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thanks for the encouragement @incomepal. Do you have any tips for how I can get some people to give me voting power as I don't have to earn a living from this but it isn't going to be economical to continue writing detailed posts if I can't make something from it. I'm a great technology sector business analyst and less experienced at blogging and even less at steemit. Thanks

You're most welcome @katythompson.
The easiest way without having to type a lot of detailed articles is to engage on people's post commenting and upvoting.
Follow them and let them know you've followed them after commenting on their post. The more you show up, the more people will start noticing you.
Also, buying STEEM power helps a lot too.
@incomepal

Brilliant thanks incomepal. Is there an initial threshold of steempower that makes a difference ? I did buy some ... what's the basic level you need to see a result?

The thresholds vary. I haven't looked into it yet, but I have noticed slight differences each time I've added some steem power. If you have 100 steem power you can get into the steem boost community which can be good for growth.

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