I'm following people above 60 who are posting what I want to see. Then I watch my home feed for posts I care about and do a lot of commenting. So far so good after 10 days.
I'm trying to upvote for money lol. When I see my big guys with new posts. I upvote quick. We'll see how that strategy goes for me when the wallet notifications come in. If I am the #20 upvoter on a $1000 post with total 800 upvotes, what does that do for me? Not sure yet.
For my content, I'm currently doing challenges and posting out my existing content such as you tube videos. HUGE jump on You Tube so I think this is a winner. You Tube calls steemit an "unknown source" but I can tell due to the videos watched.
I also need to stress the seo in my fascinating posts. This Alexa ranking has me over the moon with hope.
from what i understand the optimum time to comment is 20 mins after publication for the max curation reward, don't quote me on that i think i read it on a post, perhaps someone can tell me if im right.. The 60+ rep is a good idea but im not sure your get the level of engagement your looking for but it all depends on strategy. My thinking is newbies are tommorrows dolphins and i will follow anyone if i like what they do and they reciprocate engagement.
Yes, I have heard 20-30 minutes as well but by that time there might be 200 upvotes already on the popular ones.I'm going to keep with my plan for a couple of weeks and see how it goes. I use 3-4 of my votes for posts from "regular" people each day now. I can only upvote a few times since I let my steem power drop way down at the start. If it was up to me I would just like like like like like, but alas I cannot :)