great challenge to set you self John, looks like you will achieve your goal.

Welcome to STEEM, I really hope your gonna have some fun here. It’s an amazing place with amazing communities. There is an awesome UK community on steem, seek them out and get to know them

I will keep this short and simple. Seek out and engage with communities as its community support that seems to propel growth. try not go with the follow for follow and upvote for upvote, this does not work. Don't scam or plagiarize and things should be good.

Check out this free course, the steem economy can be complex to understand and this will help you get your head around it faster

https://www.udemy.com/understanding-the-steem-blockchain-economy

Any questions and pop over to my blog and leave a comment on one of my posts and I will do my best to help you 😉

Regards
@paulag (@steemcommunity witness)