Good advice @cryptodan. Sometimes I want to just post a data chart of my posts over this past year so people will see you may need to post consistently for months before you even see more than $1 on a regular basis.
With steem higher than it was last summer, times are actually quite good for us, especially newcomers.
I've heard that it was quite tough going here last summer, so I'm glad were over that at least.
You should totally do a post on that, maybe throw a introduceyourself tag on it as well :)