Nice post.I respect you very much because you contribute to steemit.I will do activities like you.I would like to extend the steemit..

Lots of helpful information..thanks for sharing..

Hmmmm congratulation to the winner, and congratulations again to you on your milestone.

Thank you @josediccus!!

Thank you! :)

Hmm. Good stuff. There are a lot of contests going on here on Steemit. In my opinion, this is one of the more worthwhile ones.

And holy crap but you are good at engagement!

Aww thanks my friend!! I couldn’t believe how many people participated! 😊

Thanks for including me on the valid entries, i may not won the raffle but i was noticed and thats a jackpot for me :) thanks for being nice and the advises from the comments really helped upon me to reach for more to be in the place you are right now :) Keep steemin! :D

That’s awesome!! I’m so glad reading through some of the other comments ended up being helpful for you. 😊 I really appreciate you participating and adding your own advice to the conversation!

This post is too beautiful. I have learn many things from that post.

Hello everyone. Im new on this platform. I uploaded a couple of videos. If you would check them out that would be great!

Please refrain from spamming other people’s post just to advertise for your own blog. A piece of advice, is that you will do much better here on the platform if you actually read and comment on others material, instead of just self promoting. I hope that helps, but please let me know if you have any questions.

call me a friend too,,

keep it up

and congratulations on your milestone

Thank you!

Congratulations on achieving 1000 Followers, May u achieve more in your life. I think on Steemit hardworking and honestly can grow higher, although this can be take more time for achievement but gambling shortcuts can destroy your hard earned rewards. Upvote, following and resteemed.
Thanks for supporting to juniors @coruscate

Thanks for the thoughtful response! You’re right, working hard is definitely a big part of it.

Thanks for appreciation

Congratulations on reaching your milestone! Thank you for running the contest that resulted in the trove of great suggestions!

Thanks @acdevan! I’m pretty excited to have all this great advice in one place. :-)

WHAAAT! I was not expecting that at all.

I was reading your post, and was honestly really happy and content that I made the shoutout list :)

Then... I saw that I won and I almost couldn't believe it. I had to go watch the video!

Thank you so much for doing this giveaway. You deserve every bit of your 1000+ followers and have been pumping out some great content.

Now onto future growth and your next milestone! Keep crushin it!

Congratulations!!!
Was mentioned but didn't win
Keep Steeming!!!

Aww I’m SO thrilled for you,@chasegapo!! Thanks for participating and adding your thoughts and advice to the conversation. 😊 I’m loving your blog, by the way! You are off to a great start here on Steemit!

Aww, thanks for the feedback! :) I've thought about trying out some vlogs but have never done them before. Although i'm not sure what I would vlog about, I feel its a great way for the community to really get to know someone.

Congratulations @chasegapo 😊😊 you wrote good. Good luck for the future!

Thank you friend, good luck to you too!

Congrats!

this work is very nice congratulations

Congratulation to the winner @chasegapo

You look like my sister when she was in high school. Her name is Carissa.

Oh too funny!! Well, I’m flattered that you think I look like I’m in high school. 😜

Congrats again on 1k followers! Keep up the good work!

Thanks Brian! By the way... I played that Luke Bryan song at my DJ gig last night and it was a hit! Haha Turns out in addition to hula dancing skills, you are secretly a great DJ as well!

That’s great... Hope they kicked that dust up! I think I will have to let you do the dancing and DJ’ing... I don’t think the world is ready for what I would bring to the table! (which is a pitch-deaf and awkward moving country boy)

Haha oh, I think the world is ready for it. Anyway, thanks again for the song suggestion, it ended up being really fun! There were
people swing dancing in the middle, and a few people doing a two-step around the outside of the floor. :-)

Hi this is my first comment on DTube, fresh from YouTube. I saw your video title and found it helpful for anyone new to Dtube, including people from YT like me! Thanks I subbed ya -KleshGuitars

Welcome to Dtube @kleshguitars! Glad we’ve won you over to the dark side. 😉 If you ever hav3 questions... don’t hesitate to reach out!

Damn it!

So sad i've found you now but i'll make sure to follow and check the advices for noobies with Steemit!

