That is all you need really. Get to chat! Connections! Go to the voice channels and air your thoughts and people will know you and your sound and support you. Yes, there is quality posts etc but many factors go into upvotes beyond quality cos there are humans on the platform. And i tell you, you have the right vision especially if you want to build your project on steemit. You are far ahead of many in that case cos many don't touch on that aspect of steem. Steemit is not perfect but it is improving! Hardfork 19 will better somethings, then subcommunites and subcommunity tokens are in the making! Then you can hold your space and take charge but even then you need real life connections either in conversations on thruoug your interaction and activity on steemit!