A lot of tools, most of which I have never visited.
Writing your article should only be one of the three phases:

1. Documentation and prior search to see if anything else was done before
2. The writing of the article and linking it within the community. There are other writers that would like to read other opinions on the subject. And you can also rely on their work for parts of your article. This means that if you are writing about the benefits of a cup of tea and reading a book in the evening, you can link to a science article about Tea from a SteemSTEM author for example, without having to write your own arguments. This is building communities and brings you more exposure :P
3. Promotion and Analysis: get in touch with fellow writers and talk on the subject. Follow the tags you post on. Send them to your own blog if you have something that might help them. Analysis is when you use these tools to measure engagement, profile users and find out where you have the greatest impact.

You can check my blog for further information, I have written more advice into organically growing while following the rules and common sense. Organic growth is how smart users grow.