My summary after 5 months on Steemit...

I started on Steemit because I believe on its potential and few months later would like to let you know how the journey has been so far - and some hints that might be useful if you are starting today:

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Basics

You can't run in case you don't know how to walk - first work on the basics, build a network, learn how to use Steemit, focus on the content that you like. That that's not all, beyond that there are some "unwritten" - in this case written :-) rules:

• never ask to follow you in return for following somebody
• don't post too often (varies from case by case but would unfollow who will post every hour and spam my feed)#
• upvote and comment the posts you like
• reply to comments made in your post (upvoting best comments is also recommended)
• engage with people, don't just do "your thing".

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Try other ways

There are other ways to engage your community such as:

• Create contents and challenges
• Organize meet ups and events
• Use your tags wisely , see this great post from @maverickfoo
  https://steemit.com/howto/@maverickfoo/increase-your-profitability-and-boost-your-branding-daily-smart-tags-report-saturday-9th-june-2018

See what fits best for you !

One drop in the ocean

I still consider myself a drop in the ocean - however I know from people that appeared in the trending page in the first post. Don't compare the efforts you put on posts with number of upvotes. The less you will care about it , the more authentic you are and then you will people the right people.

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Followers, Bots & Co.

In some perspective think bots can help individuals trying to be on the spot light. However, think that bots overall for Steemit are not as good, because it creates some gaps, for instance people with excelent posts starts getting unoticed. Anyway, I still believe we will find a way such as initiatives like #teamgood, that focus on community members supporting each other_ believe such initiatives can make Steemit very successful.

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it is all about people

Last but not least, would like to thank the ones that are goods friends are serving as inspiration for me, i.e. real and great people :) Good ideas and participation and friendship - that is really something to be proud of.
Therefore, my special thanks goes to:

@patricia-nvs
@k-a-s-i-a
@fmalafaya
@rog3nic
@obscurepix
@steven-patrick
@glorimarbolivar
@betaniaj

Peace and see you in the next post!