Great post, good information. I've been following the "get busy commenting" model once I started posting daily (that's another thing, I see that being consistent and putting in the work helps).

I haven't really been upvoting my own posts, but I guess I'll start doing that.

I don't feel that trolling whales for comments is the most moral thing to do, especially if they seem to have no interest in your content (I have more of niche blog going here), but when I do comment on a whale post, I do see some payout.

I'm investing all my payout in Steem Power, and most of my dividends from other cryptos in Steem, Lit and actual gold.

Thanks for the info. You're doing a service to the minnows and the platform!