The best strategy to date is to:
Build a temple and a workshop other than sun really fast, build 1 golem and then connect to 1 or 2 geysers. Then start bridging. As soon as you connect to a good isle send your priest to it. In your workshop get a generator and a weapon. Then make generators to your soon to be outposted isle. As soon as you get 600 storm power you have to build an outpost. This outpost should have at least 1 geyser on it and maybe 1 around it, anything with less than 2 geysers near it is garbage. Send you priest to get cash on your outposted island if you don't have enough for a golem. But if you do make a golem or another transport. You should make at least 3 transports on your first outpost. Connect to all geysers around it. Then connect to other good outposts near your first one and post on those. Once you get enough money buy a sun workshop or another workshop.