Starting from scratch again.. would really appreciate some advice
Some background info - I've been a member here for a long time, but this is the first time I'm posting. About three years ago I got started in IM (clickbank only), mainly with article marketing. I really got into it and a few months later I had quite a good passive income. Long story short, I proceeded to sit on my ass and basically do nothing for the following year and a half, while relying on my clickbank income(now doesn't seem as smart as it did then), which was mainly coming in from my top several articles on articlesbase. With the money, I managed to leave home for the first time (24 now) and live quite comfortably while doing nothing(stupid I know). I also felt awesome because I was seeing all the ****ty jobs my friends were working and I thought I was the sh#t, especially after taking a 3-month overseas vacation last summer.
Well, needles to say I got DESTROYED by google, all the articles that were once ranking are now gone(panda), and my clickbank 'income' is now about $150 on a good month.
I've basically spend the last two months trying to rebuild my 'system' and start completely from scratch. I spent quite some money (and TIME) on backlinking services, domains and whatnot. The results? I had one site that was sitting on page 2 and I was convinced it would soon hit page 1 and I'll be all good. Didn't happen and it completely fell of the SERPs. The same thing happened to another one and another one and now I'm left with one site on the second page for some good keywords, but I'm unable to make it move. I'm also no longer able to spend any money on new domains and link building, having money for food seems like a better option at the moment.
I feel discouraged to say the least - I put so much effort into these sites and none of them are ranking. About a week ago I got my first sale from one of the sites and that was it. I'm also writing for some clients in order to have some money. Getting a job is not an option, I'll never go down that road again because it is what got me motivated to start IM in the first place.
So, any advice anybody can give me would be much appreciated. What would you focus on in order to build a good level of income again? (even 400$ a month would be awesome at this point) Thanks so much!
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