By posting good content, if the whales (big holders of steem power) are interested in it they will vote your post and and after a week some steem will be accredited to your account (50% of the earnings, the other 50% is accredited on steem power)
By buying it with another crypto or with fiat(normal money)
By powering down your steem power, this will "transform" your steem power to liquid steem in the lapse of several weeks.
You have several options:
By posting good content, if the whales (big holders of steem power) are interested in it they will vote your post and and after a week some steem will be accredited to your account (50% of the earnings, the other 50% is accredited on steem power)
By buying it with another crypto or with fiat(normal money)
By powering down your steem power, this will "transform" your steem power to liquid steem in the lapse of several weeks.
By using faucets
Usually there are some contest where the price is on steem or steem dolars.