Blues twice beat top-six finishers Scarlets, as well as turning in a fine performance to beat Newport Gwent Dragons 28-8 at BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park.
And with Steven Shingler joining from Scarlets along with hooker Kirby Myhill, Rhys Gill from Saracens, highly-rated Wales back Matthew Morgan from Bristol, Hurricanes centre Willis Halaholo and Ulster talisman and No.8 Nick Williams, Wilson believes they can continue to rise.
"I'm excited about the future of Cardiff Blues," said Wilson.
"Next season we need a squad that's quality over quantity, we've addressed that and have some players who will bring some quality to back up what we already have.
"After my first year I'm even more motivated for us to kick on from what we have been through and achieved this year.
"We have a group of senior players and leaders who are instrumental in driving Cardiff Blues
forward."
Two more wins would have seen Blues seal a Champions Cup spot and October's loss away to Zebre, as well as the 13-7 defeat to Benetton Treviso at the Stadio Monigo still rankle, reminding Wilson that his side are far from the finished article.
"We performed poorly in Zebre and we didn't look like winning the game. That was a slap in the face and a wake up call for all of us," he said.
"At Treviso we created so many opportunities and were over the line three times but couldn't ground it or dropped the ball over the line. We created more than enough opportunities.
"It wasn't the way we performed but the way we finished and that's the game we look back on and say had we got over the line we would have done what was needed.
"That is a learning curve for us for next season. We need to be harder nosed and more clinical when we go to those places."
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