Hello new fellow Steemian,

I hope all is well and you enjoy the time you spend on Steemit already.
This short list of guides for new members should help you to get a quick orientation how this platform works.

General Guides

These guides will help you the set your account up right and how to get right into steemit.
This will help you to avoid easy mistakes and lets you use the whole potential of steemit way faster!

https://blockonomi.com/steem-guide/

https://steemit.com/steemit/@freefolk/ultimate-beginners-guide-to-steemit

https://steemit.com/steemit/@donkeypong/simply-steemit-your-no-nonsense-guide-to-getting-started

Blog & Economy Guides

These guide will help you creating great articles, videos and blogs on steemit.
Also it gives you a great overview of how this website works and the dynamic behind it.
Sure Steemit looks a lot like reddit, the frontpage of the internet, but yet it has a huge potential for all of us the share and curate epic material and content while making a 'lil dollar on the site as a reward.

https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/

https://steemit.com/steem/@criticalproof/newbie-guide-to-the-steemit-economy-part-1-steem-power

Recommended Platforms

Buying into Cryptocurrencies: https://goo.gl/8g8xr5

Buy/Sell CC on Coinbase: https://www.coinbase.com/

Recommended Exchange - HitBTC: https://goo.gl/P7ZDqT

I hope this can help you. Feel free to share this article and please leave a comment what helped you the most or what I should improve.

Have a nice day!