I love BASIC and I love B4X/J/A etc. I almost cried with joy when I stumbled on B4A a couple of years ago, from doing many, many google searches. Suddenly there it was. The reason I was looking was because I was so terribly disappointed with the others that I had tried, being VB and the google one (I've forgotten it's name).
My history with BASIC goes right back to the Commodore 64. I taught myself to program with BASIC and simply fell in love with it. I am only a hobbyist, but I love writing small programs. I've done a number for the phone and am now trying to get my head around writing stuff for the laptop. BTW I've finished the SUDOKU and am quite proud of it.
I have promoted B4X/J/A whenever I get the opportunity, and people are always surprised. They often say "Oh you mean Visual Basic", and I tell them about B4*. They are speechless because they can't wrap their head around the idea that somebody could be writing this stuff in BASIC in 2021. I tell them how easy it is and how enjoyable, but by then I think they've concluded I don't know what I'm talking about and I'm making it up.
Being no more than a passionate hobbyist, who works with mainframes for his living, I have been thinking that in the future I'll put together some HOW TOs for newbies, both new to the B4 suite or new to programming in general. There have been things I have found where the answer doesn't exist OR it is very hard to find. You've all seen me ask silly questions and have no doubt scratched your head about the silliness of my question. But it's because I'm definitely not the only one who has these silly questions that I hope to do my bit by helping novices and newbies to more readily experience the joy that is having something happen on the screen as a result of their thoughts, efforts and imagination.
As for how to promote B4 to the wider world - no idea. Try explaining to an English speaker that Arabic is actually quite an easy language to learn and they'll think you're having a laugh. What we need is a way of showing that it is, and by extension that BASIC and the B4 world are a great way to make your phone or laptop or tablet or Mac sing.