welcome to the big little world of #steemit @amoghsharma - in a nutshell, this platform pays you in turn for creating quality content as well as encouraging others to create similar content (by replying to their posts / voting up etc)
Stick around, do a post or two - probably in the introduction section by tagging it (max 5 tags) and be patient. it takes a while but once you get the hang of it, its an addiction