The #resteem section here usually has a handful of Steemians offering free resteems. I find they work just as good as paid for ones. Which is not very well but as you said it does add some extra visibility.
One of my post this week was resteemed 23 times and counting and it didn't do any better then any other post I created that may of only got resteemed 5 times.
Yeah, the resteem services are pretty minimal for extra visibility, but you do get some. I don't think I have ever received a whale vote from resteeming, so maybe you will scrape a couple of cents from some dustvotes if you are lucky.
In my opinion, the best resteem services to use, are the one's that force you to follow them, because then, you will be showing up on a bunch of other other helpless souls feeds that are slaved to the resteem force follow. Just food for thought. Choose the best forceful resteem/follow service. There is this one I use, you can find it in my wallet, I had this post resteemed with the service. They are a pay for resteem service, but I personally like them, because the individuals who use the service are weird, and I am always seeing weird ass posts on my feed that tend to be interesting to me. Sometimes, I upvote them and comment. So that service is working.
I know the resteem service you speak of and have been getting resteemed by it. There is a cheap one I use that upvotes and resteems. The resteems are delayed though so if you want an instant resteem its not the best option.
I never used any of the more expensive ones so they may work better but I have no clue. When I was looking into the service a few months back I would go down the feed of some of the more expensive resteem bots to see the ROI and it wasn't looking good so I refrained from using them.
The one I am speaking of is xtdevelopment. They are my favorite because of the weirdness I see, and some genuine cool stuff. They may be a bit on the expensive side, but I don't really think so. Check them out.
I might do a little resteemer hunting just because I am bored, and too tired to write a post. For such a small overall active user base, there never seems to be an end to the interesting things I find on steemit.
Ahh yes .. Now I see .. I only noticed the rcr resteem the first time I checked. I will give xtdevelopment a shot the next time I resteem. resteemr is the penny resteem bot I usually use. It gives an upvote as well and only cost 0.01.
Hmm I will check them out. Thanks for the chat bro!