I just thought of something that helps me sometimes. I make my posts through busy.org. It is the same login and password as steemit. You can look it up, it is legit. When I make my posts through busy.org, where you list the category (blog, steem, writing, photography, etc.) I always list "busy." It says if you do, you will get a free upvote. Sometimes I get the busy.org upvote, and it is usually $0.30+ when they do give me the upvote. Sometimes they don't vote it at all, but it is just like calling on originalworks, sometimes they verify your post, sometimes they don't. Just an extra platform that seems to help me out from time to time.