Jerry started years ago building a youtube following. He brought that entire following with him over here.
Quality content over time = followers
followers = likes
likes = $$$
People also vote for him because it gives them curation rewards. You can read about the reasoning in one of my posts:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@cryptoindex/is-steemit-the-next-reddit
You need to be consistent. I will give you a follow and a like to help get you started.
its nice to be the first who knew a loop hole such a steemit ...okay sir i will check out your post thanks for visiting me ... and i following you @cryptoindex