Hey, that was a really informative. It can be quite daunting trying to get into the swing of things and understanding how things work. I found this really helpful so thank you for that. I can't agree more with the image side of things, people hardly view anything unless it has an image on it.
I started out just experimenting on a few different posts with some stuff that I like and then I quickly noticed that if things look attractive to read i.e. good title, image, format etc. then I found myself reading them. So I can only go with what I would find attractive to read, and if it's attractive to me then it must be attractive to many folks out there in the Steemit world.

P.S I've followed you :)