Well, I have bad news for you. I'm doing that for quite a while now and my "conversion rate" is not even 5%. Not that I count it, just an estimate, but you haven't chosen an easy path there...
I'm as baffled as you are, that people reject an offer that offers them only chances and no risk. I'm also baffled at the homeless guy in the Berlin Metro who told me he was an interpreter after we had a chat because I spontaneously gave him 10 EUR. He was all thankful, but when I started to try to tell him I might have a new chance for him with the skills he has and invited him for a beer to explain him Steemit, he told me he had...wait for it..."no time"...