WARNING: This strategy failed. Apparently SteemIt doesn't give rewards on posts under a penny. The only way to jump start an account is to have a friend who votes on your posts, or to buy ten bucks worth of steem to start the account.
The strategy of upvoting newly created content doesn't work because your vote is too small to get a curation reward. The strategy of writing articles doesn't work. Even if you have good articles, people don't want to interface with minnows.
The strategy of writing replies doesn't work. People don't want to waste time on minnows.
The only strategy that works is to buy steem power or have a friend who gives you steem power.