I have to admit that I've also been falling into some of the traps you listed in your other guide, '4 Things You Should Stop Doing on Steemit Immediately!'. Doing things the right way, makes the process a whole lot slower, but in the end it does give more gratification.
You do give out some good tips and they confirm that in roder to be really successful, you have to put in a lot of hard work. It will only come to bite you in the *** if you try to speed up the process of gaining followers by using shady tactics.
Thanks for the interesting read!