This is my starting experience guide for all the new people like myself on steam it.
First of all, I would like to say that I have been on steemit for 2 3 weeks and I am seeing a slow growth for thees weeks.
This article will be split into a few sections explaining how aspects of the site benefit you and my point of view on how things are going based on my growth.
The beginning
I started off on steam it posting two or three articles that made around 15 SBD total, which gave me a moral boost to continue putting effort into my writings.
At the beginning, I didn't know that steemit had more to offer than just getting paid for posting some articles.
And I must thank 
My goal at the beginning was to post an article a day and wait till there were some followers.
The blindsight to that was that steemit pays out more if you are active, commenting and posting on a daily basis.
Overview
Here are graphs that show the difference between not commenting and liking. The first two weeks ( marked with red ) show the growth progress by only posting an article a day.
Commenting and being active
The main thing a new person should know is that at the beginning you can get more for being active and commenting rather than just spending 2/3 hours to write an article that will probably payout at 0.something
Here is an example.
Imagine you spent 2 3 hours to make a good article and the end result is this.
Now imagine you make 5 good quality comments that take no more than 10/15m + reading the article and the end result is this.
At the end, it's better to be more active at the beginning by going around the site and socializing, not focusing on making money until you accumulate some followers and some rep.
End Results
Reading commenting and socializing gets you more followers, money, and rep at the beginning, rather than posting a ton of articles (hoping one goes viral)
Don't abuse yourself to be overactive, rather be yourself and you will be rewarded for that.
If you don't know what to say don't say it, spamming " Great Post" on 100 posts per day will get you nowhere.
Hope some of this was helpful, this is more of a personal EXP comparison and tips kind of post than a guide.
Much love to all steemers :)
P.S Last tip. You can use https://pixabay.com/ for free CC0 non-copyrighted images for articles ^^