It is hard to get noticed on Steemit. Most articles just disappear into the void. There are many strategies to get your articles noticed. They pretty much need to find their way to the trending page so that people will see it. This page is mostly reserved for people with a large stake in the currency, but there are ways for anybody to get noticed. Steemit is far from perfect but there is much good happening here and I hope you do not get discouraged.