Words of wisdom. It's easy to lose motivation when you genuinely make an effort to write a good post and it gets no upvotes and followers. But then being consistent does help. Quality definitely is more valuable than mere quantity.
I've seen so many posts that haven't even tried to hide the fact that it's direct copy-paste from some news site. But again, the follow-for-follow and plagiaristic tendencies here will eventually cease to be rewarded. Hopefully.
The best way to write is as if it were a blog you were writing without any monetary incentive. Only then will you not be a sell-out with insertion of unnecessary images and ads.
RE: Steemit blogging guide