Inasmuch as you want to make it to the top at Steemit listen to these important pieces of advice from someone who has had key experience with this stage y'all at currently.
1. Begging for votes won't work
Focus on writing a great post and be consistent with it. A random subject will not earn you a respect hence you need to carve your niche. Begging for votes will never work, I've done it before i had to expunge such idea and focus on my strength. I am not condemning anyone who beg for votes it just won't work for you. In the short period that I joined Steemit few weeks back, I've been removed from a WhatsApp group, banned from a discord channel, all because I was naive and those people were never patient enough to guide me through.
However I was privileged to meet few steemians I'll call patriots, who assisted me in some rudimentary aspects.
2. Do more research
If you really want to get a good post on your blog, you will need a thorough research carried out. References and sources of your information is an evidence of a thorough research. Curators wants to see that you know what your are talking about and not just about trying to make more money (of course we all want money really).
Let the passion be your drive and the reason why you are churning out new content.
3. Join a community
Joining a community is one good way of interacting with Steemians. It's easy for your community members to identify with you and upvote your contents. There are contest which can earn you some SBD and what have you. However there are some community rules that you must abide with, if I don't know any community rule I am sure of one rule: Make sure you contribute to the progress of the community.
Its a silent rule in some community hence don't join because you want an upvote but come with a mindset of adding to the community. I am a proud member of 
4. Politicians don't have permanent friends but permanent interests.
If you haven't noticed yet you should now, Steemit is full of politics, I won't write about the dirty politics today but be assured that there is a lot of politics going on and if you really wanna play along
Interest is the key word
You may not have a permanent friends but your interest is what determines who you attract. Like I said I won't write on the intricacies of the politics today but you should try to play along with the little info I just told u.
5. You must be a good reader
Being a good reader might earn you much than be a writer in terms of the turn over. What am I saying? You need to know how to read lots of different topics this will help you to put down your thoughts on paper and get good content for your followers.
6. Comments can earn you more than writing.
Do you just upvote a post and go away? Next time drop a reasonable comment which shows the author you follow his or her thoughts. An impressed author might upvote your comment and earn you more than a post you prepare for more than a day. In my few weeks on Steemit I have earned more on comments than post in comparison to post and comments frequency. There are few tricks to commenting am sure you will learn it if you are very smart.
7. Don't ignore your followers
For a minnow, this is very important. Even though some people follow you and don't even remember, try once in a while to check their blog and drop a comment about their subject. You can also resteem their post as a surprise. It's a favor which may be returned someday .
I have shared with you some tips of getting by on Steemit, I cannot guarantee all the 7 tips will work for you but I am sure at least one of the tips if followed religiously is expected to either improve your rating or your coins.
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