This is a good opening post. I myself am just starting to figure out this site and figure out how to get paid for good content as well. One thing I will say about this site in general, which can be seen as a negative, is that quite a lot of the high paying posts seem to be about cryptocurrency. Now don't get me wrong I love the field of cryptocurrency and you will find me on poloniex many days just browsing. However, I think one thing the steemit site kind of missing is random conversations that also pay out because I would love to talk to somebody about jokes and not have to be concerned about cryptocurrency all of the time. Having said that I do think this is a good starter post and I hope you start making money and friends. I mostly post comedy myself although I was thinking about posting some cryptocurrency predictions myself soon too...... for instance I think decred and maidsafecoin are both about to take off.