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Thank you. how long has it taken you to become this successful? My current plan is to try to post engaging content and then interact with the people who upvote/comment. is this enough? or do you you know of any ways I can propel this forwards?

put in the time and effort and you'll see it grow gradually, i joined last year and try to visit the site every day :) and it's easy to get discouraged if you look at how others are doing on the site and compare their journey to your own, but everyone has a different story (how much time they spend on here, how much content they provide etc) and i think one of the best ways to keep from getting discouraged is to compare only to yourself! :) for example, how good are you doing on steemit today compared to 2 weeks ago or a month ago? make tiny goals for yourself and it will motivate you to keep going forward. Like most anything good or worthwhile, it takes time. If you have a large following on other sites like twitter, facebook, instagram etc it might also help you to post your steemit articles there and help you to get views/followers/rewards :)

Once again i appreciate your time spent chatting to me. Its people like you why a platform like this will take off. 2 days ago my account wasn't verified so im hoping that 2 days later, 5 followers and 2 posts is a good start. I dont have any following on other social media so will hope that I can produce consistent engaging content and hopefully people will resteem on here.