It's much easier then you may think.
It takes time to get noticed so don't expect to be successful over night.
It will probably take weeks if not months to gain decent rewards but you will get there with a few simple steps
FIND AUTHORS YOUR INTERESTED IN
Take the time to scroll through the different feeds and popular tags and find content you are interested in and follow those authors.
By doing this their content will pop up in your feed and more then likely if your interested in their stuff then they have the same interests as you. Meaning you can offer valid input on their articles.
GET NOTICED
The best way on Steemit to get noticed is to engage with the community.
Take the time to read an article. If you have valid thought provoking input, comment and engage with the Author.
This is the best way to get notice and hopefully gain a follow from a Steemian that will find your content interesting too.
Don't comment for the sake of commenting, you know the "nice post" or "I followed you, follow back" comments. In fact never ever ask for a follow back, this is irritating and will most certainly not get you a follow back.
I repeat engage with the author but only if you have a valid comment.
QUALITY CONTENT
Only post quality content, if you have nothing of value to post then don't.
If you post for the sake of posting, more then likely you'll only earn cents anyway and if your followers see more poor posts then quality they'll more then likely mute you, meaning nothing you post will be visible to them.
Posting poor content just for the sake of posting will damage your success rather then help it. It's better to wait.
That's it three very simple steps for the best success on Steemit.
Don't expect immediate success, this will be your downfall.
Keep at it and you will succeed, don't give up. It may take weeks or months before you start to gain traction in Steemit but success takes time.
I hope those of you that are genuinely interested in Steemit as a blogging platform heed this advice. You'll thank me for it later.