Thanks a lot for tagging along. Actually, your question is prompting a post I'll do when am at Rep 60. But I'll give you some briefs.

1. Spend time studying how things work.

2. Use DApps and steemit alternative platforms if you can handle them, they offer incentives for using them.

3. Follow people that inspire you and people you can relate to.

4. Be real, talking about normal stuffs and experiences in your life, it is easy.

5. Learn from other peoples experience.

6. Upvote as much as u can, it helps grow your steem power and give you some extra SBD.

7. Invest if your can, it will propel you at the beginning.

8. Take part in as much contest as you can, your mention there can lift you a lot, it exposes you to a wider audience.

9. Be charitable with your upvotes. This is not a competition so don't be miserly with it. We're growing to gather.

10. Join communities, they'll help you grow too. There is power in unit.

I'll review them when I get to Rep 60, I'll also elaborate on them then. For now the struggle to Rep 60 continues.

Hope that helps?