while I know that most people dont read blogs. I manually curate 3-4 hours a day through posts. and I try to answer each comment in my blog. the bots are important too, you might want to read the link at the end of my blog how my first 3 month on steemit went. I have to update that, as most of that data is outdated, but I am sure it will help others to keep blogging. only if you keep bloggin you will have sucess. nothing different than having sucess on other platforms.