Hi,
Hmmmm ... tough one ... for me, anyway.
I come from a very high literary house, and in there, "publishing" was the ultimate, however, this is 2014 and publishing is really no different than toilet paper!
All in all, and I do not expect you to hear me out at all, since I do things very differently, I would say ... move on to your next project. Post it where you think it will do the most good, and let it go. End of story, idea and conversation, and on to the next poem or story for me.
I like a lot of my own work that I did many years ago, but even though it did not sell, and no one could say anything, since it was not a "topical conversation" poetry, it made it for an anomaly and no appreciation for the work whatsoever. There is nothing, that hurts more, than anyone ignoring things, and thus, I say, stop worrying about the expectation that folks will kiss yah, and throw money your way, and move on to the next thing that you want to do.
There is no time, to wait for any audience to come to appreciate you, and you might even feel that you are waiting for Godot, but that is the reality of it all for most of us. Remember that it has been said that only 1 out of 100 "make it, and that means that you might as well concentrate on what matters to you, and if it comes ... good ... now you have more work to share. If it doesn't, you didn't waste time waiting for the handouts you will never get.
But yeah, this is me, and I don't live for an audience. I live for my inner VISION. The rest is not important to me.