I made this comment in the thread comments, I will post it here as a standalone for you to make it easier to find. perhaps:

Have some of the payouts to blogger and mentor pegged to and auto-paid after 7th post.

And again maybe at further legacy points on the chain or milemarker -- maybe even simple to remember ones like 5th / 10th/ 20th/50th -- the more I think about it the more that makes sense to me where I am at with things.

-- encourages both parties to develop their habits and also reach an attainable goal / goals.