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Need some advice

by nocturnal911
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Hi Everybody,

I am in the IM field for over 6 years from (2007). Upto 2010 i used to maintain very big forum which has a major traffic from Google of about 80%. Then i was hit hard by google and lost 90% of traffic from google. Suddenly, my monthly income has dropped. Later, i spend $$$$ to bring back to its original position. Then i decided to sell my forum and wanted to start a new venture. I have sold my forum for decent amount and when i am about to start my new project, i was hit with huge debts in my family, so all my hard earned money was spent for the debts. Later, i stood with no or very less money in my hands.

Then i came up to this forum and took some experts advice, started low competitive niche sites and relied on Google for traffic. But, i've made a mistake here, i have relied on blog comments and forum posts for my link building. When i am about to rank for my keywords and started earning, again i used to hit by google and lose my rankings. I struggled with one niche site for 2 years and have changed different domains till now.

Recently i've seen a post "How to start IM with zero money" and took some the experts advice and started offering services in fiverr and freelancer. Soo far i have earned around $1000+. Now i want to invest this in a guarantee system which works without fail.

I have the following options:

1) List Building With PPC (Tried, got few success and then left because of no money)
2) Choosing a niche, starting a wordpress site and ranking it with pure whitehat seo. (Tried and earned some money when my serps are in top)
3) Starting a niche site and sending PPC traffic (Tried, Earned a bit, but cpc is too high)
4) List Building with solo ads (Never tried)
5) List Building with Article Marketing (Never tried, but i've seen some people like Alexa Smith has great success with it)
6) Stepping into Adult niche and doing media buying
7) Starting over a new forum and slowly building links to it till it gets ranked.

Please someone help me in choosing the one in which i won't fail again.

PS: Don't suggest me like get a job. I don't fit for that and I am sure IM is the thing for me.
#advice
  • Profile picture of the author JamesW3
    Every venture is going to have risk. The main thing is to manage risk. Whatever venture you choose, just make sure your risk isn't so high that you wont be able to sleep at night.
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    • Profile picture of the author Steve B
      "Now i want to invest this in a guarantee system which works without fail."

      I've been online since 1998, and to be perfectly honest, I've NEVER seen such a thing.

      The best you can do is find a system that works for you on a small scale, is somewhat evergreen, then ramp it up. There is some risk in doing that, but it's about as close to a guaranteed system as anything I've seen.

      Good luck to you,

      Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author RockNRolla
    Just pick one of the methods you have had success in before, e.g. your forum, and start it again from the beginning. You have already managed to make a success of your previous forum, so it should only be a matter of time before you make your new forum a success if you follow the same formula.
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  • Profile picture of the author Don Grace
    Now i want to invest this in a guarantee system which works without fail.
    No such thing my friend. There's an old saying that some people can trip in sh*t and turn it into gold while others get neck deep in it.

    Ever notice how you can take an exact "system" and put it into the hands of two people, and one person will prosper while the other fails? It ain't the system, it's the user. And I'll guarantee you this...

    The person that succeeds will own the fact they succeeded while the one who failed will blame it on everything and everyone instead of learning a lesson and chalking one up to experience.
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  • Profile picture of the author TycoonRob
    Why don't you look for some WSO's in the categories that you mention above? Then PM some of the buyers and see what there thoughts are. Most people will be brutally honest about the WSO if you just ask them.

    Personally, I've found my most success doing Kindle. It's easy (I outsource the writing) and then just make a cover (you can outsource this too) and publish. Like everything, it's NOT guaranteed, but just one big hit/best-seller and you can bank some serious cash.
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  • Profile picture of the author talfighel
    Originally Posted by nocturnal911 View Post

    Then i was hit hard by google and lost 90% of traffic from google. Suddenly, my monthly income has dropped.
    That is why you can never rely on the search engines for ever lasting long term traffic.

    Most people just work their tail of to get their site ranked high and they do that for a while. Then when they finally get it ranked, Google decides to take it down.

    I always tell people this:

    You must have multiple places online getting you traffic. You can never rely on ONE single strategy.
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