My Hypothesis
Usually my blog posts focus on investment strategies and coins I'm researching, but if I'm being honest with you all and helping any Steemians out there these are not the type of posts that I notice get me the most up-votes and followers.
Really the best type of posts that get me the most upvotes are about helping the steemit community by teaching them something about the platform or by thanking the community. I haven't figured out much else beyond these key factors. I think if I had a lot of steem power I could upvote my own posts and make them go trending easier coupled with providing better quality content, that could be the recipe for success on Steemit!