This is just a factor of good creators writing such things, and the presence of numbers of interested readers. You should not neglect this area if you have something to contribute, but find the areas where you can get more attention that is somewhat to the edge of your area of specialisation, like I have just discovered with my first movie review. My favourite subjects are distributed systems and physics, and I am starting to make a pretty good footprint in that subject area.

I think it would be very helpful, in niche areas, especially technical subjects, to have writers writing dumbed-down articles. Stuff for the fans who have very little skill but a great deal of enthusiasm. To some extent, my recent article about gravity, is exactly this. I used a lot of pretty pictures and explained with a minimal use of technical terms, concepts involved in my hypothesis. As you can see, it did very well.

We do have to feed the up-coming minnow creators with hints and clues about how we moved forward, and ultimately, maybe I make my first big wad of capital, and then mostly move away from being a creator here, and new creators will have gaps to fill and further niches to find.

So keep up the self-help stuff about writing and money stuff. Don't stop looking for other things you might be able to make a splash with. Not every article has to be killer, just, enough. Your immediate network also may not have big bux but they will appreciate it and as they rise up they may become a lot more influential in your success as well.