welcome to steemit the best community out there. i personally wouldn't suggest bots for followers, i don't think you will earn something long-term from that. The general rule for success and what i have done is just to try and make quality posts while at the same time interacting with others that i really like their posts.
Also you should definitely use dtube and dsound, especially for you will be really beneficial. The first one is like youtube but with no censorship and the second one is lie soundcloud