I truly feel your anguish in this post. I am also using those three tactics to make money. But I've also adapted in my niche. Since I've been writing about my experiences as an educator and other education related posts, I've been receiving a lot of support from steemit education. They are a great community to be a part of. I have however been writing less about my other passions, being poetry and motivation as these topics barely earn me 1sbd. But I'll soon write one education related post and one of my other passion posts per day. I think you should do that too.