Through Roberto Blake.
Not entirely sure how I was searching him. Maybe the good ol "how do I grow faster" lol
I do remember he was doing channel review videos sponsored by TubeBuddy. I really enjoyed those videos. I would watch those videos, study what he was suggesting to other channels, then I'd try and implement those practices into my own channel.
I think I watched 5 of those videos and he kept saying "this video is sponsored by tubebuddy" explained how tubebuddy helped, and I decided I should probably check it out.
I'd love to know at what point tubebuddy was at when I first checked out the channel. I don't even think tubebuddy were past 20-50k subscribers back then. It was a while ago. Always enjoyed the community discussions