If you make anything on your own posts and comments then power it all up to increase your vote. If you earn Hive Backed Dollars (HBD) you can convert them to Steem via the market or just use the Convert to Hive option that takes 3.5 days.
Also you mention steem here when I think you meant to say hive.
Doh! I'll fix that. Still got Steem in my brain :)