Well most of the people who have made it on steemit and are having worthy account values started like you and i, but the most important thing here is networking. U can make a thousand post and not even a soul will upvote it, Why??? This is because people upvote when they think your post is worthy .
There are over thousands of articles and post uploaded every second which overshadows your post. In order to get an upvote or promotion, you need to get noticed on steemit .
How do i get noticed??
The only answer i can give is networking ,
Create a platform where u can share ur link to be viewed or upvoted or promoted by your friends ,
and you can also do the same when they share their links too.
NB : This may not benefit some people but trust me within two months of networking like that, u are surely going to see difference.
I am personally looking forward to creating a network like that......
Please comment with your facebook name or whatsapp number if you are interested in such an innovation and you wouldnt be a newby within a month again....Welcome to steemit.