@zurvanic, welcome to the community! Like many others, super glad to see signs that something will be happening to help the community grow! We have some really dedicated people here (and I've only been here for a couple of months) who'd love to be part of seeing Steemit grow wings and fly.
I'm another ex marketing geek, as well as a 20+ year web content creator. Sadly, I've seen far more "user generated content" venues kill themselves than grow into anything... I am really hopeful we can all work together to make Steemit the exception!
Anyway, welcome!