I'm really not sure how this is a introduction post. This is more well-written than stuff in major newspaper Publications without any from what I can tell citations or references to data and facts. In either case I like to share some tips and tricks with you that I wish were shared with me when I was new to steemit.

Hello welcome to Steemit! I have had a great experience so far and I hope you do too! There are a couple of things I wish I was made aware of when I first joined. Ill bring up some uncommon things I've at least noticed people don't mention too often.

1. Steemworld.org/@ (your username)
   -a (nearly) complete interactive page that gives you a better overall experience and overview of what is really happening on your steem page.
   -steemstats is not that good
   -steemviz is a good pending payout site(does not include curation but has total pending payout including comment payouts)

2. steemengine.net

   • steemengine.net the followers gained is unreal. I gained 100 just in the past two days. If you want you can use my referal link not required though...
     https://steemengine.net/join?r=633

3. steemit school with @dobartim and @flysky https://discord.gg/q9VEn5n
   A very informative and supportive group of people for minnows. Its fairly new but it provides great basic support and tips there not to mention lots of contests and giveaways and love!

4. if your going to buy upvotes for post promotion try and follow grumpy cat and his rules...
   -https://steemit.com/grumpycat/@mikel2la1/grumpy-cat-making-a-difference

These are some uncommon things I wish I was made aware of early on when I first joined! I wish you the best and much success here helping us all grow this amazing platform!