A few posts that may help :)
https://steemit.com/steemit/@krnel/steemit-succeeds-if-we-make-it-succeed
https://steemit.com/steemit/@allasyummyfood/how-i-build-a-following-of-160-k-from-scratch
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@sykochica/steemprentice-first-update-report-9-10-2016
https://steemit.com/memo/@solarguy/how-i-make-steemit-work-for-me