@jonpetrich Hi there! Thank you for your comment!

I would advise you to just be yourself and create quality, original content! You can invest some of your earned SBD in order to get your posts promoted and that way you could gather your followers. Once you have got a crowd of people following you, you will start feeling even more motivated to produce quality material.

Spending time to leave thoughtful comments works as well on Steemit. If you can give them a piece of your mind that they find helpful then people will reward you! And then you will feel great! Especially when whales reward you all of a sudden!

Hope this comment helps!

Highest Regards
@lordneroo