#2 Getting my first video ready for publishing

I received my commissioned avatar from my friend and instantly jumped into branding my YouTube and Facebook pages. I spent some time looking up optimized picture dimensions for the social media platforms I planned to use and then went to Photoshop to begin creating banners and profile images.  My first log of videos that I had planned to work through were all from the same game which has a large cult following. Taking this knowledge, my girlfriend and I looked into multiple Facebook and Reddit groups to network with that contained members with similar tastes or were also looking to start and grow a gaming channel on YouTube. The groups look like traps where most members drop links to their channels without engaging with the community, but there may be some methods to encourage engagement with those members. My next step was looking into SEO for videos in the same category as my videos. I decided to use leading members of the community as an example for which tags to use and follower the format of the game title plus defining qualities for the type of video it was. YouTube normally hides this information, but I found an article through google that detailed how to use Google Chrome's inspect feature to discover which tags are used on a specific page.
Once I had figured out my methods for networking and defining my uploads, it was time to actually upload my videos. I decided my first week would be heavier in releases than others. I wanted to start off strong, so I uploaded 10 of the videos I had prepared and scheduled a video to be released every day for the first full week starting with Monday and then I would switch to a normal release schedule of one video every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. This schedule was catered towards allowing myself days off for school work that I will have in the upcoming summer and fall semesters. I did some research on what time to release videos for the best effect, but most of the tips only apply to channels with an established audience. Because I was just starting and I didn't have an established audience, I decided that 1PM eastern standard time would work fine until my channel grew. It is a time that works well for most of the US population, which I assume will be my main base of viewership.