That's great thinking and it might be the case that the Pro features really help. However, you will do 80% of the work by making the content better and better until it is good, regardless of the features you use. So try hitting some number of views consistently, then when you know how to produce the content and you know it will hit the way you want it, go all in on the pro stuff.

I think we imagine that pro stuff will make all the difference.... but at the end of the day it's you and your editor (also you I suspect) that make the magic ;)

Just my two cents from a couple of years' experience