Hello Steem Community

[timcollins]

Hello Steem Community.

My name is Tim and l live in San Francisco. I am probably not your typical Steemer, if there is one.

I have been fortunate to have a couple of careers already. First in the restaurant business, then decades in the Corporate Marketing world. Currently, I am working to reinvent myself yet again. In addition to doing some strategic marketing consulting, I also launched a social media advisory firm, Grisdale Advisors, which advises current and aspiring C-Suite Executives on the personal and professional social media.

Why did I join Steemit? To understand how Blockchain technologies could disrupt the big social media players? To understand the possibilities for my clients? To feel rewarded for content that I posted on the other networks for free? My reasons are many.

Lurking around for the last month, I am loving the content I have seen so far. I will likely create business oriented content, but the content I consume will be a mix of business and personal. I am looking forward to the adventure.

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[steemsociety]

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[lillieskold]

Welcome to Steemit @timcollins! I hope that you enjoy your stay here in this amazing community. Best of luck here and i hope to see you around.

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[greatestman]

@timcollins welcome to this great community..I'm positive you'll do well , I've followed you, please do well to follow back..peace!

[monajam]

Hi  @timcollins 

Welcome to Steemit and nice to meet you :)

Your Introduction post is really nice. I have some tips for you in order to further improve on Steemit and get started. Please read the following two guides that every newbie should read in order to know about different terminology used on Steemit platform or how the platform works:

The Beginner's Guide to Steemit

Steemit Wallet: Understanding Steem Power (SP), Steem Dollars (SBD) and Steem

Moreover, there are several awesome communities that help the Steemians, especially the newcomers along the way. One of them is called @greetersguild, where you can get different type of support from the community, including an upvote support, and of course, learning from experienced Steemians. It is created by @terminallyill, and I would like to invite you to join us :) Here is the link to our discord server. 

Oh, and you can use #greetersguild as one of your tags to get a possible upvote from @greetersguild on your quality post.

Wish you great success on Steemit :)

[akachuks]

welcome to Steemit !

[evarich]

Hello, a warm welcome to Steemit. This is a great community and I know you will have a great time here.

Kindly permit me to invite you to join the #steemschools discord. Click this link to join https://discord.gg/eTZqQvk and we will teach and support you to grow up in Steemit, to choose the right topic to attract readers, to use the right tags to get more visibility, how to make quality posts and comments and gain more followers.

Thank you.

[cheneats]

Hi, timcollins! Wish you a very fun journey here in this loving and caring community :) Enjoy!!

By the way, there are several groups you as a newcomer can join. They will stay with you for your journey, helping and mentoring along the way.

@greetersguild invite link https://discord.gg/AkzNSKx
@newbieresteemday invite link https://discord.gg/2ZcAxsU