Greetings new Steemians!
I am glad you are here.
I want to give a warm welcome to
@simplyrose , 
@popemusic , 
@samanthalynn , 
@neverko ,and 
@viazenar . I've created sketches of your photos for this special post.
Steemit is a platform that allows you to be rewarded for Sharing your thoughts and engaging with this community.
Some posts you write will get traction or stimulate conversation. Make sure to savor these moments when the happen. You are helping people around the world connect.
You may publish a post that doesn't get much visibility, which happens to every Steemian regardless of their time on the platform or resources.
This creates a dilemma if you are looking for passive income, but don't fret. Focus on topics and experiments that will yield 10-50 posts.
Cluster your posts. Get a good idea of the content you are proud of and determine what content the community likes.
Even this post was a mix of guesswork and a progression of a series where I drew new and old Steemians and present them in one post.
I discovered this concept after 9 months of posting on steemit, and I expect I will learn newer and better ways to interact with the community. See 
Take a moment to read through the following links so you are familiar with the resources we all use.
Places to Exchange Steemit: https://poloniex.com
Price feed: coincap.io
IOS apps: Freewallet.org 's Steem Wallet
eSteem Mobile by Feruz Muradov https://appsto.re/us/kMfceb.i
Publishing tools for Steemit.com: http://www.steemimg.com/
Analytics Tools for Steemit.com: https://steemstats.com
http://steemstory.com
https://steemdb.com
http://steemitboard.com
https://steemviz.com
Great posts for new Steemians:
- https://steemit.com/steem-help/@papa-pepper/if-i-was-newer-on-steemit-i-would-be-ending-my-posts-with-links-how-to-utilize-post-links-to-draw-attention-to-your-previous
- https://steemit.com/steem-help/@papa-pepper/let-your-presence-be-known-advice-from-papa-for-newer-users
Theory/History:
- https://steemit.com/story/@kevinwong/the-new-world-blogger
- https://steemit.com/life/@son-of-satire/how-social-media-s-predictive-algorithms-are-perpetuating-division-of-the-people
- https://steemit.com/steem/@dan/response-to-coindesk-article-steem-provokes-doubt-of-market-observers
- https://steemit.com/philosophy/@dan/how-to-dodge-bullets-creating-your-own-reality
Steemit Whitepaper:
- https://steemit.com/steem/@liondani/steem-whitepaper-download
- https://soundcloud.com/tts-wiki-site-com/steem-whitepaper
- https://steemit.com/steem/@fran2k/steem-whitepaper-final-spanish-version-version-final-en-espanol
If you have any questions, feel free to comment or make a post and leave a link, so we can you up and running.
Please resteem or send this post to any other new users I have missed.
I created this post as an on-ramp for new users. Let me know if there is anything I can do to make this more useful.