Congrats on the first month!!! I remember my first month, it was difficult and addicting haha. My advice would be just stick with it, and post consistently. Just like insta and fbook if you post consistent good content you will grow a loyal audience here. And it is so, so much better here. No bull crap algorithms hiding your posts from followers, no garbage advertising that you don’t need or want forced onto your feed, no banned hashtags and ridiculous posting rules, and instead of growing some corporations bank account with ad revenue, you actually get paid for your hard work. Steemit is the best.