I used several strategies

1. Engagement. I read and upvoted posts. People replicated.
2. Commenting : my comments were upvoted
3. Posting: I post 3-5 times a day
4. Delegation. I delegate to bidbots and received daily earnings.
5. I used Steem basic income
6. I used Dustsweeper to get paid on all my posts
7. I bought votes from upvote services
8. I built up a following of people who upvote my posts for the curation rewards

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