Regarding the marketing, I will pose the question - do we want to be doing a big recruitment push right now while the site is not ready? Really all we are looking for right now is more "beta testers".
You should check out this video. I think it is a good explanation of why things are the way they are right now.
Why The STEEM Bubble Was an Investment Round and Not a Product Launch
Also, as far as where Steemit goes at the moment, this post should at least help: Steemit.com Development Updates
Hope this helps :)
Not a big recruitment but some recruitment to some extent. Having a large quantity of users going away during the beta phase and not enough coming in is not a solution. This is especially true when you are trying to conduct some steemit projects where all the active people are leaving one after each other.
PS: concerning the video, it is true. I forgot myself this 'not product launch' item