@evarich,I want to say a big thank you for this support and live you are showing to newbies. May you remain blessed in Jesus name.
Here is my entry for this contest.
I have learnt 3 major lessons in steemit to be able to achieve excellently.
1. FOLLOW
The number of people you are following determines how many persons respond or reply to your post apart from belonging to a group that can be of help. You built your relationships with them via comment and am taking it as second point

2. COMMENT
Like i said in point above, your comment opens doors for you to learn and gain alot. I could remember the first time a whale upvote my comment on a friend's blog. That upvote gave me $1.26 and that is the person of @surpassinggoogle. I was so excited and felt like screeming that night. So, comment is like a chain that brings brings you closer to unkonwn and unseen beneficial people. So, i keep on preaching on it. The more you comment on people's blog,the more your chance of intimacy and benefit derived from steemit.

3. UPVOTE
At a time when i joined new, i thought until 100 persons upvote my post,then i will get like $20-$50. I didnt know it doesnt work like that. So later on,i discovered that it is not the number of upvote that really count but that it is the voting power,the steem power and reputation of kind of person that matters. If a whale could upvote my post at 100% ,you know what is going to be earned on that post.

the most important among them all is making a comment. This has helped me alot.

The community i belong to is @euronation founded by @eurogee. Join the telegram group to enjoy the uncompromised benefit with me through this link https://t.me/joinchat/HsUnkEtkR5BXDFGOBUIiPw

Thanks.