Things will smooth out and growth will happen as more people learn about the witness status. I just learned about the @witnesspage today, like just a few hours ago. That I think will be a big help.

One thing that may help is having on the http://steemcommunity.org/ page a links page to things that are hard to find and people look for all the time. Like the links you referenced above "What is a Witness" and "Why you should care". I do like that you have the .org link on the user bar of the page, when time permits a few additions to it would be helpful