Hey @notgeld - welcome to steemit! :) Consider me follower #4.
One of the best pieces of advice I can give is just be yourself. Don't pigeon-hole your content. People connect with people and we are definitely interested in learning more about our fellow steemians. Build your community. Interact. Practice the 3 C's
Content creation - Curation - COMMENTS
I've been saying this from the beginning and in less than 4 months I've grown my following to over 400 and I'm a few posts away from being a dolphin. All best and I'm looking forward to geeking out with you! :D
Hello @merj99 and thank you very much for the follow! I like your advice very much because there's no way I'm going to write about something I'm not into. :) Good luck on your dolphinhood - I had no idea there was a Cetacean Scale on Steemit! I can see you're right about the three C's, especially comments, because it's so great when people really care enough about what you've written to take the time to respond. I know things are about the upvote economy here (and I still don't know nearly as much as I should about that), but I'm more interested in discussion and learning from cool people who are motivated to share, and for now I'm just going to trust that the upvotes etc. are structured in a way to facilitate that.
Thanks again, have a wonderful weekend, and I will be sure to check out your posts!