Posting at 2:32 A.M. will never net you the same amount of money, likes and attention as posting at 2:32 P.M. will-

When it comes to Steemit, you want the MOST users that are possible to find your content. Where do users look for content to like? In the "New" category, of course! So you need to make yourself VISIBLE there, which is not a category that will gain you much visibility for long. Therefore, you need people going "CLICK CLICK CLICK" as soon as it's posted, and not people who need to enjoy your content for minutes before they are able to like!

This means, that for now you want to think of content to upload that is short and SWEET. You need to have a point and purpose on here when you post, and get right to it. Helping each other and helping the platform grow positively is what is most important right now, and not making the most money. The posts that choose to focus on helping their fellow man are most likely to do well the quickest! 

With that, I leave you with these tips:

Do NOT upvote a bunch of content HOURS before you plan to upload. This will make that up-vote that you give yourself when you post count for more! (Frequently voting up or down content will temporarily create a stacking devaluation of your Steem Power's influence)

Do Post when the MOST people are on the platform to notice your post. Try to find network data that becomes increasingly available, so as to become aware with what time people seem to be the most active on Steemit. Save your post for this at this time! :D

...P.S. Remember, if people know that their ability to up-vote their own coming posts is debuffed for hours after voting, then they probably won't be posting when they don't expect people to be around either.

With that said, since it's 2:47AM when I'm posting this, this shall probably fade into oblivion. Oh well.