Good article, but my reason for not promoting is I don't think my articles are worth promoting. I just write about my ideas, and mostly I am writing to myself, I don't think many people are interested in them, and my rewards so far prove it. In fact I think all my upvotes are from bots, because I always get the same 9 votes from the same users, I am sure some are bots I really don't know if all of them are.
I get that.
Realistically that is what most post here turn out, but my beef is the sales pitch for steemit is that it is a place to earn for posting rather than the competition.
But that aside, I think post can do well on their own merit, but timing, trails, tags, topics, and so much more play into it.
I am here because I like to write out my thoughts, like feedback, want community, and am motivated by the reward potential.