you're 100% right
One of the mistake i made at the start is to upload long video (15min+)
from 3 day now i've uploaded only short video 5min max and i've 30-40 views/videos (10 max before)
I think at the start with little amont of sub the best way is video under 5 min to have better retention .
What do you mean by ''After uploading immediately start promoting'' ?
''After uploading immediately start promoting'' ?
Use the mobile technique straight away to get views likes and comments. I'm making a gaming channel too but im focusing building up other ways to get traffic whilst im uploading and using the mobile technique so when i get monetized i will be able to get a couple of thousand views per video.
Use YouTube to subscribe to 100 YouTube channels in your niche that have a low view count. comment and like their videos, you should get a good return, unsubscribe every week to people who don't message back or stop uploading.
Use Reddit and post to YouTube and gaming subreddits just make sure you leave a couple of comments and upvotes per video you submit.
Use Facebook, Facebook Pages. Use the video feature and upload 3 tiktok style gameplay snaps 10 SECONDS LONG and make sure to use only 2 hashtags per post no more no less. Create 10 fake profiles to add friends use these to send invites to your page, 10x5000=50000 friends. you should easily get 3-5000 page likes.
Join every group based on your game and youtube promotion and see if 1.accept Youtube videos 2. if they get a lot of interactions on their posts, join 200+ if you can and leave groups that are inactive or dont allow youtube posts
Twitter, make a mother account and 10 child accounts and the same as a facebook page tweet 3 videos a day with 2 hashtags in your niche, with the mother i wouldnt do the follow for follow technique use your child accounts and retweet and like your mother tweets.
Instagram, post 3 videos a day with 15-30 hash tags on your mother account, use your website url to send them to your youtube channel, 10 child accounts liking commenting on every mother account post.
Gaming forums that allow you to post videos.
And the end by the time you have been monetized you have a couple of hundred subscribers from Youtube, A facebook page with 3000+ fans, 10 facebook accounts with 50000 friends, a ton of facebook groups, 5+ sub reddits to post to, 3-4 forum to post to.
twitter account with 3000+ followers, 10 twitter accounts with 1000 followers.
Instagram 3000+ followers and 10 accounts with 1000+ followers