Assess what you are good at when it comes to blogging on Hive. Once you do that, go find the community and start engaging there. Most Hive communities have a discord channel and this is the place to be when it comes to meeting everyone. Remember to use the same Hive name inside discord. You always want to increase your brand recognition.
When you are just starting out here, go slow and make friends. Everyone has those upvotes to use every day. Engage in the conversation in chat or in comments and be constructive.
Basically once people see you are a real person and with a good personality. Upvotes will come in more easily.