Related:

It is important to have a Good Quality Product, service or in the case of Steem, Content. Good Quality Content does not count for much if very few people see it. That is why promoting your content is essential.
https://steemit.com/steem/@spectrumecons/promoting-content-part-1---promoting-content-on-steem

well, it's hard to argue with that! 😄
rather even comes to mind occasionally:
is there any point to put efforts into producing such Good Quality Content - if anyway very few people bother to read it or even as much as OPEN the post ?
or in this regard, is it any point in producing it - WITHOUT then using one of those "Promotion Tools and Services"? (well, mostly Bots)

another 2 posts by same author, very informative and condensely intense:
https://steemit.com/steem/@spectrumecons/is-the-steem-ecosystem-in-disequilibrium-part-1-witnesses
https://steemit.com/steem/@spectrumecons/is-the-steem-ecosystem-in-disequilibrium-part-2--content-creators-and-curators

it is actually a whole thorough STUDY on the Matter of "Steem Business", from the point of view of user (not Steemit Inc, Devs, etc)
it will take time to digest it! :)