I'm in a similar situation. New. Hard to get noticed at all. And video is not a huge thing here at all, except for the big dogs, and if you check, the ratio is often 4 votes for every actual view. [when they post on youtube and the views of the video can be compared]
at the same time, i think that it can work. I'm thinking that doing vlogs with a lot more conversation can help. i'm up for trying with anyone who's up for it, in the hopes of finding chemistry with a good number of other producers.
alx