How to reach maximum people for $2000?

Question

Marketing

So far, from the interesting I found a newsletter on messengers, it comes out about 1,000,000 people for a thousand $.
More custom articles in buzzfeed, ny times, video output to the top of youtube.
I propose a discussion on this topic, which platforms and methods are most effective?
Interested in the entire Internet, not only English and ru. China is also interesting.
In my opinion, of the messengers, only viber and telegram are available so far.
In the viber, the links are inactive, the exhaust is not very large, I think (the price tag for the viber is indicated above). In Telegram, mailing lists are now blocked, but it seems that it is still possible, the links are active. The downside is that the audience is small, and from Iran and the CIS. Pluses, that it is even cheaper than Viber, you can even send for free if you set up auto-registration in free Yankee numbers. The advantages of mailing via messengers, that it is still legal (but not everywhere, as far as I know)
YouTube is now doing a "white" promotion to the top through the purchase of advertising spaces in groups and traffic transfer from different sources (including information portals, not related to social networks). It also costs about a thousand dollars. Cons that you need to do extremely high quality, otherwise the video will drown in indifference, so the price tag will be at least two to three times higher.
For custom articles - the only pluses are mentioning in the "authoritative" media, a small amount of traffic to the site. You can benefit from making provocative mentions in an article, but not everyone will agree to this. Therefore, it is unlikely to be suitable for a start.
Advertising with bloggers is useless at the initial stages for most sites (even good sites), if the goal is to convert user actions into sales, or into constant activity on the site.
Your opinion on all types of advertising is interesting, incl. "black, gray", your experience and advice.
Goal: Turn users into regular visitors. The subject of social programs on a specific topic, there are no analogues in the world, or they are in the gray zone.
PS China is very interesting, has anyone worked with it? How to advertise there?
Thanks to all. The topic is interesting, I hope people will catch up.

Answer 1

viral? :)
"how to do online marketing in china"

Answer 2

Viral video. I’m not sure that you will fit into 2 thousand. But in general, this is the best option with the greatest coverage, but it all depends on the specifics of the activity.
Custom articles on top resources, preferably those that carry a semantic load, that is, they come with really useful content. It's relatively cheap, but the coverage won't be too great.
The easiest way to hit the FB target is with several advertising companies, the reach is large, but the leads will depend on good targeting.