The success to anything is just being yourself, and people will connect. I have seen some massively upvoted asian posts on steemit, for me, it's not interesting, but for the asian voters they're connecting to what the poster is saying. Some people connect to food blogs, others to photography, others respond to a beautiful woman's smile or a sexy pose. I followed you because I'm interested in homesteading, camping, survival techniques, farming. So your blog interests me. I'm also interested in science, photography, etc., so I connect to other people's blogs too. I don't care if they're popular blogs or not, I care if the persons are taking the time to write something meaningful. Of course, you've been around since the beginning of the steem network, you're an OG, so you had time to build your connections. Time and patience yield the best reward. And I repeat it again, your avatar must exert some magical spell on people 😀😀😀lol.