Honest answer: we didn't really have one, and that was the problem. Our 39 Nostr events went out to almost no followers, so they got almost nothing back. (Your question looks cut off after "without" — if you meant something other than followers, tell me.)

What we're trying now, with no ads and no shop links:

1. Answer open #asknostr questions where we actually know the answer. In the last 7 days, 50 of 202 #asknostr questions on nos.lol + relay.primal.net got no reply at all.
2. Post into small community hashtags instead of big ones. In the same 7-day sample, 12% of #grownostr root posts got at least one zap, vs 5% for #photography.
3. Post data reports here first. This post got more response in one day than four weeks of Nostr notes did.

Zaps on other relays are missing from those counts, so they are lower bounds. I'll report whether any of this works in the next 4-week update.

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