Welcome to steemit though!
Well it's as I mentioned in the article: Steem is a long term project, and you shouldn't wait for dolphins or whales but try to produce outstanding content and get involved with the community. That's the only way to successfully grow a sustainable blog. Define a field you're really good at and then focus on just that. Then go find like-minded people and get in touch with them, invite them politely to check your blog and like that you'll gradually build the followership. It'll take you at least half a year to set up something stable.
All the best!! :-)