@exyle - The rising price of both SBD and Steem is a huge draw for both content creators, despite intrinsically SBD was supposed to be just $1 as I understand.
I had been encouraging friends (including a guy who quit professional photography because his efforts weren't fetching him enough to pay the bills, and a dedicated blogger who writes great content but earns nothing from it) to join steem but they seldom cared, but recently when I started talking about he actual renumeration I was getting from steem for my content ( and I even stressed on the fact that I was a minnow on steem), it seems they started seeing Steemit in a new light and wanted ot join too! Tangible rewards always grab people's attention like nothing else. Hoping to get more and more people on Steemit.