I'm very new myself, but I feel I've done pretty well here so far and I've got some experience from YouTube. Some of it seems to translate.

My first piece of advice: Don't worry about the money. The quest for money often corrupts the quality of the content. You start writing what you think people want to hear instead of what is genuine to you. There's a chance no one here whats to read what's important to you though. If that's the case, go out from steemit and try to bring new people to your content. They then grow and contribute and eventually become the people that support you. It takes time though. Without a ton of luck, everything will take time.

Second: Get more involved in the community. This is a community, and part of getting attention is writing meaningful comments on other people's posts. If they like your comment they may check out your blog. I think most of my followers were brought in by comments I left.

Finally, be bold. People want to know you, so put yourself out there. This is an opportunity to just be yourself, and maybe get paid for it. You'll find like minded people, they'll upvote your content, and all will be right with the world. You may not be able to expect thousands, you're competing against thousands after all, but maybe a few hundred comes your way now and again.