This may seem a bit off base but have you tried marketing? Sounds like it's an area that may be a weakness for you. Have you looked at partnering or hiring a PR

This may seem a bit off base but have you tried marketing? Sounds like it's an area that may be a weakness for you. Have you looked at partnering or hiring a PR/marketing firm to do some of that for you? The old saying is "Work Smart, Not Hard". It sounds like you were working harder and harder to try to make it happen without looking at whether those efforts are actually being successful. You can tweet and engage and support the community but unless you're marketing a product or executing a plan, you're just working hard, not smart. Luck has a lot to do with it. Being at the right place, at the right time, with the right product. Network has to do with it as well. Who you know can get you farther than what you know. Finally, marketing, are you selling a service? a product? How are you attracting new users? What's your growth? Conversion rate? etc. Building something is just one part of the jigsaw. Making people aware you built something is the other. Convincing them it's a good thing, well, that's sales.