Great advice. I'll be honest, it was hard staying motivated after a week of effort started to bring in only a couple cents at a time. I hope to grow into a Steemian like yourself who keeps us plugging away and helps us refuse to give up while getting started. This article is very helpful. Thanks!
I had the "unfortune" of getting trending posts in my first month of Steemit. I figured that it was normal to get 200 -300 on a post. But after that month I hit rock bottom and even had post that earned nothing. It was very frustrating but I stayed at it and kept doing my "thang". I stopped focussing on payouts and instead concentrated on the quality of my blogs and other Steemians. If only I had started with that....
Wow, that's very valuable thanks. Would you recommend more commenting than posting when getting started, 50/50, ...?
If I could go back in time, I would start with just commenting and curation, join a project like Qurator or #thealliance and only then start with the blogging part. This way you start of with some knowledge of the platform and some support from fellow Steemians as guidance.