Thanks Robert. A turning point was getting my story boosted, and then again many time more. The boosting was a nice affirmation that my writing was being well-appreciated and it has a tremendous impact on my readership following. In the early, you feel like you are writing into a void. I found that LinkedIn was not a good way to drive readership as many would "Like" but not actually read. But I continue to inform my LinkedIn network whenever I publish a new article. Having said that, LinkedIn resulted in my most viral article on Data Governance, which has a large following in LinkedIn and resulted in various discussions and re-postings. But most of the readers came directly from Medium itself.