.

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$10 one-time to grab the "What to Make Next" engine: personalized video blueprints, your Channel Health Score, and the full dashboard snapshot.

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Built for serious creators · longform, Shorts, or both · 1K to 1M subs
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Sound familiar?

Still uploading your channel analytics to ChatGPT?

Our customers were. Every month, by hand, hoping it said something useful. These are the things they told us, in their own words.

Paying for tools that don't pay off

One creator paid vidIQ $50 a month for years before cancelling. Keyword scores and title suggestions, but never a decision he could actually act on.

Videos take too long to make

Planning eats the week before filming even starts. When life gets busy, the uploads are the first thing to slip, and the channel stalls with them.

Stuck on a plateau

Same effort, flat numbers, and no way to tell whether it's the hooks, the titles, the timing, or the topic. So you change everything, or nothing.

The fix

One dashboard.
Zero tool fatigue.

This is what the full Creator Compass software will look like when it ships. Today, the BETA report gives you the same analysis, built by hand and delivered to your inbox.

Channel Health Score

Your channel's pulse, at a glance.

Our proprietary 0 to 300 score instantly tells you what's working, what needs fixing, and exactly where to focus this week. No more digging through six YouTube Studio tabs guessing what's broken.

  • One number that captures CTR, retention, growth, and momentum
  • Weekly delta so you can see whether your changes are landing
  • Plain-English coaching: "Test a stronger hook," "Double down on list-style content"

Channel Health Score

↑ +12 this week
192
CHS
Healthy
InsightWhy it changed
Avg view duration improved 8% after you tightened intros below 12 seconds. Subscriber gain rate accelerated. CTR held steady.
What to Make Next

Ready-to-film blueprints, not "ideas."

Every package comes with optimized titles, SEO recommendations, thumbnail concepts, and script outlines for both longform and Shorts. All pulled from your top performers, your audience, and what's trending in your niche right now.

  • Personalized titles built from your actual best-performing hooks
  • Thumbnail concepts you can hand to a designer (or use as-is)
  • Recommended posting time based on your audience heatmap
  • Script outline so you can go from idea to filming in an afternoon

What to Make Next · This Week

8 ready
Longform📅 Tue 7:00pm· est. 18min
"I Trained 3 Rescue Dogs in 30 Days. Here's What Actually Worked"
#dogtraining#rescuedoglisticle hook
↑ Est. 14.2K views92% niche fit
Shorts📅 Wed 12:00pm· 45s
"3 cues every dog learns in week one (most owners skip #2)"
#shortscuriosity gaptrending
↑ Est. 47K views88% niche fit
Longform📅 Sat 10:00am· est. 12min
"Dog Behaviorists Reacted to My Training Routine. They Were Brutal"
#reactionexpertvulnerable
↑ Est. 22.6K views96% niche fit
Competitor Intel

See what's working in your niche, right now.

Stop refreshing other creators' channels at 2am trying to figure out what they're doing differently. The Compass graphs your six growth signals against your closest niche rival, so you can see the exact gap to close and the lead to protect, then tells you the one move that closes it.

  • The Compass: all six growth signals, you versus your niche rival, on one radar
  • You win / They win: every signal scored out of 50, gaps ranked by size
  • Hook patterns and topic gaps your competitors are winning with right now

The Compass · You vs Your Niche Rival

6 growth signals
Watch Time Depth42/50
CTR Health32/50
Subscriber Momentum50/50
Discovery Health32/50
Cadence Consistency50/50
Engagement38/50
YouYour rival, estimated from public data
The read
Your biggest gap is CTR Health, 32/50 against their 40/50. One thumbnail pattern closes it. Your Subscriber Momentum lead is your edge, protect it.
AI Brainstorm

A growth strategist that knows your channel.

Trained on your channel analytics, not generic prompts. Ask it anything: "Why did my last video tank?", "What hook should I open with?", "Give me five title variations." It answers like a strategist who's actually been watching your channel for months.

  • Always grounded in your real analytics, not hallucinated
  • Iterates on titles, hooks, descriptions, end screens
  • Available 24/7. No agency retainer, no email lag

AI Brainstorm

trained on @DogTails
Why is my last video underperforming?
Two things stand out: your retention drops 28% in the first 30s. Your hook leads with backstory instead of payoff. And your thumbnail uses 4 colors when your top 5 videos all use 2. Want me to write 3 stronger hook variations?
Yes, and rewrite the title
Ask anything about your channel…

Everything a channel manager would do, without the $5K/mo retainer.

