As Lynn pointed out, 10x the marketing budget nabs 10x the users. Why doesn't Nostr have that kind of marketing budget? Why don't VC's want to back it? Because they have no control here, and that is a feature.
There should be an official #nostr marketing team composed of a few marketers who will collectively create some branding, marketing, and content assets for the campaign.
Who will fund this?
As @Svetski said, @jack, @ODELL, and @OpenSats should take the initiative for funding the marketing campaign.