Congratulations on the trending post, that's awesome. I have never made it to the top of the general Steem trending page, although I've been up near the top of the music tag a few times.
It's hard not to have expectations after a while, but you're right that the best way to do it is to just focus on making more good posts.
@heymattsokol, I think what was most memorable about this was that I had pretty much already written it off as "just another $1 post" and then suddenly BOOM. Which really made me pause to realize that the best strategy around here is-- as you said-- just focusing on creating good content.