I think this is the key, getting the correct audience for your material. People seem to come on here and trawl through every post no matter the subject, comment and follow the person just in an attempt to get a re-follow. This seems nonsensical to me because most of these people won't read the stuff that they write about.

So I have been trying to do exactly what @dragosroua has said and build relationships. More importantly meaningful relationships, mainly in the tags that I enjoy reading and writing about. This has meant that my following is a lot smaller than most others but I deem them to be better quality. I have even met some fantastic like minded individuals that I chat to daily.

I have always believed that content is king, but on here it is only king once you have created those solid connections.