It has been hard for me to not jump on this voting bot train. I post a fair amount and it is nice to get that initial boost. But, it is not what I want out of steemit.
I do enter and run giveaways and contests. I have fun doing this and I have used my winnings to power up my account as I want my vote to mean something.
Contests can be a lot of fun for new people here as it is an easy way to get active and a good reason to log back in!
Beyond that, I do comment a lot and try to get good conversations going whenever I can! :)