Hi @straycat, I have put my hand up to be your 'mentor' but really they probably should have let the new users pick their mentors rather than the other way around, so unfortunately you are stuck with me for now :p

Just a couple of things that you might want to start doing early and get into a habit of doing that I think will really help with the posts:

• use the tag #newbieresteemday on your posts because this is an initiative to get new comers more exposure and connect with other newbies here, and if you want to read more about it check out @newbieresteemday.
• Sign up to Discord (https://discordapp.com/) if you haven't already done so because it is a little bit better than using steemit.chat at the moment, and also there are lots of groups on Steemit that are on there.
• Use @ginabot (https://steemit.com/@ginabot) when you have signed up to Discord to manage notifications on Steemit and find out when people mention your name or when you get upvotes, comments and replies to your posts.
• Don't have enough time for posts? Perhaps go over to @newbiegames and participate in some contests. There are similar lists by @moneyinfant for writing contests, and one by @artz's that covers many different contests on Steemit as well.

Feel free to ask me anything (I use the same username on Discord) or talk to other people in teamaustralia and the other mentors because I am sure they know lots of things that I don't. The other person who I am helping out is @jac-e who is an acupuncturist and nutritionist on practising on the northside of Brisbane so I will also try to introduce people that I think share common interests for you if I can. I maintain a list at:
https://steemit.com/makesteemitgreat-again/@fibrefox/the-steemtopia-network-of-learning-update-connecting-people-and-ideas

I am sure that's enough for now and you seem to be doing quite well already (better than I did) so welcome to Steemit and enjoy the journey :)