Good chance, yes. I just replied somewhere earlier today i was thinking ad-revenue but i think exclusives to the platform would help a lot. Paid services or apps that require people to "have" liquid steem (preferably ... you can peg it to a dollar price but ask to pay in steem).
As steemit itself is probably one of the biggest sellers it would be imperative they get a second source of revenue other than selling off steem.
I'm a bit loathe to make predictions. All coins were in the green, BTC on the rise but i don't see a ripple coming down the hill. Maybe there's a temporary aversion (risk-wise?) to altcoins and everyone's going for the "gold". On the other hand steem is not just an altcoin, its a utility token/coin. The possibilities seem to have been barely explored. It's gonna be up to the entrepreneurs to do and its gonna be up to the trending section marketeers to tell entrepreneurs why they want to do it.
And i think it's up to steemit to make sure they stay ahead by a lightmile on the tek-side ... That's three factions already ... :p

I would maybe dare give a cautious response like "it has a lot more chance to grow than most of the altcoins do"

but there's no guarantee to anything, not even mighty BTC itself. If apps keep coming and people keep adopting it and find new ways it almost certainly should although since it is a utility token i would not expect it to rise to $20k like btc did but that's also pretty much impossible to say for sure.

Now you are probably not the wiser than you were at the beginning of the reply but i'm not by far an expert.
Exclusive products ... payment systems (its fast after all and the transactions are free) and targeted non-hostile advertising is the best i could think of.
But implementation of that is above my paygrade lol , i mean level ...
or maybe onboarding a few serious brandnames who can slug it out against eachother with steempower and promo-stunts but i'm not sure it will be easy to convince big names to come to a relatively small platform ..
anyway ...

gtg ... food on the stove , i certainly believe in it but its people that are going to have to make it happen, take care !!!!!!!

oh ... just remembered, i always thought they should give Gabe "lord Gaben" Newell of Steam a call to see what's possible qua integration ... micropayments, lightning fast, secure, transaction-free but i dont have his number

definitely goodbye or my veggies are gonna turn brown now , cya around !!!!