Keep on steeming. Those making money didn't make money on things over night, it took time and lots of posting for them to start making money on posts. I am newer to the Steemit world myself. But I have had experience with an ad supported site similar to this site with unvoting and commenting and the upvoting paying you. So I knew some things that would help starting out.
- Comment on 10-20 times the amount on other people's post as you create of your own
- Write new posts every day, coming from the heart.
- Make sure what you post is your original content.
- Focus on the content and not the money, and the money will start to flow.
Good luck and keep on steeming....