First piece of advice I can give is don't give up to fast on steemit. It takes time to grow a following. As a brand new user you want to avoid resteeming to much stuff that is not your own, especially if you intend on doing some posting. Don't drown your post in a sea of crap resteems. Don't let anyone bully you for a vote, I saw that happen on a 16 year olds introduction post, so don't let anyone bully you.

         Try not to, and it is hard not to, but try not to over vote on your first few days. Try to stay as close to ten upvotes as you can. It takes 24 hours to go from 90% vote power back to 100% vote power, so try to stay with 10-15 votes a day range that way you do not deplete your vote power. For the first 2 months do not worry about your vote having no real value, it does and it will and it will grow.

          Use the wallet and power up all your rewards into SP. SP is what is going to increase your vote power. It will take awhile but eventually your Steem Power (SP) will grow and your vote power with it.

          Look at the tags of things that you enjoy doing,. When you find an interesting post, comment on it, make a real comment think about what kept you reading the post, why you enjoyed the post, and leave a comment of the type you would like left on your blog/post.

          Here are a couple people that have initiated a help the newbie project. @mudcat32 he is pretty busy right now but will take the time to try and help, he is located somewhere in England. @davemccoy is located in the Eastern parts of United States of America. On these pages you will find Newbiereteemday post, click on one and the person of that post will try to help. Well that is all I have for now other than welcome to Steemit, enjoy the ride.