Satisfaction in blogging is not necessarily dependent on having a huge reader base or high rankings. A small but regularly returning group of readers who you communicate with is often enough. There is so much written about SEO and reader/subscriber numbers that we can come to believe that this is what is important and forget the importance of relationships.

The beauty of blogging over traditional writing is that communication is two way. You get feedback, develop friendships and contacts and, if you are aware and willing to learn from what your readers want, then your writing can only improve and be more inline with demand. So building a small dedicated readership base is also a starting point if you do want to become more widely known.