Hey. You're right there isn't much promotion of Steemit. I've told a few friends and they were kind of turned off by the waiting process for an account - impatient... I've been preparing to prove to them that you can actually make a few dollars doing the samething they're already doing for free. I got my partner to join - but she has yet to get fully emerged into all.
One thing that I think would really help out Steemit is an integrated Friends and Chat function.
Resteemed - and nice too hear from another Canadian !
Cheers.