From what I have seen from my short experience here, you need to pump out content in the beginning, not just a few articles a month, and spend lots of time reading, clapping, commenting and engaging. Showing up a lot in the audience on certain publications helps you to become part of the community, and offering supportive comments makes people check you out and look at your work more.

Also, she said she was making $2000 per month, I believe. Not per week.