There's some reasonable advice here. One thing you haven't mentioned is that it's critical to engage with the community as well.

If you are engaging with people who share your passions and interests on Steemit, then your growth on this platform can be boosted dramatically.

So commenting, replying to people who engage with your posts, and finding communities of people in discord can really help progress your Steemit career.

There are a lot of things you can do to help progress your Steemit journey.

One thing I would advise against, is sending SBD or Steem to upvote bots and resteem services. They really aren't as beneficial as many think. In fact, you're more likely to lose money on an upvote bot than make money.

You sent a small sum to a couple of bots for this post, it's quite possible that you won't get all of that money back via the votes and resteems that you've received.