Steemit can be a bit of a lonely place, yeah. You gotta engage others and they will come to visit you back.
I also find Steemit a bit of a polar opposite to twitter/instagram, in terms of audience. Steemit audience seems to like longer posts, so more words or more pictures or more contents seem to be regarded as 'stronger' posts at Steemit
Hopefully you'll get more eyeballs to your blog, @tattoo777! @bashadow's tips are amazing and I can attest that they are all true :)