Great post my friend! I have been on Steemit for only a few months and many articles I have written and spent many hours researching have only brought me a few cents. I don't let this worry me or get me down. I do it because I love to do it. For me it isn't about the money. I like to think that my articles bring something of interest to the community. I look at it this way: If I am successful writing interesting articles then the money can and will come later, not the other way around. I like the comments that people leave me and I always upvote them. Nothing worse than when someone leaves just a link about their post.
Thanks for this article!
....upvoted and resteemed.