Oh! Here is my comment on her post:
The dark little secret is not so dark after all. It's just genuine interaction and writing quality posts like you do. Of course there are other "secrets". You can read a post of mine on it or just search Steemit for it. There's a lot of tips out there.
As for your writing tips, oh I think I could use some of that present tense you mentioned. And maybe add some more adjectives and adverbs too.
Anyway we all fail at first but when we learn a lot from our mistakes and read more about what we can do here then we can become great Steemians! :D
Oh wait... if you want a "dark" secret then here you go: Some people earn a lot here from using voting bots and pay for upvotes/resteems and other services. You can try it too if you want. Better research more on it first though.
Good luck and enjoy Steeming!
Confirmed!
Thank you for the comment.
Regarding bid bots, I agree it is important to research. Most people are actually losing a lot of cash on them. I have done a lot of tests and it requires both an amount of timing and luck to get a good return.
That's right. :)