In the current state of Steemit, I think that it is more important to have a good marketing strategy than writing quality post to be succesful in Steemit.

There is so much publications in Steemit that there is very difficult to get your post noticed without using having a big follower base. Bidbots exploit that, and there are also some accounts that sells resteems.

It is important to fight against those services and promote curation trails that looks for good quality content.