A Little Advice From a Little Fish to a Little Fish Part 4

Greetings Steemians!! It's been about 6 months since I started blogging and I've learned a lot!! Truth be told I'm still learning, but aren't we all? I'm grateful for the 620 followers I've gained over time. 🤗 I'm grateful that I'm currently awaiting the payout of my most successful post to date!! 😃 I'm grateful for #thealliance giving me the chance to be part of their family!! 🙏 Yet, in spite of my successes thus far, I'm still a little fish. Therefore, in this article not only will I recap some of what I've shared in previous articles, and add some more pointers, but most importantly, I want to ask you, the reader: What advice would you give a new Steemian? What advice would you give me? Someone who is still a bottom feeder after 6 months of blogging. Don't pull any punches and be honest!!

These are the suggestions I made so far, with a few new ones mixed in!

On following: Don't follow everyone who follows you, and don't just follow a bunch of random people in the hopes of getting followers in return. Your newsfeed will be crap! Go through the list of people you're following periodically and clean it up. (Note to self.)

On resteem services: I use them sometimes. The ones I've found the most success with are @minnowpond and @steemvote. By success, I don't mean you'll get your money back in upvotes, but using these services can help your account in the way of more followers and more interaction.

On Steemit ettiquette: Steemit ettiquette is beautiful, and it may be a bit of a dance to learn it. I'm still working on it.😂 Three things that are big no-nos: begging for upvotes, begging for followers, and leaving short meaningless comments like, "nice post!"

Don't be too negative. Steemit community has a rare glow that doesn't come with other social media sites. When commenting, users are for the most part supportive, positive, and uplifting. Only rarely do you see negativity or insults. Our reputation scales and risk of flagging or downvoting keep us in check. Looking at our overall culture here, it's as if most of us follow the adage "if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all."

Take care of your followers, and the people you are following. This is a tough one as you experience growth, because you can't be everywhere at once (I shy away from autovoting, but I understand why people do it). One great tool I found to help is Ginabot!! You can enter in your favorite authors and be notified when they post!! Learn more about her here!! https://steemit.com/ginabot/@snowpea/ginabot-is-on-fire

On editing: You could lose upvotes simply because you didn't edit your post. Use spellcheck, check autocorrect to make sure it's not messing you up (as it does with me, always getting it's and its confused). If you want to improve, you could always submit your post to Isle of Write or The Writer's Block on discord. Your writing will need to be in the form of a Google doc. Make sure you read their directions. Here are the links! Isle of Write https://discord.gg/DFp4bEV and The Writer's Block https://discord.gg/VAKhTwV I for one am too impatient to wait for feedback, but this may help you, especially if you struggle with English. :)

Something else on my mind:
There are some great causes to support here!!

Consider supporting @familyprotection, they are helping families and working hard, getting the word out about CPS's reckless abuse of power, as well as giving voice to their many victims. If you have your own story to tell, make sure you use the familyprotection tag, so they can find you.

Consider supporting @youarehope. They are on the field, working hard and helping people in need. For instance they are currently supporting an effort in Nigeria, providing malaria meds, mosquito nets, sandbags, ect. Here's an article on their current fundraiser: https://steemit.com/thealliance/@thealliance/you-are-h-o-p-e-valentine-s-fundraiser-3

So, what advice would you give a new Steemian? I'm looking forward to your comments!!

Love, snowpea ❤