If you want to earn good steem;

1. Try as much as possible to drop unique contents (not copy and paste). Find a niche you are good at and see it as a way of sharing knowledge rather than making money.
2. Do not forget you are also learning as you are sharing. Try as much as possible to also drop comments and upvote people's post that helps you gain knowledge. It is a start.
3. Limit your posts to like 4 in a day. Do not let it be too much or too small. Give gaps too.
4. Gradually, your followers will start increasing and once people like what you are sharing, you will definitely be getting upvotes.

Now, do not see this as an avenue to make some quick cash but see it instead as a way to gain and share knowledge and ideas respectively. It is just like blogging made simple!

Cheers!