Tips. Pick a character and stick with them. Learn their normals, learn their specials and learn how to execute special moves consistently.
People downplay the power of normals (*cough scat) if you over do the special moves you open yourself up to getting punished when you inevitably miss. A well placed normal can ofter times be better than a well placed special move because it open an opponent up to a combo chain that can end with a special or super.
