Welcome, welcome, welcome!
The "keep your feet on the ground" advice I give new people is:
Your first few posts may well be ignored. Don't be discouraged, it's the current state of the system (too many noobs, not enough curators) not you.
Keep making posts of this quality or better and you'll start to get noticed in 2-3 weeks. Keep powering your SBD and STEEM up when you get them.
This is capitalism and socialism - The more you've got, the more you get and the more you give, the more you get! How do you get some in the first place? You start giving! - you know that bit :)
There are no guarantees of rewards.
Keep it clean and keep it moving! (you know that bit too!)
I've given you some 100% votes on your first posts to get you going, I can't do that indefinitely but I will be voting regularly.
See you in the real world soon :)
Many thanks my friend. Have a great weekend.
I've done some tiny edits (bit of polishing) does that break or stretch any rules @lloyddavis - Might I have done more harm than good is my concern I guess.