I'm really not into making videos, but If I were to comment on a video, it should be, in a way, interactive to its viewers. You know, trying to open some dare requests, then you'd do it on a video, or create a video about an issue most viewers are making a fuzz about. I don't know if I'm giving you an answer for your question, but that's what my mind says.
you can by the YouTube ads if you have the cash or you can do some manual promotion by making use of low competitive keywords to rank high in YouTube search results. in your description, use words and sentences that are appealing and very attractive and have the tendency of raising curiosity, making online visitors to want to watch your video to see what it looks like.
YouTube video views can be increased by providing the video a proper title and upload it with relevant tags. Tags help to build up your ranking higher in YouTube searches. Also you can promote your video link to various social profiles to generate more traffic and views to your video.