Honestly I don't know. I'm relatively new to Steemit myself, and am not really thinking of it as an earning thing so anything I earn is just a bonus. I think consistency is helpful, but I notice great variety in how many people read my stuff. I can only suggest you don't take any one result too much to heart. The feed it a lot like Twitter and there's so much in it, and sometimes I think there's no way to know what people will find interesting or why!