Aww sorry you missed it! This was my first time running a contest, and I had so much fun that I may end up doing another one in the future. :-)

Congrats again on 1k followers! Keep up the good work

Thank you!

welcome

Great stuff!!! Your videos are awesome.. Amazing content and you seem genuinely authentic which is great!!! Keep it up

Aww thanks for the thoughtful comment! Definitely put a smile on my face and I’m glad you’ve been enjoying my Dtube videos! 😊

@coruscate
Thank you, guess we all could use some advice, as the platform is still fairly new and a lot of us are flying blind, great to get some input from those who have it down.

stay blessed

I’m so glad that you found some of these tips helpful! If you ever have questions, don’t hesitate to reach out!

Thank you :-)

Awesome post. This is truly helpful to the new people on this platform like myself. I'm just starting out and will definitely take this advice. Congrats to the winner!!!

I’m so glad you found these tips helpful! Best of luck as you start out your steemit journey!

Nice, one dear, the contest was really a tool help or school the un school steemitians. Thanks for the initiative

God bless you more ideas more innovations

congrats for success wish every thing greatest in your life

Thank you!

captivating!

Hi, thank you for this compilation and also for the contest! It’s always interesting to hear other opinions. But, for example, now I have a big problem on how to get noticed. Do you have advise on that?

Great question! Your blog is off to a great start with beautiful photos, and inspirational topics. I would honestly say that getting to know people and making friends in the platform is the biggest thing you can do. If you spend more time reading and commenting on others posts than you do on your own blog, you’ll be off to a good start. It really can take a while to build those relationships and have a solid follower base.

Also, I see that you are PhD student! Maybe if you wrote a few bigger posts about the types of things you’re studying, people might find that interesting or helpful. :-) Just a thought!

Dont get discouraged and keep pressing on. I think you have a very bright future here on Steemit!

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Wow Wonderful post dear @coruscate
I was reading your post, and was honestly really happy and content that I made the shoutout list :)

Then... I saw that I won and I almost couldn't believe it. I had to go watch the video!

Thank you so much for doing this giveaway. You deserve every bit of your 1000+ followers and have been pumping out some great content.

Now onto future growth and your next milestone!
Keepcrushim it

You literally copied someone else’s reply and changed one or two words. This is considered plagiarism, and is unacceptable on this platform. You will do much better here if you actually read content and take the time to respond with your own thoughts. I’m sure you have valuable thoughts to share, and we as a community want to hear them.

Wow, and I didn't even know this happened. Good advice, I'm always trying to simply distill the info to new users who don't understand what to do at all.

There can definitely be a lot of complexities to getting started, and it can be difficult to explain things to new users... so I hear you there! Feel free to send a link to my original post, with all of the pieces of advice in the comment section. Not sure if that would be helpful, but you’re welcome to use it as a resource as well!

https://steemit.com/dtube/@coruscate/ybcrecny

Wow! So, you've really a contest in the past. Oh I just started following up not quite long, that's why I'm not mentioned in the post. Well, I still look forward to seeing more of it, maybe I can feature in the next.

Sorry you missed the contest! I had so much fun with this one, that I made you another one in the future. :-) The list of people I mention were people who participated in the contest.

Congratulations @chasegapo
I just read about your contest.
I'd love to take part in the next 1.
U rock!!!

Great tips for a Newbie Steemian like me. Thank you and everyone. that sent in advice. I'm working my way towards 100 followers now. And of course finding awesome Peeps to follow and get to know along the way. I'm absolutely a follower of you now.

Aww thanks @delilah1taylor! I’m so glad that you found some of the tips helpful! If you ever have questions about Steemit, don’t hesitate to reach out! :-)

wow , I was mentioned also, .... I am beyond happy for it... im so glad you have accepted and appreciated my advice . Big Thanks :)

Aww you’re so welcome! Thank you so much for contributing to the conversation and participating. :-)

Congratulations!!

Good advice in general, and congratulations on the 1k @coruscate!

Thank you @altherion!!

congratulations on reaching over 1k followers. am a newbie and it does get frustrating most time. starting out without an audience hasnt been easy. just like you adviced we gota keep at it and keep working our way up. would really appreciate support from oldies like you. would appreciate if you can check out my blog post and probably give me an upvote

I can definitely understand the frustrations of starting out! I did not have a follower base either, or know anyone that had any kind of big voting power. Lots of hard work and persistence pays off over time!

