The best practice is simply to load your wallet with Steem and then power up. Creating high quality content, commenting/upvoting posts of fellow Steemians and networking are the next steps to gain momentum on Steemit. But yes, it takes a lot of time and hardwork. Quick way is of course money!!
and I must say I love it.
My blog is doing very well...
I would like to see some improvements in adding widgets or code.
Much better then Medium...who several times deleted my content for no reason.
What's your username on Steemit? Very few new users say that they are earning good on Steemit!!
That's why I quit on blogging on their platform because of it's a money making, sometimes your content will be useless and be ignored if your reputation is low.