It's an interesting stuff bro. Let me put that straight: If you want to get money out of your Steem, only 2 ways:

• Trade
• Invest on Steemit

How to invest on Steemit:

• Write good content? Kid me not, you wont get any close result to the effort you spent now, as Steemit content is flooded with ICO, chains and lots of non-sense stuff like photo posts.
• Use Smartsteem: You can earn with Smartsteem, with 10% profit for total amount spent. It's a 10% weekly profit, and if you combined with powerdown, you will have weekly 10% ROI consistently. Try this way.

If you want to earn money, dont go against the whales, go with them. I learned it a hard way in other financial markets.