Thank you for sharing your experience with the humble beginnings on Steemit. I'm now for 3 weeks on Steemit and started because i was curious about the platform a child of Dan Larimer the founder of Bitshares and currently EOS. I wanted to feel what's behind the blockchain development, what are real applications and which advantages they could have beyond traditional software development. And now what do you think.. i'm quite addicted and try to give value to the community every day.

I derive content from my background, knowledge i have or what i wrote in my profile and i'm constantly learning from others here or let me inspire. I think you have also many more topics you can write about which come to you with the time.

And yes it was discouraging to see the first 5 comprehensive posts with $0.00 but i also commented other posts from the heart and knowledge and there was that moment as one recognized Steemian vote me up with 100% and gave me encouraging words (Thank you @barrydutton) and way over $2. It was enlightening and made me aware:

Give value and eventually get something back!

Become a valuable member of the community and have influence

Don't expect immediate miracles but with persistence and hard work you get noticed by the community.

I also recommend the current post by @jerrybanfield about the Steemit meetup in Florida

There are many good points from a professional.

Wish you the best! My upvote!

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