i think the first step is up to us (the current bitcoin users) to introduce bitcoin to others. i have personally done that many times, some accept and some don't care.
but as others have pointed out, until some big services and other merchants start accepting bitcoin there is not much moving forward for bitcoin towards mass adoption.
I agree with you. It is our responsibility to promote and support bitcoin to the rest of the world, now a days there are some big marketplaces who decide to start accepting bitcoin, I think that will be good promotions for bitcoin.