"No such thing as bad student, just bad teacher. Teacher say, student do."
"Before the king seeks shelter, let the small warriors learn to walk; for a kingdom defended by undeveloped minds soon falls. Do not listen to those who chomp too much... when the mouth is always busy, the mind rarely is.”
Seriously... practice these basic opening strategies: here.

If youre serious about improving, then you will need to do the following:
1. Follow opening principles:
Fight for the center
Develop towards the center
Castle
2. Blunder check your moves: "Are my pieces safe?"
3. After your opponents move ask yourself: "What is my opponent trying to do?
You will need to do this on each and every move. If you lose on time asking these questions, then you need to play a slower time control. If you choose not to thats fine, but you wont improve.
A LOT of people here ask for help to improve. IMO very few of them actually mean it. Honestly I think they just want tips and tricks that will help while they continue to play speed chess.