Hello @jerrybanfield #teamjerry
This is my attempt at an honest and straight forward reply, and I am including it as a reply because @eco-alex 's post was very good.
Everything here on out is my humble opinion.

1. Write less posts. Give it your all to make high quality content. 3-6 posts a week is ambitious. Talk to me (us) about your projects, workflow, cryptocurrencies and flights of fancy.

2. Read more comments on the steem platform. Make friends. Minimize chatting off or outside of the steem platform.

3. Upvote! And use that slider wisely, its a powerful tool. Tell your followers that your upvotes roughly represent a 0-5 scale, 5 percent upvote being an enormously helpful or appreciated comment, and less percentage being less valuable but still creating an interaction. A very small upvote could indicate a certain message.

4. Make a scale with your followers! Keep the voting percentage low so that you can interact more. Perhaps a high quality article could be voted with more power, but 0-5 percent seems just right for comments.

5. Stop doing what doesnt bring you immediate joy and passion. Drop the witnessing and the steem.chat and whatever else your not digging and do less stuff better.

6. I love the dream behind steemJ!

Thanks Jerry for opening a dialogue.