I am Belinda, may not a perfect steemit earner. But always try to search various methods to increase my steemit earnings.
As per my understanding, reputation is one the most important factor to get good earnings with steemit.
Some members even not care to read articles of members with no proper reputation level.
Some members even not care to read articles of members with high reputation level, before up voting.
http://www.mikemooney.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Reputation.jpg

So how to increase the level of reputation?
Following are few of my views; I got from my experience, to increase our reputation level.

Always post good quality post:
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Quantity never brings your reputation; sometimes it may even degrade your reputation. But quality always brings you reputation. Everyone wants to read good quality posts.

Comment maximum posts:
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Try to comment for maximum posts. This will increase your reputation.
Remember, never comment with only words with good article, excellent post etc. It will give an impression that you never read the post and just commented to increase your reputation level.
Read the post completely and comment only with the genuine view you got, after reading the post.

Have punctuality:
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Never miss even one day also to post your good quality article. It will attract more and more community members to your post. They will wait every day to read your worth full post.

Always reply to comments:
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Always reply for all the comments you got for your posts.

Don’t neglect minows:
http://www.crappienow.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ice-4044.jpg
The most important and generally neglected community is minows with low voting power.  Never under estimate minows with low voting power. Collectively they will lead whales to your posts.

I hope my above article will help most of the new members.
If you impressed with my above post,  follow me for more such posts.
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If you felt worth of my posts, try to encourage me with your upvote.
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