Thank you for yet another shout out and your continued support @taskmaster4450. I've done my best to balance a full time job, 11 month old, house upkeep, and still spend quality time with family and friends while getting my start here.

The best advice I can give for someone just starting is comment, and don't just comment to comment. Comment when you either a) have something add to the post, b) something to ask, or c) something funny. Just the other day I had a $66 payout on a comment because I took the time to write out 3 paragraphs and hit on the topic. It's not a frequent thing to get upvoted by whales, but it does happen.

One other obvious thing is introduce yourself, you can wait til you have a few followers but it always helps to have a post up for people who become interested in you from the comments you post.

Don't say follow for follow, don't only say nice post, don't comment in something uncomprehensible. Find people who post articles you like and follow them. After you gain a small following you can start posting with moderate success. Post consistently and you will gain followers consistently. Find out what you can add, write what you know or post your projects. Follow people who set a good example of success. I'm about to toss @spiritualmax a follow because it looks like he has some quality stuff and he knows the power of gifs (copied ya).

Don't expect success right away, just add value consistently and it will come.