Steemit is a wonderful community filled with some of the smartest and most interesting people on the planet. This post is designed to help teach new people some of the important keys to success. This isn't just for minnows, these 5 Keys To Steemit Success are for everyone.

1. Give, and give often

The entire structure of Steemit is built an a giving economy so apply that to how you treat Steemit. Take a moment out of each day on Steemit to go and read a post or two from some minnows and upvote the ones you like. Help and encourage them. If you learn something from a person on Steemit, let them know in the comments and give thanks. Find opportunities to give on Steemit and things will work out for you as well.

2. Add value to the reader

It doesn't matter if you commenting or writing a blog, try to add value to the reader. If it is a comment on a photograph, give great feedback as to why you liked it. That adds value to the poster and reader. If you write a blog, make sure at the end you gave your reader some value for their time. Teach them something, encourage them, save them money, help them make money or become more successful. Just find ways to add value.

3. Actually read the blogs on Steemit

There are always a bunch of new people that clearly are not reading and leaving just one word replies. That doesn't help anyone, especially you if you don't read it. The content on Steemit is awesome and you are really missing out if you don't read and explore the incredible information on this site. Read the blog, don't skim, don't just look at a picture and comment, read the thing... then add value to your comment.

4. Hoard STEEM Power

If you really want to be successful you need to put as much of your SBD into STEEM Power whenever you can. SP will help you get more rewards for you voting, commenting and it will help your posts get noticed more. I convert almost everything to SP in increments of around $20 by using Blocktrades. You can also convert it from your wallet or in the Market. If you have some extra money, it isn't a bad idea to invest in STEEM Power to help you move up faster.

5. Grab attention where you can

You need to make sure that you are using good pictures, good headlines, good first lines and good tags if you want to succeed on Steemit. If you can do all four with each post, you will be able to get a lot more views on your blog. This is especially useful for new Steemonians.