one word of advise is think outside the box you obviously are determined and probably smart so spend as much time anylizing things and how they could be better and not following 500K others doing the same thing, that can be hard sometimes but since you aren't going to get rich over night try that you will be happy in the end
Tooo many people do the same crap and no better than the others and expect a miracle, find what you're best at and have others help on the rest and be your own boss and just go take that money, cuz it's there for the right smart person who can think....i at this point can make so much more off almost no traffic because i find the right traffic that works, you can do that too
good luck!