My experience has been a little bumpy along the way. One advantage I had that looking back I can see helped me out is I had someone that got me onto the platform here. I don’t personally know him but I’ve watched his YouTube videos through the years and he was always talking about Steemit. Once I finally made the jump over to here he had quite a following and I just had to look to his page to see the relevant content I was already consuming. It then morphed from there to where I’m at now.

As far as the way it’s gone it’s been a trip that’s for sure; there are many intricacies that this platform has and things to understand and get used to that I will be able to share with my friends and family that come to the platform.
For one: do not expect to write posts and all of a sudden gain fame and stardom. There are countless posts that happen in the span of 30 minutes and some do get noticed so without paying for bots (which I think ruins the platform anyways) it’s difficult to get noticed.
Two: engage! Commenting on posts is good but when people write back it’s good have a dialogue back and forth in the right circumstances.