Hello @simplymike, I definitely see this post that you have done as a virtual classroom in which we could learn from everyone.

Particularly I have little time on the platform, and yes, I use tags from some communities that give votes to use their tags, besides that some can make recommendations to improve your post.

Something that I think is that a post that has almost no votes or practically nothing of profits happens to be little visible, for that reason, when writing a post and publishing it I am directed to www.steembottracker.com, and through some of the many bots that are active I send a sbd or steem for the bot to vote my publication, that brings as a benefit that my reputation grows, even a little bit, besides my Steem power also does it, and makes more visible the post I just published .

I also use bot to resteem, in order to have the possibility of reaching more users, at least that is the intention.

Since I started in steemit I am part of the @emeeseese trail, they apart from supporting the good comments, they also do post promotion of some of the members of the trail, it is a help since the founders of that trail are very seen in the Spanish-speaking community

I also publish in both English and Spanish, since that allows my posts to be seen by users who speak one of the two languages.

It is important that you do, because really, with so many users, being able to read is something complex.

Little I have used discord, I think it is a weak point that I have, I know that through these channels many relationships are achieved. Basically for reasons of time.

Steem bounty also use it from time to time, since many people participate in this site, and also allows you to be visible.

The other thing I do is that I answer almost everyone who comments on any of my publications, because if they took the time to read and make some judgment, they deserve to be answered, in addition to reviewing their post. That's part of interacting in steemit, it's very important too.