I've been thinking of something similar, but in a bit of a different train of thought. Thinking about "repackaging" some of my posts for publishing elsewhere. In that line of thinking, I figured the Steem specific posts would not be candidates!
I have seen a couple other platforms that pay for posts, but I'm still in the investigation stage!
That's not a bad idea.
I do believe we need to have a subtle shift in ideology, away from always being focused on the money first and towards money being a consequence of creating interesting content.
It's a bit like "life" in general: I work at something I like fair well in order to get paid, I am not just out there "doing whatever" with a total focus on "where's my next paycheck?"