Thanks @fulltimegeek for upvoting the first 4 blog posts that I made on Steemit after joining 5 months ago. Your votes got each of those posts over the 1 steem dollar mark, which was very encouraging for someone new to the platform. For one of those posts, yours was the only upvote it received :)
Little did I know that 1+ steem dollar posts would be rare air, as I have now published 99 blog posts on Steemit and only 10 have crossed that mark. Despite this, I haven't given up posting. Still hoping that eventually I'll catch a break and one of my articles will gain some traction.
That one breakthrough can be all it takes to gain a following and from that point onwards, success breeds success.
Here's to your continued success and to that of all those whom have benefited from your generosity.