hello @calito

you are very much welcome to steemit,a one of its kind in the history of social networks. i will like to share with you some lessons i learnt the hard way.

First,make good use of your introdution post.

Your intro post is you telling the community "here am i,and this is what i plan to do". You don't fail to sell your self to those that are reading. If you wish to blog on travel,food,nature,fasion,art,photography,crypto etc. make if attractive to read and make sure you mention what your interest will be here on steemit,cos your intro is like your course outline and you are telling your students/followers to watch out

Secondly, use eye- catching titles to your posts.

Many steemians make the mistake of taking the site to be like facebook where everything you do gets you likes. well news flash, its not, and that's the more reasons why you should work hard more than ever.

Steemit is a community of writers and believe you me, if your post is not attracting, you will only get sympathy vote which is not good for anyone.

Getting a good title alone aids to your writing cos you can easily follow

Thirdly, make good use of image.

The world is gradually shifting from words to images, so using a good image that will relate to what you writing about is very important and can add to your content,

Also, make sure to add the source of your image whenever you upload them. you can use imgsafe.org for posting of your images,it helps to give your image a link which you now copy and paste in your post.

fouth, leave a good comment.

When you write a good comment in someone's post sometimes, it might even earn you more money than your actual post. And it sure makes the writer happy sometimes more the upvote.[some one like me : )] Pour out your heart in writing a comment, cos it might even get you followers more than "follow me back" that most new steemains do.

Fifth, check the time. Most new guys posts randomly, thinking that that will make them relevant, but the truth is that most times those their posts will be unnoticed.

Let me ask you a question, when is the most time you make use of your social networks [facebook,snapchat,tweeter etc] My guess is that is its in morning and night, and during the day, you are a bit busy with personal issues. Then why post randomly on steemit when you self would consider not appropriate. For instance, now, the time here [Nigeria] is 1:38am GMT, but it is 8:39pm American time. which i know has the target population here and most will online now cos many will be done with personal issues and now checking out steemit to know whats new. imagine you make a post and more than half of your targeted population is still at work? so take note.

Sixth, dont beg for followers.
When people follow you one quip pro quo bases,that the foundation of no getting upvotes and comments because many of your followers didn't do so because they wanted what you have to offer but rather they are just there as numbers. #don't go for numbers, but value.

When i joined, after my intro post. i went low kay and started engaging with people on their posts and comments and like that,i was getting people that truly liked me for me. i must note that at some post as a newbie, i outrightly asked people to follow me but that was before i learned that it was one of the unwritten rule of steemit;don't beg for followers.

Finally, learn to engage. Get the esteem app on your phone so that after writing and posting with your pc,you can now use your phone and respond to replys on the go. This will help you build your followers.>/h4>

I hope that this piece will be of grate help to you as it has been for me[though i learnt the hard way]. Follow them and thank me later. : )

once more, you are welcome.

@arizonawise.