Any Long term learning tips for minnows, to keep the growth curve alive?

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My two biggest tips for earning on Steem are: 

• be quick and flexible to take opportunities

There are always new opportunities cropping up on the Steem blockchain. Whether they be open-source contributions with Utopian, Q&A with Musing, video streams with DLive or earning some early SMTs with Actifit.

But sometimes you have to be fast and get in early to get the most benefit. Steem is competitive and good opportunities can quickly become flooded by users, after which the rewards become thinner.  

So don't restrict yourself to your own comfort zone. Stretch yourself and grab new opportunities as they arise. Try new things. Be flexible. At worst it doesn't pay off, but you should have gained some new skills. At best you could find yourself a whole new community and a whole load of potential!

So look for the new opportunities and grab them fast!

• quality in all that you do

There's one overriding theme with earning on Steem, which is quality brings rewards. 

Sure you can upvote with bid-bots and so trending is full of any old rubbish but these people are only paying from one pocket to another, or gambling on the future price of Steem. 

And Ok, sometimes you post a great article and get no reward. No-one wins out every time.

But it you want to earn rewards from the various dApps, which in my view is the best opportunity for minnows, then it's almost always a competition over quality. 

And quality wins out over quantity every time. One great comment beats three average ones. One fantastic post will earn more than five that merge into the crowd.

Give it your best shot!

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