1: Invest in yourself first. Power up.

2: Set a weekly earnings goal and track it. I use steemworld.org (my personalweekly goal is $5/week)

3: Curate. Find postings you think are good, upvote them and try to resteem 1 good post a day.

4: Ask questions and think about the answers you get before implementing changes.

5: When in doubt, do no harm.

6: Learn/figure out how to protect your earnings and make them grow.

7: Don't be afraid to use flags.

Thats about all the advice I can give you.