I contend the assumption that going all-in to steemit is the answer.
I'm whale about steemit, in that I'm going to make another social network and do it properly, so that functionality exponentially is expandable and editable by everyone involved.
Money follows functionality because functionality creates and allows for positive social interaction, which creates the abundance and ease mindset and social reality.
Thus, by focusing on functionality first, you get that (which is what you most fundamentally need) and money too as a symptom.