The worst thing a beginner can do is write lots of short meaningless replies trying to attract attention. Comments like
“Amazing post about dog poo. Upvoted, followed and resteemed. Please look at my blog”,
reek of insincerity and are more likely to be flagged than attract any follower.
Exactly what I try to tell every new user I bring into this platform
As a new user, you are still yet to have any rep don't spend time creating 20 post per day, rather spend hrs creating one that you are sure would help every person out there, just like your cooking post, that am sure would and still be very helpful till now.
Don't go out looking and begging for upvote, I know its not easy but consistency do pays on the longrun
Always reply to your comments whenever you have any as it will take you a long way
When you do come online don't just browse your feed and go offline but rather go through the tags you love and leave good comments behind
Most important join communities, not only steemchat look for other communities on discord and participate, let your voice be known and held
and I promise you, if not today, your work will surely be visited by someone one day.
Happy steeming and steem-on