Really great advice here. Resteeming and re-posting
Once you get some crypto, a simple way to get exposure to a lot of the hottest new alt-coins coming on the market is Etherical.io ZEA tokens
https://etherical.io/tokensale?bonus=SNORK
You can change your Steem dollars SBD at exchanges for Litecoin LTC or Bitcoin BTC or Ethereum ETH . If you use Coinbase sign up for GDax for no transaction fees.
Love Etherical. Definitely a holder of it myself and recommend it to others.
One of the few coins where holding it gives you value beyond the speculaton. The profits of sales coming back to the coin holders, shouldn't be so novel. But it is and qudos to the Etherical team for that.