How about getting it working first? Like a client that doesn't take a day or three to download the whole block chain. Isn't there a client coming that doesn't need to download the entire block chain? I'm in no position to demand it, and I don't need it personally, but for someone new it can be offputting. Sure they can see their transaction in block explorer, but. . . .
There is a huge amount of missing infrastructure, like merchant software etc etc etc.
I think it is very premature to try and promote heavily without more of the basic building blocks available to the average end-user or the average merchant. Sure some nerds and geeks can figure it out eventually, but so what?
At this point, we aren't really after end users. I mean sorta. We like it when they come along. In the long run, we need them. But the reason we cast our net
today is because we are looking for the types of people that can help build the other stuff, and as the stuff gets built, the end users will show up.
This isn't really literal, of course. We aren't actually recruiting anyone. But we are telling anyone that wanders past that this thing is cool, and we are hoping that some will stay, and that some of those that stay will turn out to be builders.