The thing is to just keep doing what you are doing and focus on what you consider to be good quality posts. It's true that great posts often get overlooked. I even have a series called "unappreciated posts" addressing that isseu. A lot of the posts that I consider by best earned only a couple of cents. In the end it doesn't matter. Believe in yourself and what you are doing. Keep an eye out for the next round of unappreciated posts so that you can submit your gems....