Also, I would look at what @jerrybanfield is doing. He is new here, but has a great following on FB/YT, and publishes his long-form content to multiple platforms. 

Looks like he's killing it.

The rest of us may have this opportunity when/if Steemit goes mainstream and the userbase + coin price take off.

Considering just how few active users are on this platform, and what the market cap is already valued at, I'm fairly optimistic we're headed for great things.

Regardless, I say stick around for the experiment...