Help - What do I do?

Hi Everybody:

Chris here - www.poocharama.com. During the past 7 months, I have written around 47 posts and 60,000 words on this site.

About a month ago, I decided to change course a bit and spend my time finding out all I could about SEO. Here’s what I’ve found.

First, I’m in a niche that has way too many big authority sites. I have also found that these sites rank high for just about every keyword imaginable.

So, how can I possibly compete with this?

What I conclude is that you can write to your heart’s content but if no one can find you, there’s no money and therefore no point.

Here’s the thing. I’m a hard worker and am willing to put in the time and effort to reach my goals. However, I don’t want to do all that work for nothing. I feel everything is going down the “rabbit hole.”

So, the question is, should I forge on and keep adding content until which time www.poocharama becomes a big, authority site? (If so, is there some magic number of posts and/or words needed to achieve this?) Or, should I switch to a less competitive niche (if there is such a thing?)

Thank you.