I came across this cheat sheet from Digital Triggers and I know this can be useful to a lot of people of this forum!

This PDF mentions touches on the major things you need to do to be able to rank in YouTube and in Google. There are 5 steps that are:

STEP 1: DETERMINE WHAT KEYWORDS TO TARGET
STEP 2: UPLOAD AND OPTMIZE
STEP 3: CHANNEL OPTIMIZATION
STEP 4: BUILD BACKLINKS
STEP 5: OTHER YOUTUBE RANKING FACTORS

Download : https://s3.amazonaws.com/rvrb/Video-SEO-Cheat-Sheet.pdf

P.S: At the bottom of the PDF, there is a link to a video analysis software called "Viewlio". This little software is extremely useful when working on YouTube.

IF THIS HELPED IN ANY WAY, PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS THREAD WITH YOUR THOUGHTS! Also, if you have any questions, please post them below and I will try to answer them or clear anything up for you!