Start following at least 99 people, especially in the category tags you like, that interest you. Then simply post whatever you like, maximum of FOUR blog articles posted per 24 hours, but unlimited comments and unlimited replies.
Then simply vote within your feed, Steemit has a lot of authors; not a huge amount but certainly far to many for a mere human to follow on a regular basis. Thus you limit some of your voting to the people you follow ( your FEED ) and these people get to see your actions over time.
Thus you build up a network of followers yourself and generally start to connect with people you come to like more or not. You can do as little or as much as you wish . . .
STEEMSTATS.com, STEEMD.com and steemwhales.com are simply your basic additional resources. Steemtools.com will show you many other places that you might find useful or might find a complete waste of your time : )
See you on the BlockChain ; )
Oh, Yeah ; and Welcome ! ! !
Thanks for the advice!