That is a great question, though one that might take a lifetime to answer.
On Steemit, you can make money by blogging and getting upvotes, you can make money by commenting and getting upvotes, and lastly you can make money by upvoting good posts - especially if you do it before everyone else does.
Here are a few articles which you might find helpful:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-i-made-12k-one-month-steemit-leah-stephens
https://steemit.com/steemit/@clains/how-i-earned-usd100-000-with-steemit
https://steemit.com/steemit/@samuelcole90/new-users-how-to-make-money-on-steemit
https://steemit.com/steem/@sanekspb/how-i-made-usd13-000-in-one-month-on-steemit
Remember to promote your posts any way you can - at least, any way that is sensible and respectful.
Great plan. Thx!