One piece of advice, is that asking people to check out your blog and give you a vote is probably not your best move. I know that it feels like it takes forever to get noticed, but if you focus on reading other people’s posts and leave a really thoughtful responses to their content, they are more likely to check out your blog and give you a vote from that.

I hope that helps, but let me know if you have any questions!

thank you very much for the well thought advice. i will certainly heed to it and keep working hard

Hello! I found you through your sister's introduction post. As a PI I love people watching, so I make a habit of going through the new introduceyourself posts looking for new and promising people to help become pro Steemians. Below is the information I share with them. It may help with your contest answer too.

To me the main objective of new users should be value adding and quality engagement.

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Webpages

There are a ton of other webpages to help you with Steemit. Here are some of the best for beginners:

https://steemian.info/signup-faq (This site is by @drakos and has a ton of good information for new users to help them get started.)

https://steemd.com/ (This site is used to keep track of your voting power and other stats. You do not want to run out of voting power, and you only get so much per day. I keep my voting power around 80% for example. Also use it to look at the coding for other people's posts. If you see a formatting trick they use, you'll see the code for that trick within the post details on steemd.)

https://steem.makerwannabe.com/ (This site will tell you who follows you, who unfollows you, and who mutes you. It is great for meeting new people too. I regularly check it to see who has followed me to see if I should follow them back.)

https://steemit.chat/ (This site is the official chat webpage for Steemit. There are Discord channels too, but I usually stick to the official site. Come in to network and meet new friends. You can directly message people there too, so it makes it easier to communicate with your closest friends.)

http://steemtools.com/ (This site is a comprehensive list of valuable tools.)

Bots

There are a lot of bots on Steemit. Some are useful and good, and others are not. If you see a cookie cutter reply, especially to your intro post, it is almost certainly a bot. Check the account's reputation. If it is low, I would recommend just ignoring them. Everything is public on Steemit, so you can go look at an account's comments and replies. Are they all the same? It's a bot.

There's one good bot worth mentioning for new users. It is called GINAbot, and you can use it to keep track of things the makerwannabe site above cannot easily do. For example, GINAbot will tell you when a key phrase is used, when you or someone else is mentioned by account name, or even if someone deletes a comment. The bot is extremely powerful and free. Simply add the following Discord server:

https://discord.gg/x9Empcm

When you connect to it, it will ask you to register and verify your account with a .0001 SBD or STEEM transfer. Then you will get a direct message from the bot with a private link to your configuration page. Go there to setup your options. The entire process takes 5 minutes, and it will be up and running. You can tweak the settings as you go too. I highly recommend people use it for networking purposes.

I have mine set to look for phrases like "residential security" and "private investigator" as two examples. Then I never miss out on content related to those, and it makes going there to engage in those conversations much easier. Without GINAbot, I would never have had the opportunity either! Check it out, and ask if you have any questions.

Sourcing and Adding Photos

Adding photos to your account as a new Steemian may be confusing at first too. The easiest way it to click to "Submit a Story." Once in there, use the built in Steemit tool to upload an image from your computer. Below the posting window, you will see "Insert images by dragging & dropping, pasting from the clipboard, or by selecting them." Click on the blue text. Once the image is uploaded, you can copy and paste the link into your account settings.

Here's a link to a Google Document I made to help with the coding:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NlAoGnP8q7ZAxGsEnvza-qotUGkoaae4SwXdubAhi2g/edit?usp=sharing

Graphics, Badges, Signature Blocks, and Banners

There are many skilled and talented graphic artists on Steemit. One of them is a close friend, @grow-pro. He designed my signature gif, badges, divider lines, business cards, and more. You can check out his work further on your own. If you are looking for a graphic artist to help improve your posting images and formatting, he offers low cost services here on Steemit. Look him up!

Account Verification

Verifying your identity is very important because it will get you more support and people will trust you more. The best way to verify is to link back to your Steemit account by using another public social media account.

For example, I share my Steemit posts on my @finnianGC Twitter account. Another way would be to add your Steemit information to your Facebook account. Some people will even post a video of themselves writing out their account information since that cannot be Photoshopped.

