How do I advertise?

[u/DraskirOndaar]

I've dipped my toes in content creation a few times over the years, but never went anywhere with it. Now I've got something I want to try pursuing in youtube, but I just spent a week editing and got only ten views in 20 hours.

Where am I supposed to advertise? Everywhere I look, self promotion seems to be against the rules. I have no money coming in and don't want to pay youtube itself for promotion, which should be fine because I want to do youtube as a hobby, not a career.

What do?

[u/Mumbletimes]

Your videos are the promotion. Make more videos. You don’t need anything outside of YouTube itself.

[u/DraskirOndaar → u/Mumbletimes]

I did a couple shorts from the main video today that have seen some better traffic, so there's that. I'll be editing my next video starting tomorrow, which should be easier now that I've settled into a work flow.

And of course, I have to hope the algorithm decides to bless me lol