Welcome to steemit, @berecca!

Great idea on wanting to follow others in order to enhance your own experience. I find that building a following (and you're own little community here) is best achieved by leaving relevant comments on others posts. Generic things like, "Great post, follow for follow" or things of that nature aren't very effective, and doesn't really look good. Just wanted to share that advice that was given to me :)

Best of luck to you on your journey here!