agree, we need time....
To make NEM successfull you need to answer the ultimate question. Why should anyone (private NOR commercial) use NEM instead of Bitcoin? If you can answer this, assure everyone about this an spread the word. That's the only way to make NEM successful and independent.
This can also be said for 99% of other alts.
We need time and marketing, so do alot of other coins, NXT is lacking in this area too, but we just need time.