I would focus on making good content. You are way ahead of me on this and I've been doing it for about a week and a half. If you have good content the number of follwers will increase over time.

I've seen some folks get $200-300 on an intro blog post but then their following posts have been in the 1 cent, 10 cent range. So, it really comes down to content I think. If you are doing it just for the money I have a feeling it will be like watching water come to a boil. I'm taking the long run approach to this and looking at the community building process.

Thank you for the post!! I've gone thru the same thing where I thought a decent post got nothing. But it's on there for future readers that potentially become new followers. Keep it up! I've liked the posts I've seen so far.