What also helps is to:

1. keep away from Steemit for some days, and start with fresh energy
2. be persistent; over time your follow base will grow and with that the view/vote/reward count
3. be original in your posts; even when posting something non original - Like I do with music, I provide added value to the music, ie not just forward the music in a link but add something to it (you can always check my music posts) - When posting some news event, dont just forward the link but make your own post about that event, maybe taking information from multiple sources, add your own standpoint to it, or your ideas
4. start commenting a lot with quality comments; that will grow your follow base, at least it did/does with me, and may even give you some nice rewards on your comments; I do from time to time get really interesting rewards on comments and that takes the negative feelings away from low view/vote/reward counts on my own original posts.