The more famous a person is and the more valuable their content is, the more important it is that they verify.

Security

Do not use your owner key to log into Steemit.com to post. Use your private posting key instead. Keep your owner key offline as much as possible, and only use it when you must.

Per the advice given by Arcanage, you should only use your owner key to:

1. Recover your account.
2. Change the other keys.
3. Give a present to your children a few minutes before dying.

There have been some scams in the past. If you click a link to a site that prompts you to log into it, be extra careful. Double and triple check the address to make sure it is really steemit.com. A recent scam was using "lsteemit" as the domain name, and people were entering their owner keys to log into it. That allowed the scammers to take those user's accounts, empty the money from them, and then ruin their reputation by using the newly hacked accounts to further the scam.

If you find or suspect a scam, please report it in the #steemitabuse channel on steemit.chat.

Don't Lose Your Content

Make sure you are copying and pasting your post content often as you write it, and put the data into another document to avoid losing it. I'll copy and paste my content into a Google document as just one example. Some people use Markup editors to do the same.

Definitely keep a backup copy right before you post it too, for some people have come back the next day to see half or the entire post missing even though the day before it displayed correctly. Make sure you copy and backup your long replies as well, for they can vanish immediately after clicking to post them.

Engagement and Authored Posts

In the beginning, unless you purchase some Steem Power, your account will be extremely limited in bandwidth. You can see the bandwidth you have on the steemd.com site. Since you only have limited amounts, it is best to use your bandwidth to engage others instead of authoring long and detailed posts. Once you have more SP in your account and more followers, then I recommend people start authoring more. Never stop engaging other people though through replies. It is the best way to gain followers and build your network with quality people.

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Again, welcome! If you have any questions about getting started, look me up on the chat site or reply to this post.

WOW! This is one hell of a helpful guide!! Thanks for sharing this resource here!

You're very welcome. :)

Nice post,i missed your lucky draw

Sorry you missed it! This is my first time running a contest, and I had so much fun that I may do another one in the future. Maybe you’ll be able to jump in on that one. :-)

Nice one

Totally should be the entry video for any new sign up that's required to watch. Wonderful content but easy to digest and really get people on the right track here at steemit

Wow, thanks for the big compliment! Hopefully if people listen to it, they would take the advice to heart. Not always the case, but one can hope!

Congrats @chasegapo!!!

Your great

Congrats to the winner..

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Thanks so much for participating and adding your thoughts to the conversation! I was so thrilled to see the advice of being authentic show up multiple times in the comments. In my opinion, this is probably the most important thing of all.

Huhu. Why am I late in reading this? Are you planning on having another contest? I will be happy to join. @coruscate

Thanks for your interest! This was my first time running a contest, and I had so much fun that I may do another one! Not sure what it would be about, but maybe you could jump in on that one.

Whoa look at you go! Congratulations on your achievement!!! What a neat and clever way to celebrate!!! I am currently thinking of ways that I can celebrate as well. I also just achieved 1000+ followers! Keep up the great work! You’re doing an awesome job!! 😃🤗👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🎉🎈🎈🎈

Aww congrats to you!! It has been a while since we have talked, and I’m so glad to see that you are still killing it out here and doing a great job!! It’s really cool to see how much you needlework Monday initiative has taken off. :-)

Thank you so much! I know it’s been awhile. I was so glad to visit you and catch up on what you’ve been up to! I am so thrilled and excited about #NeedleWorkMonday growing more and more every week! It’s really cool to see something you started blossoming...I’m humbled. ☺️

Hi @coruscate, thanks for the update, Congrats to @chasegapo! and my best wishes always. Wishing you a pleasant day.

Thanks @ainie.kashif! I hope you have a lovely day as well!

Good work. Nice post. Will upvote and follow

Hey great video

hello .. but i do not understand about the contest so much

Awesome video! We had to upvote

Very informative and useful contest.Thanks for sharing ,i am glad that iam given a chance to read each article :) it helps!!!

So nice, thumbs up :) This was kinda special.

Wow! Thank you so much @coruscate for mentioning my name. It’s really a great feeling. 😊😘😘 . You are doing superb job, well done!👍