Starting Afresh and Need advice

Hi Everyone,

been away for ages due to various reasons but looking to start over with SEO.

when i tried to understand SEO with my initial sites i tried to go from start to fully working site / SEO optimised and fully understanding link building in no time at all and bought / subscribed to various pieces of software.

this time however i am planning to set out my development a lot more gradual and managed so i have a better chance of succeeding

i am currently paying for a VPS, Proxies, Sick Marketing, SEO Power Suite and scrapebox. i wasn?t sure if i should stop paying for monthly fees and look for good quality services until i had a better understanding of how things work and to get the best out of them. Was hoping i could get some good advice?

additionally as i have been away for nearly 6 Months clearly a lot would have changed and was hoping that i could get a recommendation for a good guide i can use to catch up what i have missed.

thanks for reading and any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Martin.

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