I completely agree, we are constantly trying to promote ourselves on the eyes of the big whales and well known Steemians. And that´as it, although it is a good way to grow your account, it won´t take you a step further.
Finding influencers outside the STEEM ecosystem is a very reliable way to increase your popularity and traffic on your posts.
I´ve been doing that with some "influencers" on Scorum and Medium, because they are already connected with blockchain technology and it much easier for them.
you are doing this already, that is awesome. It is such a pity we dont yet have the ability to get stats on traffic we bring.
ye, that would be interesting!