@benjojo For visibility it might be a good idea for everyone to start implementing #payitforward
This is where you surf steemit, find content that's related or that you like. Post some honest commentary, upvote the bloggers post and let them know that if they want to come to your post and do the same that you will upvote them and explain to your audience what you like about them as well.
Make sure to use #payitforward though so folks know this is a community initiative and not linkspam

I described this system at my good friend @casandrarose 's blog where she has a topic for noobies. Tried it on my own blog and it works really well, kicked several posts into trending today because I got lucky and caught fire.

This way if any one of us rises, we automatically take our friends with us, while making new friends in the process and making it easier for the whales to curate things we actually care about. Give it some thought, let me know. You can drop by any of my blogs any time and ask me to check things out. I promise I'll always give my most honest feedback, long as you return the favor. :)