Finding fellow Minnows may not always be as easy as it seems

Throughout the last week of my Steemit Adventure I've come across so many questions regarding how to use this platform the correct way and how to get followers. Here is a little tutorial on how to get started, what STEEM is and how to use it.

Hope you enjoy.

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Registering to Steemit

Registration is very simple, a little different to what you'd expect on normal Social Media but I've supplied a link to a great post on a detailed look at account registration. (if you haven't come that far yet)
https://steemit.com/steemit/@pfunk/a-detailed-look-at-the-account-registration-process-for-review-comment-and-suggestion-from-all-users

Introduce Yourselves

The #introduceyourself tag is hot right now and a great place to start. Remember to always introduce yourself to the community!
It's always great to include a little about yourself and be honest with your aspirations and goals for using steemit. What kind of Niche you will fill and what your interests are. Again i've supplied another link to a fantastic post about the secret to a successful introduce yourself post! Have a read of it!
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@cryptoctopus/the-secret-to-a-successful-introduceyourself-post--and-the-1-mistake-to-avoid

When should I post my content?

When you're done writing it and are completely happy with the quality you're putting out to the community.

What time of day gets the most upvotes?

I don't know. Is that why you're really here? What are you goals for Steemit? If it's purely money, it may be hard to generate content that if meaningful if that's the only thing on your mind.

How do I get the whales to like me?

There is no Secret to success apart from Quality But there are plenty of minnows, and their upvotes / discourse / discussion are just as valuable. Unless you're here for the money. Which you're not. Remember we're here to turn this into Social Media 3.0. not just make a fast buck.

Turning STEEM into STEEM Power(powering up)

You can turn STEEM into STEEM Power by powering up. More STEEM Power gives you more voting influence. i.e. your vote gives more revenue.
STEEM Power is locked as STEEM Power until you power down. Power down takes 3 months and is released back to you in the form of STEEM, it is released in 13 week increments
To turn your STEEM into STEEM Power using your steemit wallet : go to wallet. Click on your STEEM amount and select 'Power up' enter the amount you want to power up and click 'Power Up'

Send/transfer STEEM or Steem Dollars

To send STEEM or Steem Dollars to another user go to your wallet in steemit. click on your STEEM or Steem Dollars amount (right hand side of page)then in the box select 'transfer'
Then in the 'to' field enter the name of the recipient. You can also add a message in the memo field.
If you are transfering to an exchange, e.g. bittrex or poloniex, you would enter bittrex in the 'to' field, you would also enter a memo given to you on the bittrex site. on this occasion the memo works as a unique identifier for your bittrex wallet.
When you have entered the details click submit.
If you then scroll down the wallet page you will see details of the transaction you just made in your wallet history.

Here are some simple steps that will help you learn to swim with the school.

Don't forget to Upvote and Follow! I always follow back!

- King Crypto @king-crypto