It is possible. Pacing is essential. Plus, standing out. If you read my posts, you will learn all you need but you will need to put effort in pulling out the old posts
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You said right, in my opinion we need continuous efforts to do good on the Platform and the most important thing is to produce worthful posts, which can give some kind of value to the Platform.
Stay Blessed.