I think everybody wants to be a whale here but I would be satisfied being a dolphin.
We are still in time to grow because the steemit users' number is still under 1 million.
As more and more people get fed up with FB, Insta and such time consuming sites which doesn't pay for your time and for the data you voluntarily upload every day and makes you look at others' life with a make-up, they are moving here, so we will grow big this year.
So just keep posting and leave comments but care about your values, present them to other so they might like the way you think and do not be upset if money doesn't flow in right away.
Steemit has a huge potential and I just looked at the other sites that claim to pay for your content, I am not naming any, because they are nowhere compared to the STEEM blockchain.
Find your niche and keep posting, when 10 million users will hang around on the site, imagine how cool will be to say: I was within the first million.
Content creation is not an easy task, but if you have an artistic side and want some feedback, this is far the best site.
Enjoy posting as you liked using Insta and FB, it will pay out.
SMT will come out soon, so you may start your own media agency or news portal. Why? Because it will be easy to get paid.
Be unique, copy paste is not cool!
I made the picture in Turkey