When hard times starts I use Adwords. You can get good deal on new adword account ( promotional coupon 100 in ads for 25.) I took this offer and set 1 dollar budget compaigns on some of my videos with 0.01 bid per 1 view/ This will help with new subs, friends and help your othe videos gain more views then staying dead in the water. This is the best first step IMHO.[DOUBLEPOST=1502150440,1502149951][/DOUBLEPOST]
Even if you channel will take of there is not last long. YT will recommend you channels videos only if you steady going up with firs day views. If you happened ti have slide down that's where bad story begins . I have one evergreen video that saves me all the time, still it is not enough to change direction from down to up. Even one hit per month would;t do to get your in favor YT algo.You need to have viral videos every week to get stady up to the moon.