Great choice of topic @coolpeopleifb

Gaining new followers on social media is something that may seem easy

Indeed it may seem to be easy but as you said: it's harder than we expect. Easy days of doing it are long over. Now we're content creators on every bloody corner. And everyone want to be in the center of attention.

Getting this attention and trust is even harder.

You’re not showing enough personality

you nailed it! not only personality matters. This personality need to be somehow "attached" to your audience. They need to be emotionally involved and see you as one of them.

You’re not posting enough

Oh, this is actually very common mistake. People do post TO MUCH. Perhaps posting everyday something on instagram where your followers will give you 2 seconds of your time is great solution. But if you actually create content which require viewer time then 1 post a day is suicide.

Try 1 post on Steemit every day. Not only quality will be low but you will start being ignored very quickly. It's hard to expect that our followers would give us that much attention getting pretty much NOTHING in return.

Yes, I really mean it. They most of the time receive nothing in return and are giving their own time. On Steemit one post a week is maximum that I would recommend. Rest of the time it's best to spent commenting other people posts and creating engagement with them.

Overall interesting post :)

Again, great read
Yours
Piotr