If you write quality posts, with time someone will notice, and not only posts but making quality comments that build on the article really helps, in the past some of my posts have come from comments made on another post, and afew followers from engagements through comments.
With time quality wins and eventually it translates to more $$$.
SteemOn!
That's right! But like cryptocurrency,its the time part that gets to people. We live in a world now where everything moves so fast, most people will find putting time and effort into something to be unthinkable as we are so used to getting things fast. Alas, all we can do is steem on and hustle on!