An ex-YouTube exec interviewed 45 YouTube stars about online fame - here are his tips on gaining millions of followers

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Laurie Shannon, aka The Icing Artist, who has garnered 3.8 million subscribers thanks to her baked creations.

• Ex-YouTube strategist Will Eagle gave us his biggest tips on becoming famous online, ahead of the release of his new book next month.
• He shares advice from some of the people behind some of the biggest YouTube channels in the world, including Bad Lip Reading, The King of Random and How To Cake It.
• Eagle told Business Insider how he learned that being a YouTuber was "genuinely hard work", saying that the most successful vloggers are the ones who stick at it.
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Becoming a YouTuber is, for some kids, a career aspiration.

Luckily for next-generation PewDiePies, a former YouTube strategist has revealed his hottest tips for going viral online, gathering advice from 45 of the platform's biggest stars.

Will Eagle is a Brit who headed up the company's brand strategy in California until last year.

In his upcoming book, "Read This If You Want to be YouTube Famous", Eagle shares advice from some of the firm's biggest channels, including Bad Lip Reading and How To Cake It, which boast close to 12 million subscribers between them.

Eagle's new book is set to be released on February 4 and can be pre-ordered here.

We got our hands on some exclusive extracts below, featuring advice from channels with millions of followers including Bad Lip Reading, How to Cake It and Molly Burke:

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