Being patient is the best way to approach it.
This happens every year at the end of December. People out of offices for the holiday season. It will pick up again in a couple of weeks as everyone settles into the new calendar year.
There's usually a lull at the end of the fiscal year too as advertisers run up against their budgets. Look for that to be an issue this summer,
I've been here over six years and the game is still free. :)