Hello Robert and welcome to steemit.
I joined in July but only started posting last month.

One thing I have found is that it is difficult to get followers and therefore have your posts seen and upvoted. Basically the steem community is so big that anything you post appears and then gets pushed down the list in seconds.

If I may reccommend something to you it's steemfollower. basically it's just a much smaller subcommunity where you can find followers and we all upvote within that community. There are only 6000 members and it's in our interests to upvote others thats why we are there.

It doesn't cost anything and participating on steemfollower has no impact on your profile here except in the normal manner of upvoting.
Any upbote you receive in steemfollower is reflected here.

Feel free to check it out via my referral link.

https://steemfollower.com/?r=1716

(All steemfollowers receive a bonus for referrals).

Good luck in your steem voyage!