I have figured out something. Now when I on board new users on steemit, I simply tell him to forget about money for the min. of 6 months. I cut all their expectations about money making for the initial period so that they don’t leave and tell them to engage with the community and make connections.
One of my friend @nishal, has recently joined and she literally forgot about the money part, she is posting regularly and doing well.

What I think is posting and engaging with the community regularly has proven to be the success mantra on steemit. Money will follow when you grow with people.

That’s right! I will ask him to make a paid account. He was so interested that he was ready to pay me ₹500 to create the account but I insisted to make the free one. If it still doesn’t work, I’ll make a paid one for him.

Thanks and good luck!