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Why I'm on Steemit: Introducing Myself

Heeello dear Steemit Community,

My name is ovyvan and today I wanted to introduce myself shortly to this great platform.
I'm a Berlin girl, which also lives in this vibrant, multifaceted city.

Taj Mahal, India, 2017

Why am I here?
I always thinking about starting a blog and I think, steemit is a great opportunity to start writing & blogging.
I like writing and expressing myself with some good articels. Just want to report with my point of view, for you guys. :)

What kind of subjects do you want to share?
I love to travel a lot (!) and that will be one of my main focuses here on steemit.

The second thing, next to travelling is: fooooood! For me all types of groceries, diets and cooking is so exciting to me and I really love to keep me busy with this stuff. So that would be another topic, i would like to report from.

I'm also a big friend of healthy and well balanced lifestyles, I always try to do my best to cultivate that.
So things which support those lifestyles (like meditation & right activity & individual advancement...) are interessting for me and I also want to share my expierences that with you.

That would be my main focuses here to report from, but I dont set any borders to write about.

How do you come up with steemit ?
My boyfriend (@kult300) gave me the tip to come here. I already wrote some articels on his blog.
Those who interessted, check his page out and have some really good stuff mainly about HipHop n' Travelling!
Articels I wrote:

STREET FOOD INDIA - What you try in the Streets of India
https://steemit.com/food/@kult300/streetfood-india-what-you-should-try-in-the-streets-of-india
Berlin under the surface
https://steemit.com/berlin/@kult300/berlin-under-the-surface
Woodstock Festival Poland
https://steemit.com/festival/@kult300/woodstock-festival-poland
Kanutour - German Wilderness
https://steemit.com/deutschland/@kult300/kanutour-german-wildernis-part-1
https://steemit.com/deutsch/@kult300/german-wilderness-part-2
Indonesian Streetartscene from Yogyakarta
https://steemit.com/indonesia/@kult300/indonesian-streetartscene-from-yogyakart
https://steemit.com/indonesia/@kult300/indonesian-streetartscene-part-2
Backpacking in Indonesia
https://steemit.com/photography/@kult300/backpacking-in-indonesia
Beautiful places in colombia: What to do in Guatapé!
https://steemit.com/photography/@kult300/beautiful-places-in-colombia-gutape
In the south of India
https://steemit.com/travel/@kult300/in-the-south-of-india
https://steemit.com/travel/@kult300/in-the-south-of-india-how-to-rent-a-cheap-housboat-in-kerala

Stay tuned for my articels! I really hope to see you again.
I would be happy if you like, resteem and upvote. I'm also like to hear from you guys! So leave a comment below. :)

Happy to share and receive.

Portugal, 2014

Replies (13)

Hey, welcome!

Here is some advice I give to newbies on steemit:

never just copy a text or publish a photo/video without explanation. Always add some text (you did that just fine)
Always use all 5 tags for more visibility.
here is an interesting site where you can look up the stats of your account and others.
this is another stats site where you can see your reputation and what to do to climb up the ladder. (commenting other posts is very important).
there is even a help site for Steemit where you can find explanations for the site's functionalities
if you want somebody to read your article or follow your conversation, mention their username (don't forget the @).
commenting other posts is very important because you get "curation rewards" which means Steem Dollar from the pot for the article as a reward for the interaction.
learn the Markdown styles to format your posts (you can find how it works in a link on the right side below the text box)
A lot of votes on steemit come from bots that you (or others) can pay for a vote. Depending on the bot, you end up with more $$ than you had before.
All bots work pretty much the same way: You go to your wallet and click on the little arrow next to the Steem Dollar amount. Then click on transfer, fill in the name and the amount and add as memo the URL to the article for which you want an upvote. Very simple.
Here is a site where you can compare the performance of difference upvote bots.
As far as I know, the best upvote bot currently is @rocky1.
There are also resteem bots, but I don't find them too useful and don't know which one is good.
Be careful with your password and watch out for scamming attempts. Several big accounts got stolen and now they try to lure others into giving away their password by posting comments with links to fishing sites.
you have several different passwords. Whenever you have to use a password and it is not stated differently, use the active key and as little as possible your owner key! The latter is the big key to your account and if that is gone, you account is gone.

I will follow you now. (<- always add that to a comment when you intend to follow the person who wrote the article. This way, you increase the likelihood that they follow you as well.)