Looks like your off to a GREAT start! Welcome to Steemit!
This is a great community of content creators. Steemit has a bit of a learning curve. So try to have patience to understand the platform, how to format your posts, and optimize your payouts.

Here are a few good resources for new users:

• https://steemdb.com/ will give you data about your account so that you can see the activity on your posts.
• https://steembottracker.com/ is for upvote bot bidding that will help you advertise your posts for more visibility.
• @steembasicincome is a service for getting small, lifetime upvotes on your posts.
• https://steem.io/steem-bluepaper.pdf is the steem bluepaper, which gives information about the platform.
• http://www.steemreports.com/accounts-reporting-tool/ will help you with financial records and doing taxes!

Let me know if you have any questions as a new user on Steemit, I am happy to help! You can follow me at @ngans. I post a lot about neuroscience, psychology, health, and philosophy.