It's been a tough period in cryptocurrency market and myself I stopped trading. I stopped promoting ponzi schemes or any other affiliate systems.
I had the time to be more observant of what happens on Steemit, or Partiko, or any other Steem interface. I had the time to analyze closely who is still active on the platform.
Active - The person who didn't delegate to a bid bot and who is still posting or curating manually.
Dissapointed to see, very few active people left but multiple bid bots and curation trails. Glad to see & discover new people, with a lot of hopes. Those are still doing everything manually.
Do not have big expectations because you may be disappointed.
It's not about your content, it's all about the connections you create here. Easy like that. After bid bots era people forgot about what's qualitative or not and everyone is doing what is the most profitable for them.
Which is normal somehow, because they invested in steem and do everything they can to maximise their profits, but for you, yes you, who just joined it's not that encouraging.
Nevertheless, you should try your luck, don't give up. Keep building connections, be nice, be kind, support others and hopefully you will be supported back.
Focus on something and keep building your account. Use one, two bid bots to a very good post. This may boost your post and get some attention from others.
The key to success is to engage with a lot of people.
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Good luck, 
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