Great tips @aggroed, but I only got 3 bucks on my introductory post, haha. I don't know if I have been doing it wrong, but as soon as I registered, I started authoring, commenting and curating altogether. In less than a month, I accumulated 150 followers and made 500 posts (including comments). Quite a lot of my posts were Upvoted by whales, which helped me a great deal. I am happy with what I have achieved in such a short period of time :)
Thanks for writing and sharing these tips!