Very good advice. There's an effective tactic in sales called the takeaway which is applicable in this situation. My friends are watching on the sidelines as I keep posting and earning and slowly, one by one, they are catching on.

Besides, I don't think Steemit is ready for the masses yet. Most people are not going to want to be bloggers. They just want to post pics of their dinner or their kids. They don't want to create content.