This is the exact advice i have been looking for! How to get my friends to join Steemit!! I have been telling them about Bitcoin since 2 years ago when i first bought it, but none of them listened! (Ok maybe it's because i come from an artistic/designing background but many of them work in the finance sector, so they feel they are more knowledgeable in this area.) They have been quite skeptical and stubborn... One guy said he was going to short-sell bitcoin, i'm not sure if he's serious about it lol. Anyway, I don't think a person should invest in Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies blindly without first studying what it is about.
I'm still telling people about Steemit. First success, I got my boyfriend @somafied to sign up... but he's not active at all!!! He's too busy playing Dota and Path of Exile..lol