Well a great post. Just like you I am a small shrimp in the Steem Ocean!
I rarely use upvote bots. But I have done it, but probably never made a profit on it. So the great thing about @ocdb is that is does guarantee a profit. To bad that I am not whitelisted. Open up the whitelist @acidyo :)

It is hard to grow! It is hard to find people who do upvote your posts based on quality content, shared interests and so on. But I will keep on trying!
Cheers,
Peter