Dear Steemians, I know how hard it is for a newcomer here. Many of you just heard about a platform where you get paid for your posts and maybe you have seen some with payouts above hundreds in trending section and tought it is always like that - easy fast money.
And some of you heard about a community of people who support each other and make valuable content so you wanted to join and share your work, art or toughts too.
Valuable content is the right way!
There are too many people who want to get rich fast with as little work as possible. They post waste and write general comments like "good post", or "it is cool", then you think they have to be bots, and they really are in many cases, because sometimes their reaction really doesnt match with the post content.
And here are also those who write "upvoted, please upvote me", or "follow me, follow you" and this kind of stuff. I am telling you - dont do this! Because this kind of things do newbies who came here for fast money mostly.
Try to understand, we all want to be followed and upvoted, but it is not good to tell it to everyone this way, because it is so obvious. There are other ways how to get what you want. It requires more energy and time, but the results are better not only for you, but for Steemit and for the whole community too. You should not think just about yourself and in a short term!
If you post some really good content and someone will comment it after a few seconds "upvoted, please upvote me" you feel like: "I spent 2 hours on this post, bring value and someone upvoted me just because he wants that upvote back? No way!"
Feel the difference
You can earn upvotes and followers in two ways. Create good posts, or create good comments. Or you can try both, that is even better.
First of all, read posts! If you want to be noticed through comments write something meaningful not just random waste. I know we do not want to comunicate always and we feel tired sometimes (I know what I am saying, Im not very social) but if you want to succeed you should put an effort into it.
For example you want to comment a post of some writer, do not write just "good story", but say what you liked about it, add some ideas and if you are a writer too, you can add that you also wrote about that theme, or you never did.
And if your english is bad? Nevermind! Steemit is a place where you can improve your skills in many areas. I also use translator now, it is ok :)
If you make valuable posts and want them to be visible, voting bots can help you sometimes! I use mostly 
and 
. It is simple and your money will come back to you and more people will see your post. It is not the best way, but it is better than begging for upvotes.
My findings and rules I follow
You should never
- post photos without description.
- post too short posts. (Maybe just occasionaly)
- use wrong tags
- use too long titles with too many emojis
Always try to
- choose interesting thumbnail
- write clear accurate title
- use paragraphs and headings
- add quality photos
Those are the simplest rules. You can look at other sucessful authors and learn from them. There are always things you can improve.
Think about the comunity and your future in the connection with the whole Steemit, because if you want to abuse the system you hurt not only others, but yourself.
Thanks for watching!