Most minnows ignore the posts of other minnows (like you might ignore this post ;) ) and run after the whales hoping to get that 1 big vote that’ll change their life on this platform. I think there is a better way to improve your chances of success on the platform and here is my $0.00 cent on this topic. This is going to be a series of posts so here is advice no 1 broken down into 4 action points:

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# Being small doesn’t mean being useless 
Do not underestimate yourself. You may not be a big fish yet - you have every chance to succeed on this platform but you cannot do it without the support of others. So start supporting others in the community right now.

### How I support others in the community? 
Every now and then I will take the time to go and look for new #introduceyourself posts. I don’t look for those who are trending with hundreds of votes but those who need my minnow upvote to boost their confidence. I also try to give them a few words of advice (I am a small fish myself but I can still share the little that I know). When I post some content, I do receive the support of my friends on the Platform and I try to support them too when they post something. You have to remember “we all want to grow, so give as much as you can”. 

### There are many ways to be valuable in this community and help others as a small fish: 

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<li>Stop chasing after the whales! Your upvote has a lot of meaning for another minnow so be kind and give to other small fish. </li>

<li>Resteeming is a form of giving - You can resteem someone’s post to your 10 followers. We all start with 0 followers so there is nothing wrong with resteeming posts even if you don’t have 10,000 followers. Heck, if I could get a good post even 1 extra view, I will resteem it without a second thought. </li>

<li>Have an opinion, share it in the comments - you can comment intelligently on someone’s post. I know there’s no end of posts about the power of commenting. I have personally made some really good friends by commenting on the platform and it is really a great way to go about building relationships. NOTE - If you thought the post was good and you write a comment, don’t be too stingy to upvote it too, it matters! Everyone wants to grow here so do give generously! </li>
<li>Take the time to write something every now and then - I know it is time consuming to create original content for your blog every day but nothing worth doing is easy. Personally feel like I have taken on a second job working for steemit and I get paid like $2 per day but I still love this job so I’ll keep at it ;) </li>
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### The next time we will look at why minnows should “Persevere but remain detached”, to be continued in the next post ...