The problem is that as a minnow you literally make $0. If you try and shill Steem it's completely pointless. It's more or less starting from scratch as a content creator and not many people are going to want to do that.
What we need is more guides on how to integrate Steem into content-creators revenue stream. Steem will never fully replace all of the platforms that content-creators use to spread their influence; however it can and should be a big part of it.
I think the biggest lacking point right now are integrations that easily allow creators to cross post to different mediums. Once that problem is better solved then users will slowly follow content creators to SteemIt
RE: If you are invested in Steem, you need to read this. Let's make this platform exponentially better.