You started off targeting the wrong audience.
Don't target IM people with an "increase your traffic, increase your money" type offer.
Instead, host your site, put up a multi-page sales funnel, explain to the reader how to set up a site(step by step), affiliate ad to hosting, affiliate ad to name registrar, affiliate ad to logo design, EVERYTHING! But make it nice, also explain how they can do it on a web2, use canva to make a logo, so you keep both types of readers. NOW, those that keep reading and keep going, will be funneling down to the "More traffic, More Moolah" end game, except it isn't the end game! Capture their email along the way, and you can hit them up later, like an ATM.
Now, with this sales funnel, you might get 1 maybe 2 from a boost to IM people, but what about boosting to "work from home" people, or "get rich quick" people, or any of THAT demographic, now if you format your ad right, set your website up for a proper funnel, you can potentially make money through 5-6 steps of the process, AND have a valuable mailing list, depending on what you go with, wham, bam, thank-you sir, you can hit them up with tips for their sites, "latest breaking news" opportunities, "hot for 201*" work from home stuff, just nurture the list, don't just spam it to wrong every penny tomorrow. Treat it good, nurture it, and it will provide you with dollars next month, and the month after.
Don't shortcut, go all out.
