You should start using Bots to promote your content. Once the estimated payout goes up a little the community starts upvoting aggressively.
You can refer following links: They give decent details on how to use the bidding & steembots
https://steemit.com/steem/@sobeksdiary/how-to-use-steembottracker-com-effectively
https://steemit.com/@joeparys
Becasue the article is good. You just need a little push to take the article in the trending posts