I uploaded a promotional video and it was taken down a couple hours later because it somehow violated their terms of agreement... why?
Cause you uploaded a "promotional" video. It's not that YT doesn't allow promoting it's more WHAT you're selling and HOW.
The shadier the product, the more unfounded its claims, the less promotional the video should appear. Which basically covers every single health niche in CBs marketplace. With these types of niches you need a subliminal sales strategy. I mix a credible story with credible facts, criticize my own facts and don't do any direct selling. I do all my selling through emotions, enthusiasm, bodylanguage, subtext, cues, anchors... I call it "buybait".
So if someones reviewing the video and not part of the target market, they won't pick up on the cues as easy as a buyer would.
The less shady the product, the more aggressive you can get. So play around with the way you sell. Don't just focus on your video focus on the whole picture. If you're selling software, doing a tutorial and doing direct selling YT won't care as much.
You just gotta test man. Keep uploading / changing your style and you'll find a way through. Also keep in mind this method is old and easily 10xs harder than it use to be. In the past people use to argue quality vs volume. Now you have to upload quality
in volume.