I remember back in the days when I was trying to join Steemit. First I had to post a bunch of stories on Reddit.
I had to build my Karma up on Reddit.
just to get a chance at joining.
Then I got accepted! When I started I was a 25 in the reputation.
I started by trying to follow all the big reputation numbers (the Whales) I figured that was were I'd score the most and my post would get more steem.
I posted a few of the same things I got big votes on on Reddit. Which turned out to help me get my foot in the door.
And it did, My post were bringing in the steem. I moved quick at going to bigger reputation. Every story I wrote all the whales seen and moved me up faster and faster. I was getting so many votes it was hard to stop.
So all you minnows know now. You need to follow all the whales to get your post some steem and build your reputation up where you can make it as a whale yourself.