Creator Compass replaces the stack of tools, consultants, and spreadsheets you're juggling today.

Top & Underperformer Analysis

See exactly why videos succeed or fall short, with the specific change to test next time.

Audience Heatmap Timing

Know the exact 90-minute window your audience is most active. Stop posting into the void.

Thumbnail & Title Concepts

One-click thumbnail directions and 5+ title variations per video. No designer back-and-forth.

Script Outlines

From idea to teleprompter in an afternoon. Hook, beats, pattern interrupts, CTA: all pre-mapped.

Shorts vs. Longform Insights

Separate strategies for both. See which format is actually moving your channel forward.

"Fix This Week" Coaching

The engine surfaces the 2 to 3 highest-leverage moves you can make this week, in plain English. No fluff, no generic advice.

Inside the free assessment

What happens next.

Three quick steps inside step 1 above. We'll have your free report in your inbox in minutes. No demo call. No sales pitch.

1

Submit your channel

A few quick questions about your channel and where you're stuck. Mobile-friendly, takes under 2 minutes.

2

Pulled from your channel analytics

Our automation pulls your public YouTube data and runs it through our proprietary analysis system, competitor breakdown included.

3

Personalized report, in your inbox

The engine writes a warm, plain-English breakdown of what's working, what's not, and exactly what to fix this week.

Run my free assessment →
TJ Keith, founder of Creator Compass
From the founder

"I built this because I was stuck too."

Posting every week. Grinding. Watching someone in my niche blow up and thinking, "what do they know that I don't?" That question is what built Creator Compass.

I'm a fellow YouTube creator. I've been exactly where you are: burnt out from the hamster wheel, drowning in tabs, guessing what to film next. Creator Compass is the answer I wish I'd had three years ago. If you give it a shot, we'll personally put together a report for you.

TJ Keith
Founder & fellow creator
BETA V3 · limited spots

Two ways to start.

Try the free assessment to see the engine in action. Or jump straight into the BETA for white-glove "What to Make Next" service while we have capacity.

Free Channel Assessment
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100% free, no card, no YouTube Studio access required. A taste of the Creator Compass engine: the competitor analysis and coaching creators say changes how they think about their channel.

  • Niche competitor analysis showing what's working in your lane right now
  • Personalized coaching on hooks, formats, and what to fix first
  • A clear, plain-English read on what's working and what's not
  • Personal Loom walkthrough from TJ
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FAQ

The honest answers.

What's the Channel Health Score, exactly?
It's our proprietary 0 to 300 score that combines CTR, retention, subscriber momentum, posting consistency, and a few niche-specific signals. Think of it as a credit score for your YouTube channel: one number that captures whether you're trending up or quietly leaking growth.
Does the free assessment need access to my YouTube Studio?
Nope. The free Channel Assessment is 100% free and runs entirely on public channel data. You drop in your channel handle and we do the rest. The BETA does require YouTube Studio access (read-only, analytics scope only) so the engine can pull your real performance data, retention curves, and audience heatmap and produce a fully accurate report. We never post, comment, or change anything on your behalf.
What's actually included in the $10 BETA?
A full channel analysis (with your proprietary Channel Health Score), 10+ personalized "What to Make Next" video ideas (titles, SEO, thumbnail concepts, script outlines), expanded competitor breakdowns, and engine-generated coaching notes. The $10 isn't a profit play. It covers our AI costs while we deliver the white-glove version. We're keeping the BETA cohort small on purpose.
Is this only for big channels?
No. Creator Compass is built specifically for niche creators in the 1K to 1M subscriber range. Whether you post longform only, Shorts only, or both. If you're showing up consistently and you want clarity instead of guesswork, you're our exact person.
How is this different from TubeBuddy or vidIQ?
Those tools give you raw stats and keyword scores. Creator Compass gives you decisions: what to film next, why your last video flopped, which competitor format to steal. It's the difference between a calculator and a strategist. And it's built around your channel data specifically, not generic best practices.
Is this the full Creator Compass software?
No. This is the V3 BETA, a curated, white-glove version creators can sign up for right now. The full Creator Compass software (with the live, always-on dashboard you've seen in the mockups) launches publicly later this year. BETA testers get locked-in early access pricing, direct line to the team, and roadmap input.
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