What is the best way to get noticed on steemit?

Well, you see, the first thing to do is to have some cash first. You have to be also knowledgeable of development and articles. If you write good articles and buy upvotes, your posts will appear in the trending page and that is the first page that everyone sees when he enters Steemit so more people will see the number of upvotes and cash you get and they would begin to get interested in you. Now, if you also post good articles in Steemstem or projects in Utopian, you will get large upvotes and you will be popular as your popularity flies up.