Hi Ravelong! Welcome to the neighborhood. Aren't really any DMs here.
- Check out busy.org; its a steemit interface that shows you your voting power -- once your vote is worth .01, try to keep it at 70-90% to be able to vote that value. Also, if you post with busy.org and #busy, they will upvote you often (worth about .25 steem) -- they seem to do so daily.
- Watch out for that cheetah bot below. He looks for content that is posted elsewhere that has few modifications / commentary, and he blacklists people after some number of hits.
- I'll keep an eye out for your content and posts and strongly encourage them!
Cheers,