Use These 3 Simple Methods & Watch Your Acocunt Grow Super Fast!
1. The first method you should use is so simple you will probably think I'm wasting your time, but allow me to explain.
Click on the NEW tab and comment on as many new users posts in a day as possible. These new users literally have no body interacting with them, they are craving attention and acceptance. Give that to them and they will become your new loyal long term followers. Make them feel appreciated, read their blogs and comment something meaningful and watch them do the same in return. When you are new to any kind of social group in life, the first few people to give you some kind of acceptance are usually the ones you end up liking the most. It's also the same for those who you give acceptance to on the steemit platform.
2. follow only those people who provide good quality content... trust me, if yu don't enjoy what these guys are blogging about then it's not very likely you will be reading & commenting on their blogs to create relationships. These types of users will clog up your homepage and it's just a waste. Only follow those users if you will enjoy reading their content & engaging with them... remember the whole point of the platform is to create a following and build your account... if you don't interact with your own following then It's not likely they will give you upvotes, comments & resteems.
3. choose 1,2 or 3 niches maximum which you want to blog about on a daily basis. this is actually in my opinion the most important step for your long term success. If you know exactly what you will be blogging about for the next so many years then it will be easy for you to produce quality content on a regular basis. Make sure your niches are something you enjoy talking about else you will quickly get bored and give up. also note that the people who comment an duovote you often are the ones you should pay the most attention too, they are your long term steemit friends.