Nice post :)

What you need to know though is that there's little point in posting your high quality articles if no one will read them. That simply demotivate you.

What you need to do FIRST is read other peoples articles, especially those who have a high reputation and a fat SteemPower balance.

Curation, voting for others, is a major aspect of earning on Steemit.

You need to contribute to their content so that you draw additional attention, stimulate further discussion and upvotes for them and the comments.

You need to comment and upvote and resteem and follow.

You need to get them to follow you and remember you and always look at your blog to support you.

This is all about networking and the support which comes from networking.

When you have enough followers with enough voting power, who will support you, then you should post your brilliant ideas which will earn.