When you submit a new post, you have the option to Power Up for 100% or choose to Power Up for 50% and put 50% into Steem.

Before understanding this article, make sure you know the differences between Steem, Steemit Dollars (SBD) and Power Up. Read this article to get a full explanation: https://steemit.com/steem/@adil/why-you-should-choose-power-up-100-instead-of-default-50-50-posts from @donkeypong

Basically it is very simple.

1. #Steem is a currency which can be easily traded on short term to actual fiat money or Bitcoins.
2. #PowerUp is transferring your Steem to add more power to you as Steemit user, increasing your voting power, curating earnings and more.
3. Steemit Dollars (SBD)are price stable currency with a value of $1 USD.

So, if you want to go long-term, I would always advice you to choose to PowerUp 100%. Otherwise, you'll get paid 50/50% and you'll have to manually transfer Steem into #SteemPower which will also take up 3,5 days.

Another good thing to keep in mind is that the value of Steem can fluctuate, which means you can also choose to keep Steemit Dollars or Steemit depending on the current value and your expected future value (increase / decrease).

If anyone has a good advice which adds to this blog, please feel free to share, resteem and upvote.
Thank you for reading,

@steve-speaks