Yes, having friends and other patrons helping you in the beginning is wonderful. I recommend people curate and reply to other people's posts with 80% of their RC and author their own posts with the remaining 20% in the beginning. New people need to build their network anyway, and it just works better that way for everyone involved.
Since you have three people delegating SP to you, you must be doing something right! :)
I am trying my best to grow but i saw that my posts don't get that much attention. I believe that i have to grow my friend list
Yes, the more followers the better. The pennies add up. It is less likely that you gain the support of a whale, so focus on getting as many minnows in your network as possible. Then give them the best content you can give based on your passion and expertise.
Thank you for your advice.
As a new steemian i appriciate all new info / advice from older steemian that i can get