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Mindful of the fact that my new friends on Steemit might not know how to get started on steemit. I've decided to share this article learned from a friend @samstickkz.
To succeed on the steemit platform, you need to have a strong desire to bring quality to the community such as good posts, comments, activities, etc.
Follow these steps I learned from somewhere (GGG):
1. G-give quality contents (posts, upvotes, good comments) to the steemit community.
2. G-grow quality friendships, followers and relationships on the platform.
3. G-gain steem, steem dollars and a good reputation from the platform. 

WHAT TO AVOID ON STEEMIT
NO PLAGIARISM: No copying and pasting of other people's content on the internet.
All you need to do is to be yourself. Everyone is naturally creative. This does not mean you can't use other people's images and videos, but you must cite the sources (website) and give credits to them and ensure that it is a free image or video that you can use.

HOW TO CITE A POST SOURCE
To add an image or video source, 
1. copy the URL of the image or video from your browser's address bar
2. type [Image source](URL from your browser)
For a clearer explanation, click on "Markdown Styling Guide" just above your preview box.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO A "COPY AND PASTE" POST?
 It will be detected and penalize by a bot called @cheetah , created by @anyx . This bot can detect a post copied from anywhere on the internet. 
Your REPUTATION will drop when you're detected for plagiarism, which will affect your earning.
So, bring out your uniqueness in your posts. Nothing good, comes easy.

To learn more about Reputation, checkout the following posts and follow them: https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/what-is-steemit-reputation-and-how-does-it-works by @arcange and https://steemit.com/steemit/@stellabelle/how-i-achieved-the-1-reputation-ranking-on-steemit-and-how-you-can-improve-yours by @stellabelle

For more tutorials on "howto" on steemit, checkout the following blogs and follow them:
@samstickkz @jerrybanfield @craig-grant and @majorleaguemarc