Well the thing is, it's almost pointless trying to get their attention. Most of the whales hardly ever make posts.. It's quite simple, just work on your own game, striving for absolute excellent in the quality of your work, and it will be seen. That's how many of how bigger-payout Steemers did it by the looks of things.
Those whales never post, they just upvote. Not saying it's impossible either, but you have to work your ass off, and not complain when you are not getting instant results lol.
The main reason I'm doing this post is that many new steemians always ask me how to get whales upvotes, should they pay them for votes, what kind of pots whales like etc.
It's nice to have realistic expectations from Steemit, otherwise, you will be bashing your head for nothing. Just as you said, work on your game, be patient, strive for quality and forget about the whales.
So true. It's a little ironic, but generally when we focus on something too hard, we tend to never achieve it.. Whereas if we just focus on what is necessary to create true impressions, the most amazing things start to happen!