In case you haven't noticed, the community is responding to the new crowdsourced marketing initiative from 
These are the top 5 posts on the trending page for growth-ideas. I think they are all great ideas and that we should work on all of them! Please give your vote or suggestions to support these growth ideas!
Summary and two quotes from each
[1] 
's post - Allocate a portion of reward pool for growth projects
Empowering good projects without Steemit INC being involved
Basically, the network could take x% of the reward pool that is currently being divided among content creator/curator/witnesses and build a pool of funds that are to be used for funding #growth-projects that have the support of the community.
[2] 
's post - Video content channels
Using the resources such as Youtube we need to offer channels with different subject content with users approved by a team or committee of media minded people who understand the regulations that might hinder the success of the channels reputation. Each media channel should have a specific subject set as a boundary to funnel all related traffic in it's direction.
[3] 
's post - Using Steemit as an Educational Platform
We will teach a university-level architectural design course (in New York City) where students will use Steemit as their primary interface.
Alongside our educational proposal (above) we would like to design and build a physical Steem-powered project. Sandbox is an interactive public art project that serves as a resource for community engagement.
[4] 
's post - International Story Writing Contest
An international spanish writing contest shall be organised and the winner’s prize should be high enough to gain enough media attention outside steemit.com and therefore attract new users to the platform
There will be a main prize of $1000, second prize of $500 and third price of $250 to be paid in SBD or STEEM.
[5] my post - Get a Celebrity to Join Steemit
Youtube and Twitter have already upset a lot of their big content providers recently.
SWARM to recruit a celebrity with a big following that will match synergistically with the steemit ecosystem.