Welcome to steemit!

I strongly suggest you be patient. It takes time to build up steem, in any sense.

Make sure to find interesting people who share your interests to follow. Then comment and upvote. This really works best if people are commenting and participating in a community rather than just doing a constantly stream of posts. However, do posts that are OC, not reposts. Resteeming someone's post is generally considered good though.

Have fun and good luck!