Without spending a decent amount of time in the Steemit ecosystem to familiarize yourself with the region and read into the underlying cultural values encouraging the production of the most active & influential content in the community, it probably does not make sense why some seem not all post-inclusive gets hundreds dollar, while others earn money.
It's easy for anyone to join Steemit and create posts. It is not easy to consistently continue to produce highly valued stories - at least not without an understanding of the key elements of a winning post ...
The more time a person invests in Steemit - opening up to learn from others in the community, feeling what kind of posts are becoming popular, what people love, and what patterns successful contributors follow to consistently deliver content that is valued and valued - more whether they are adapting to adapt to this new virtual world environment and they themselves contribute in a way that will be well received by the public.
There are predictable patterns and constant formulas present in highly valued content. It just takes a certain understanding and skill to see it - or guidance from those with more experience, to help show the key that can accelerate the learning curve of a newbie on a large scale.
So - what follows is not so much a specific recipe for success, but the framework of the basic principles ever gained, can serve to direct the content creation process to produce consistent predictable results, results and results.
Ready to save a lot of time & headaches and learn what's right - it takes to define a winning post?
Let's start. I promise, this will not spend much of your time - but it will have a major impact on your Steemit's success if you apply it ... 
Now, there are many different factors going into what constitutes value. Of course, isobjective value - because what seems valuable to one person may be worthless to others. Everyone has their own values, priorities, personal tastes, and preferences. Not everyone agrees that a particular post is valuable to them. However, there are certain qualities and characteristics attached to the value of ALL - once understood, can be used like the ingredients in the recipe - any recipes made for a delicious nutritious meal, guaranteed not to please everyone at the same time, but may have a flavor mix the right to satisfy the appetite of certain people at the right time presented ...
Value Type
While values can be created in infinite forms - it is impossible to weave one thread of equality among them all - one can see all values as falling into several basic categories:
Education Information / Values = content that communicates knowledge useful to better people helps them understand something important / interesting to them and / or that contributes to a basic understanding that allows the progress of skills that are important to them.
Value of entertainment = content that makes a person smile, laugh, feel good and add some humor or joy to someone.
The Value of Inspiration - content that elevates a person's spirits, sets them to heart frequency, infects them with passion & enthusiasm, opens a vision for the possibilities for the progress & evolution of important aspects of life that are important to them.
Originality = unique content values are different and provide new perspectives and new stimulations, which provide a new context framework that can be viewed & understood differently in ways that provide access to previously unknown possibilities where valuable solutions, answers, and insights can lie.
Ease-Reading Value = true content grammatically and well formatted to effectively communicate deliberate ideas / concepts / perspectives with clarity & precision - provides smooth content transmission and eases cognitive processing load on brain readers through code / language writing neatly written.
(These 5 types of values actually correspond to the 5 elements described in the ancient Chinese system - Wood, Fire, Earth, Metals, Water - this is ALCHEMY.Although I will save that part for a separate post .if you are interested, let me know in the comments below and I promise to share it with you when it's published.)
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