When you first start on Steemit there are a few things you should do in order to beat the learning curve. When you are starting you want to get that wallet to grow as fast as you can. Here are some tips to help you are first getting started... and to be honest, continuing these tips are important to long-term success as well.

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1. Post A Lot Of GOOD Content

It doesn't matter if you are replying to the posts you read or posting blogs on your account. You won't be able to get ahead of the learning curve if you don't just put yourself out there and start engaging with the community. Comment on other people's comments in a blog. Post three or four blogs a day. When you first start, share pieces and art you have done in the past. Share stuff that you have already created to figure out what direction you want to go. The most important thing when you are getting started, is to get started. Post, comment and engage. 

2. Understand The Payout Structure

It is important you know how to earn more Steem Power and how to make your votes count. Learning the payout structure and how to maximize your time on Steemit will help you jump ahead on the learning curve. The best posts I've found about the payouts are below.

The Ultimate Guide To Steemit Payouts - @shenanigator

Now that the prices of Steem and SBD are a lot higher, the best thing to do is keep an eye on your rewards at steem.supply.

3. Read/Follow/Upvote

Don't Be Shy. When you're first starting out, it is important to spend a lot of time reading, following and upvoting.  You're vote doesn't have hardly any worth right now, so don't be shy using it when you are spending time reading quality posts. Something you should be doing a lot of when you first join. You should follow the people with the best advice and scroll through their blog to find older posts that could still be valuable to you. Here are some links that might help. 

The 5 Secrets To Steemit Success In 2018 

3 Very Important Tips For New Steemonians

If you log onto Steemit the first time and you see people making hundreds of dollars on posts, and you want that. Then you have to plan on putting in the work by doing these three things. It is going to take time. It took me a month before I was consistently making over  70 cents a post. I would have a few hit here and there and make $10 or $20 bucks, but they were not often. Then after a couple of months, they became more frequent. I did all of the above very early on and spent every free moment on Steemit. 

I hope you can find even greater success than I did! Good luck

Let me know if you have any questions or things to add in the comments below.

Thank you for reading.