@nuges. Thanks for your questions and I trust these few lines of mine help.

1. Steemit is originally fashioned to be a big community embedding sub communities. In other words, it a platform to compete for recognition. So if you don't belong to a sub community and be active there, dear Steemian you will have a hard time getting recognized. There are toned of good articles out there. So not only yours. If you want people to notice you, get into a sub community and, MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, be active within your sub community. Make friends; expand your social horizon by making useful contributions to articles. That way people will begin to recognize you which will now translate to visits and upvotes

2. Just like I said before. Get into a sub community and be active there. Go to www.steemit.chat and discord and get to relate with people. Devise a means to solve popular problem and I bet you will attract recognition to yourself.

3. To some extent. Majority of people would rather click the work of a high reputation account than that of a low ranked reputation. The more click the more likely you will get upvoted

4. Mine was recognition at first. I solved this by not only belonging to sub communities and getting active there, I also create a community and helped newbies to get going.

5. Publish at least one article per day. Get active within the community. At the start of every week, make a list of people you will pay attention to and ensure you visit their blog every day and leave reasonable comments.

@eurogee