Welcome to Steemit :)
Take your time and look around on Steemit. Read what you're interested in and write comments: tell the people why you like a post or don't like it, ask questions. Votes are not worth a lot in the beginning but reading comments to your post feels great :) And read other Steemian's comments, too, and if they're interesting look what they have written.
Thank you for the advice. Look forward to getting more involved.