Well, as to going VIP...how much does it cost, again? On my spartan budget of just over $200 a month, well, the cost effectiveness would need to be mighty high. How much traffic did you get, you estimate, from it?
As to contacting other YouTubers, well, making a concerted campaign makes sense, but I was wondering how, specifically, to go about it, and I'd also seek to be systematic.
Oh, and on a side note, I got my first subscriber notification in my email, only to find out several days later that my channel hadn't listed any subscribers yet. What's up with that ,you think?