Michael,
Welcome to SteemIt!!
You are now part of a special community of people forging a cutting-edge social media platform on the STEEM blockchain.
I am 
I enjoy helping to promote the SteemIt community engagement on SteemIt by upvoting those who comment on my posts.
If you like one of my post, upvote it, and comment on it, after about a day I will upvote your comment. It is an easy way for you to earn and it is my small part of helping new steemians and increasing engagement within the community.
Here are a few tools that will likely help you on SteemIt:
https://steemd.com/@cryptoknot -- This tools monitors your blockchain activity and helps you keep an eye on your voting power
https://www.steemworld.org/@cryptoknot -- This tools provides you a SteemIt dashboard for your account activity
https://www.steemnow.com/ -- This tool gives you a different view of you blockchain activity as well as monitors rewards on you posts
The SteemIt platform is a fantastic way to learn about and get into a variety of cryptocurrencies.
I use BlockTrades to exchange STEEM and STEEM Dollars (SBD) to/from Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Dash, Dogecoin, Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin, and Monero. BlockTrades makes it easy to convert STEEM and SBD to other cryptocurrencies using STEEMconnect!
SteemIt is what you make of it! I urge you to be persistent and build your following, then before long you find your success!
Have a great weekend!
Steem on,
Mike
RE: The Intro of Michael Sullivan Smith as @cryptoknot