Yes the promote feature is one kind, and I'd prefer not to have traditional advertising I'm just not ruling it out as I've never heard ned or dan rule it out.

Yeah I've noticed a lot of them don't do that well. Honestly, we take a risk when we use promote and I have a feeling they have their own individual systems of seeking out content that they prefer to stick to.

I have a rule when I promote - if after an hour or 2 I feel if it were noticed by a whale they would up vote it, I calculate how much SBD it appears I've made so far before using that to promote. That usually means using less than 30c... But I figure the market price for promoting is too high still and I'm not prepared to compete, especially when they haven't benefited from the gamble.

Thanks again @williambanks :)