Tuhin,
In your case I would just keep writing. Also don't judge the success of your topics too quickly. Some posts may not get comments, but do get read. Others may not get read immediately but get read later. I have a post from 2007 that is still getting more visits than many newer posts. As you write more you'll start to get a feel for what is working and what isn't.

But the more stuff you produce, the more chances you have of being found. This applies to both blogs and social media. The content still needs to be good, of course, but when you have more pages of content, you have more pages that Google can index, and thus more pages that people can search for and find.

On the social media side, increased activity increases visibility. When I answer more LinkedIn Questions, post more Tweets, etc. I get more contact requests, e-mails, Twitter follows, client leads and so forth because there is more of my material out there for people to discover.

The bottom line is this: whenever you have the time, spend it writing (or on social media) and post with your readers in mind. The trouble is that most of us don't have enough time. I'm way behind on blog posts. I have 3 underway (blog design, Twitter censorship, and blogs as backbone of social media strategy) that I need to get out of my head and onto the site. The third one has to be up before Wednesday, as it will be the framing post for #smchat next week. This means that the weekend will be spent writing.

If you keep plugging away you'll see results, but also be patient, these results take time. I've got a head start because I've been blogging since 2005. Back then I was getting fewer readers per month than I now get in one day. But overtime they increased, as will yours.

Green, yes reliability can be a problem, if Twitter gets sluggish during a chat the conversation becomes very hard to follow. Good point about the search engines too. I imagine you are right that they are giving lower rankings to the lower quality article sites.

The idea of having one's writing appear in multiple places is good, but it's all about quality—many of the article marketers seem to forget that. 1) The articles have to well-written and fill a need for the intended audience. 2)The place where the article is published must draw readers in the appropriate niche. Rather than writing for articles sites, I think people would be better served writing guest posts for established blogs or e-zines in their niche. Doing that, of course, takes work. One needs to be familiar with the intended blog/site and write something that matches the expectations of both that site's readers and its editors.

People want a quick and easy way to drive traffic to their sites, but if one is trying to market via content, it takes effort.

Tashfeen,
Yes, posting to e-zines can be a great way to increase exposure. I'll also sometimes submit blog posts to aggregation sites like DesignNewz and The Web Blend. These are edited sites that will publish approved headlines with excerpts or tags and links to one's posts. I prefer these to the sites that post full copies of posts to avoid the SEO duplicate posting penalty. This also helps drive traffic as people must click through to read the whole post. I've also discovered many other good blogs by subscribing to their feeds. The key with these is to choose your submissions carefully. For instance I didn't submit this post to those 2 because they have more of a design focus, so this post wouldn't be precisely targeted to their audience.

Similarly many people recommend "article marketing", which I have mixed feelings about. My issue is that many of the sites that take article submissions will take any and all comers, thus the quality can vary enormously. This makes me wonder who is actually reading the content found on those sites. This may be fodder for a future post. I'll have to do some additional research on it. I think it's a strategy that has potential but that is usually mis-used.